MU - Leadership updates

BOISE, Idaho, June 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU) today announced the appointment of Dr. Alexis Black Björlin to its board of directors. Dr. Björlin is a highly accomplished technology executive with deep experience spanning artificial intelligence infrastructure, cloud platforms, semiconductors, networking and optical systems. She is currently Chief Strategy Officer at General Catalyst. Previously, Dr. Björlin served as senior vice president and general manager of DGX Cloud at NVIDIA. She has also held senior leadership roles at several other leading technology companies, including vice president of infrastructure at Meta Platforms, senior vice president

NEW YORK, March 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- S&P Dow Jones Indices ("S&P DJI") will make the following changes to the S&P 100, S&P 500, S&P MidCap 400, and S&P SmallCap 600 indices: NAPCO Security Technologies Inc. (NASD: NSSC) will replace Alexander & Baldwin Inc. (NYSE:ALEX) in the S&P SmallCap 600 effective prior to the opening of trading on Friday, March 13. An investor group comprised of MW Group and funds affiliated with DivcoWest and Blackstone Real Estate is acquiring Alexander & Baldwin in a deal that is expected to close soon, pending final closing conditions.The following changes to the S&P 100, S&P 500, S&P MidCap 400, and S&P SmallCap 600 will take effect before the market opens on M

Feurle Takes the Helm at Global Silicon Carbide Leader on May 1, 2025, to Drive Operational Excellence and Accelerate Profitability Proven Executive has Led Large, High-Stakes Business Units for Multiple High Profile Semiconductor Companies Appointment Advances Wolfspeed's Strategic Vision and Long-Term Value Creation Wolfspeed, Inc. (NYSE:WOLF), the global leader in silicon carbide technology, today announced the appointment of Robert Feurle as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective May 1, 2025, following a comprehensive internal and external search by the Board of Directors. Feurle succeeds Thomas Werner, who is serving as interim Executive Chairman and will return as Chairman of the

BOISE, Idaho, March 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ:MU) today announced it has appointed two experienced business leaders, Mark Liu and Christie Simons, to its board of directors. Liu spent over 30 years with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), where he held increasingly important leadership positions, including senior vice president (2004-2012), co-chief operations officer (2012-2013), president and co-CEO (2013-2018), and executive chairman (2018-2024). Under his leadership, TSMC became the world's largest semiconductor foundry. Currently, he is the founder and chairman of J&M Copper Beech Ventures, a multi-strategy investment fund. Liu began h

BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU) today announced it is appointing Mike Cordano as the company's executive vice president of worldwide sales, effective immediately. Cordano will succeed Mike Bokan, who announced a few months ago his intention to retire from Micron in fiscal 2025 after more than twenty-eight years with the company. Bokan will support Cordano over the next several months to ensure a seamless transition. Cordano will report directly to Sanjay Mehrotra, President and CEO of Micron. Cordano joins Micron with a 30-year track record of success in executive leadership, driving innovative business development, and executing success

BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU) today announced that Robert (Bob) Switz, its current Board Chair, will retire at the annual shareholders meeting on Jan. 16, 2025. The Board has unanimously approved the appointment of Micron's President and CEO, Sanjay Mehrotra, to serve as Board Chair and Lynn Dugle as Lead Independent Director following the annual shareholders meeting. Switz joined Micron's Board of Directors in 2006 and was named Chair in 2012. With broad experience, a clear-headed approach and exceptional business acumen, Switz has been a leading voice in driving strong governance and the company's successful strategy. Throughout his

USA News Group CommentaryIssued on behalf of Avant Technologies Inc. VANCOUVER, BC, May 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- With integration of AI-powered computing steadily on the rise, analysts at Goldman Sachs Research are projecting that the global data center power behind this tech boom is poised to more than double by 2030. However, the catch is that Goldman's teach believes that the supporting data center load growth will require at least $50 billion in new power generation capacity investment to achieve this. Experts are now declaring that 'futuristic AI needs futuristic data centers' in order to achieve the dreams of developers and end-users. According to WhaTech, the growth for data centers ma

