Technology >> CEO Interviews >> August 24, 2009
Keith Jackson, who has more than two decades of experience in the semiconductor
industry, was named President and CEO of ON Semiconductor in 2002. Prior to
joining ON Semiconductor, he was Executive Vice President and General Manager of
Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation's Analog and Mixed Signal Division. Mr.
Jackson previously headed Fairchild's Integrated Circuits Group. From 1996 to
1998 he served as President and member of the board of TriTech Microelectronics
Ltd.; from 1986 to 1996 he held various managerial and marketing positions at
National Semiconductor, culminating in Vice President and General Manager of the
Analog and Mixed Signal Division. Mr. Jackson began his engineering career in
electronics at Texas Instruments Incorporated in 1973. He left the company in
1986 as an Engineering Manager. Mr. Jackson earned his bachelor's and master's
degrees from Southern Methodist University. Profile
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