Micron Shuffles Executive Deck
Online staff -- EDN, February 10, 2006
Micron Technology Inc. today announced several corporate changes that included a new COO, the merging of two business units and several new VPs.
Mark Durcan, the company's current CTO and VP of research and development, has been named the new COO. In addition to his responsibilities for research and development activities, Durcan will be responsible for the company's global operations. Durcan, 44, joined Micron in 1984 and was named CTO in 1996.
Micron also announced that it is merging its mobile and systems memory business units into one memory group targeting a variety of NAND flash, DRAM and specialty memory solutions to its customers. Brian Shirley has been appointed VP of memory, responsible for the combined groups. Shirley, 36, previously held the role of DRAM design manager for the company.
"Micron's products, customers and the solutions we enable have evolved to a point where changing parts of our organization will continue to increase our presence and competitiveness in the global marketplace," said Steve Appleton, Micron chairman, president and CEO, in a statement.
Within the new combined memory group, Jan du Preez, formerly VP of Micron's mobile memory group, will now serve as the VP of memory marketing. Micron has also appointed John Schreck to the role of VP of DRAM development and Frankie Roohparvar to the role of VP of NAND development. Schreck, 46, previously served as design manager for Micron's mobile memory group. Roohparvar, 43, previously held the role of senior director of flash memory design.