Seasoned financial leader brings deep experience delivering operational efficiency and profitable growth Bloom Energy Inc. (NYSE:BE), a leading provider of clean energy solutions, announced today the appointment of Daniel Berenbaum as Chief Financial Officer, effective April 29, 2024. Berenbaum will succeed Greg Cameron, who will remain with the company until mid-May 2024 to ensure a smooth transition. "We're thrilled to have Dan join our leadership team," said KR Sridhar, Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "He stood out among an exceptional group of finalists by showing a strong record of success across the board – on scaling and strategy; on financial discipline and cost r

BOISE, Idaho, March 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU), an industry leader in innovative memory and storage solutions, today announced the appointment of Robert (Bob) Swan to its board of directors. A recognized leader with a distinguished career in the semiconductor, technology and industrial sectors, Swan currently serves as an operating partner at Andreessen Horowitz, where he advises growth-stage portfolio companies. Swan's extensive background includes his tenure as CFO and later CEO of Intel Corporation, where he oversaw 110,000 employees and $78B in annual sales. Prior to joining Intel, as CFO of eBay, Swan played a significant role in driving the co

BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU), an industry leader in innovative memory and storage solutions, today announced it is appointing Michael Ray as the company's senior vice president, chief legal officer and corporate secretary effective immediately. In this role, Ray will report directly to Sanjay Mehrotra, President and CEO of Micron. He will be responsible for Micron's global legal, compliance and intellectual property functions, comprising a team of lawyers, paralegals and other professionals.   Ray brings nearly 30 years of legal experience to Micron, including a significant tenure at Western Digital, where he led the legal department

BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU), today announced the appointment of Raj Narasimhan to the role of senior vice president and general manager of its Compute and Networking Business Unit. Narasimhan will be responsible for leading Micron's largest business, driving advances in memory products focused on high-performance computing, artificial intelligence, and cloud and client computing. He will report to Sumit Sadana, Micron's executive vice president and chief business officer. "Raj brings a wealth of experience to this role, having built his career at Micron focusing on quality, R&D, manufacturing and product and customer management," sai

BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 30, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU), today announced the appointment of Mark Montierth to the role of corporate vice president and general manager of its Mobile Business Unit. Montierth will be responsible for leading Micron's mobile business, including building world-class mobile solutions to address the growing market opportunity for memory and storage driven by the demand for data-intensive mobile experiences. Montierth will report to Sumit Sadana, Micron's executive vice president and chief business officer. "I'm excited to have Mark take on this new role at Micron," said Sadana. "Mark's leadership skills, success in running innovative,

- Wright brings to the Solid Power board extensive experience in automotive industry as well as public company, leadership and energy storage expertise LOUISVILLE, Colo., July 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Solid Power, Inc. ("Solid Power") (NASDAQ:SLDP), an industry-leading developer of all-solid-state battery cells for electric vehicles, today announced its board of directors appointed MaryAnn Wright to the board, effective July 18, 2022, bringing the total number of board members to nine. Ms. Wright brings to the Solid Power board more than 30 years' experience building successful, high-performing teams, primarily in the automotive industry.   Ms. Wright spent the first 18 years of her

BOISE, Idaho, April 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU), an industry leader in innovative memory and storage solutions, today announced the appointment of Courtney Geduldig to the role of corporate vice president for public affairs. "Courtney joins Micron with extensive experience in regulatory and public affairs and a very impressive track record in leading global government relations organizations to advance public policy initiatives across industries and around the world," said David Moore, senior vice president and chief strategy officer at Micron. "We are very excited to have a leader of Courtney's caliber and experience join Micron's leadership team at a

BOISE, Idaho, April 05, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU), an industry leader in innovative memory and storage solutions, today announced that it is appointing Mark Murphy as the company's executive vice president and chief financial officer effective April 18, 2022. Murphy brings 25 years of deep financial and operational leadership to the role and will oversee Micron's financial strategy for the company's next era of growth. "Mark is a seasoned executive with extensive public company CFO experience, and proven large-scale manufacturing expertise. He has a strong track record of driving financial performance at multiple well-established companies in the semicon

