August 8, 2002 - National Semiconductor Corporation (NYSE:NSM) today announced it has promoted John Phelps to the company’s top-ranking position in Europe. As National’s Regional Vice President for Europe, Phelps will report to Detlev Kunz, senior vice president for worldwide sales and marketing. Phelps most recently served in National’s industry leading analog division as vice president for standard analog products.
"John Phelps' broad experience in product line management and his extensive international background in sales and marketing make him an excellent addition to our worldwide management team," Kunz said.
Phelps has broad international experience. He joined National Semiconductor in 1987 and moved to Hong Kong as a business center manager for the company's Asia Pacific region. During his seven years in Hong Kong he served in several positions, including marketing director and director of sales for Asia Pacific. In 1996 he was promoted to vice president and managing director of National's Latin America region and moved to Sao Paolo, Brazil. He returned to the United States in 1999 as vice president of microcontroller products in the Analog Products Group. He was promoted to vice president of standard analog products in 2001.
National Semiconductor is the premier analog company driving the information age. Combining real-world analog and state-of-the-art digital technology, the company is focused on the fast growing markets for wireless handsets; information appliances; information infrastructure; and display, imaging and human interface technologies. With headquarters in Santa Clara, California, National reported sales of $1.5 billion for the last fiscal year and employs about 10,000 people worldwide. Additional company and product information is available on the World Wide Web at www.national.com.
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