International Rectifier announces management promotion
(Business News, 18 Dec 2007 )
International Rectifier Corp. has announced a new organizational appointment to the company’s leadership team.
Rick Sivan has been promoted to Vice President, Research & Development effective immediately. In this role, he will be responsible for Research & Development efforts.
Sivan joined International Rectifier in March 2005 and most recently served as the company’s Vice President R&D where he was responsible for radiation hardened technologies, EDA/PDK development, as well as managing the R&D organizational goals and budget.
Before joining International Rectifier, Sivan spent 18 years at Motorola Semiconductor, where he led the development of several generations of memory and microcontroller technology platforms and held several senior positions including Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of the Semiconductor Products Sector. He previously was a member of the technical staff at Bell Laboratories, where he worked on advanced CMOS technologies.
Sivan received his Ph.D. in solid state physics from the University of Texas at Austin, as well as a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Tel Aviv, Israel. He has authored or co-authored 16 US patents and numerous articles in scientific and technical journals.