BOISE, Idaho, April 04, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU), an industry leader in innovative memory and storage solutions, today announced the appointment of Fran Dillard to the role of vice president and chief diversity inclusion officer. Dillard brings more than 20 years of diversity leadership and HR experience to advance the company's key diversity initiatives.   "Diversity, equality and inclusion are foundational at Micron and we're excited to have Fran's leadership, exceptional skills and deep experience to accelerate our vision and strategy and build on our history of championing an inclusive workplace for all," said April Arnzen, senior vice president and

Chronos Tech LLC today announced that the Company's Board of Directors has appointed Ali Farhang as the CEO. Ali will assume day-to-day leadership and will also join Chronos Tech's Board of Directors. Ali Farhang has been a successful technologist, executive, and advisor in the semiconductor industry for the past 30 years leading global R&D teams towards the development and commercialization of some of the preeminent products in our industry. Most recently, as Corporate Vice President at Micron Technology ((MU), he led the successful formation of its Central Engineering R&D organization. Before that, he was at Intel ((INTC) where he was appointed VP of Engineering in 2012. During his 26yrs

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Silicon Labs (NASDAQ:SLAB), a leader in secure, intelligent wireless technology today announced that Sumit Sadana has been appointed Lead Director of the company's board of directors. Sadana succeeds Bill Wood who has held that position since 2005 and remains a member of the board.    Sadana has been a director on the Silicon Labs board since 2015 and he is a member of the nominating and governance committee. He is currently the executive vice president and chief business officer at Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU), a leader in innovati

BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU), today announced the appointment of Rob Beard as senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary. Beard succeeds Joel Poppen, who earlier this year announced his plans to retire after more than 26 years of exemplary service to the company, including serving as Micron's senior vice president of Legal Affairs, general counsel and corporate secretary since 2013. Beard will lead Micron's global legal, intellectual property, and compliance and ethics functions, comprising a strong team of lawyers, paralegals and other professionals across Micron's global footprint. "Rob's deep expertise, legal ac

BOISE, Idaho, April 29, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU), today announced the appointment of Sharawn Connors to the role of chief diversity and inclusion officer. Connors joined Micron in July 2019 as the vice president of diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI). Under Connors' leadership, Micron established six key DEI commitments for fiscal year 2021, integrated global initiatives in the company's business and operations, and set strategy-driven goals around diverse hiring, talent retention and advancement, and inclusion. Her success has been demonstrated by several accomplishments that are now embedded into Micron's culture and business. With guidance from

BOISE, Idaho, March 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Micron Technology, Inc., (Nasdaq: MU) today announced the appointment of Jeremy Werner to the role of corporate vice president and general manager of its Storage Business Unit. “Jeremy is a proven business leader with deep knowledge of storage technology,” said Sumit Sadana, executive vice president and chief business officer at Micron. “I look forward to his leadership as we pursue exciting growth opportunities and deliver world-class storage solutions to our data center and client customers.” Werner is an accomplished storage technology leader with 20 years’ experience across a wide range of responsibilities, including product plann

BOISE, Idaho, March 04, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MU), today announced the appointment of Raj Hazra to the role of senior vice president and general manager of Micron’s Compute and Networking Business Unit. Hazra succeeds Tom Eby, who plans to retire following more than a decade of leadership at Micron. Eby will serve as a senior advisor to the company during the interim and will remain with Micron through April.  “Raj’s strong technical acumen and deep experience in data centers, make him an exceptional choice to lead our Compute and Networking Business Unit. I am excited to have Raj at the helm of our largest business as we seek to leverage opportunitie

BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MU), an industry leader in innovative memory and storage solutions, today announced the appointment of Linnie Haynesworth to its board of directors. Haynesworth has more than 30 years of experience in technology, including aerospace and cybersecurity. “Linnie’s extensive expertise in complex system development, technology integration and risk management makes her a valuable addition to our board,” said Micron President and CEO Sanjay Mehrotra. “She also brings deep insights on cybersecurity that will provide fresh perspective as we further advance Micron’s technology leadership and deliver trusted solutions t