Technology >> CEO Interviews >> September 12, 2001

Michael Rohleder – On Semiconductor Corporation (onnn)

MICHAEL ROHLEDER is Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing of ON Semiconductor Corporation. Mr. Rohleder brings a strong background in the electronics distribution industry to ON Semiconductor after serving as President and Chief Executive Officer of Wyle Electronics, a member of the VEBA Electronics Group, from 1997 to 1999. Prior to Wyle, Mr. Rohleder was President and CEO of Insight Electronics, also a member of the VEBA Electronics Group. Before joining Insight and the VEBA Electronics Group, he served as Vice President of Sales for Western Microtechnology, a distributor of components and systems products. Since joining ON Semiconductor, he has launched a number of supply-chain and Web-related initiatives that have resulted in ON Semiconductor being recognized as an industry leader in customer service. Mr. Rohleder has been instrumental in building supply-chain solutions implemented through Insight and Wyle for customers such as Cisco Systems, Lucent INS, Solectron and many others. Profile
TWST: Could we begin with a brief, historical sketch of ON Semiconductor

and an overview of things as they are now?

Mr. Rohleder: We spun off from Motorola just two years ago in August

1999