Wireless expert Edgar Auslander Appointed Head of ST-Ericsson's
Strategic Planning
(Thomson Reuters ONE) - GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - November 4, 2009 - ST-Ericsson, a world leaderin wireless platforms and semiconductors, announces that EdgarAuslander has been appointed Senior Vice President, head of StrategicPlanning. He brings more than 20 years of experience in wirelesscommunications and semiconductors."Edgar's impressive credentials will be key in helping us devise thebest strategies that will contribute to our continued innovation andbusiness leadership," said Gilles Delfassy, President and CEO ofST-Ericsson. "I'm confident that ST-Ericsson will benefit from hisbusiness savvy and deep industry knowledge, while we are shaping thelong-term success of the company."Auslander was one of the founders of Texas Instruments' WirelessBusiness Unit, which he contributed to transform in less than eightyears to a global leader. He also served as its General Manager,Worldwide Strategy and Corporate Development.Prior to joining ST-Ericsson, Auslander was Director, Ultra MobilityGroup at Intel, responsible for the integration and support ofwireless platforms for mobile internet devices and strategicalliances. Between 2006 and 2007 he was a Vice President at a venturecapital firm in California.From 2001 to 2004, as Senior Vice President, Marketing and Strategy,Auslander helped to launch a Silicon Valley start-up, supplying majormobile operators and phone manufacturers with mobile devices andintegrated software solutions. He was also on the Board of Advisorsof several start-ups.Co-author of "The Applications of Programmable DSPs in MobileCommunications" (Wiley), Auslander holds an MBA from ColumbiaUniversity and a Master of Electrical Engineering from CornellUniversity. He is also a senior member of the IEEE.About ST-EricssonST-Ericsson is a world leader in developing and delivering a completeportfolio of innovative mobile platforms and cutting-edge wirelesssemiconductor solutions across the broad spectrum of mobiletechnologies. The company is a leading supplier to the top handsetmanufacturers and ST-Ericsson's products and technologies enable morethan half of all phones in use today. The company generated pro-formasales of about $3.6 billion in 2008. ST-Ericsson was established as a50/50 joint venture by STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM) and Ericsson(NASDAQ:ERIC) in February 2009, with headquarters in Geneva,Switzerland.FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:Media RelationsPhone: +41 22 930 2733Email: media.relations(at)stericsson.comInvestor RelationsPhone: +41 22 929 6973Email: investor.relations(at)stericsson.comhttp://hugin.info/141758/R/1352527/327246.pdfThis announcement was originally distributed by Hugin. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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