Ramtron International Corporation has appointed Eric Kuo to its board of directors. The addition of Kuo brings the Ramtron board to a total of seven directors.
Eric Kuo, a 30-year veteran in the semiconductor industry, is currently engaged as a consultant and advisor to the CEO of ICbank, a leading component business-to-business and business-to-consumer firm in Korea. Mr. Kuo is also a consultant and advisor to the management team of EEfocus, a leading electronics media company in Beijing.
Kuo retired from Fairchild Semiconductor in December 2007 as President and Managing Director of Asia Pacific, where he was responsible for expanding Fairchild’s business in Asia, with an emphasis on greater China. Mr. Kuo’s recent achievements at Fairchild include establishing and executing Fairchild’s Asia Pacific growth strategy and establishing a strong technical support team across the region to accelerate design wins for Fairchild’s power products franchise. During his tenure at Fairchild, he drove significant revenue growth within the Asia Pacific region, setting revenue records and growing the region to more than half of Fairchild’s worldwide sales. Prior to joining Fairchild, Mr. Kuo was Director of Marketing for the Discrete Power and Signal Technologies Group at National Semiconductor in California. Mr. Kuo also held various senior level sales and marketing management and business development positions at National Semiconductor in the Asia Pacific region.
