SANTA CLARA, Calif.,
Dec. 22, 2014 /PRNewswire/
-- Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (NASDAQ: MRVL), a worldwide
leader in providing complete silicon solutions from mobile
communications to storage, Internet of Things (IoT), cloud
infrastructure, digital entertainment and in-home content delivery
and Kinoma® software enabling the "Smart Life and Smart
Lifestyle," announced today that its Board of Directors has
appointed Ms. Weili Dai, Marvell's
President and Co-Founder, as a member of the Board of Directors,
effective immediately. Ms. Dai will stand for re-election to the
Board of Directors at Marvell's next annual general meeting of
shareholders.
"Since Weili Dai co-founded Marvell, she has been a driving
force for the company's success. Her dedication to our customers,
partners and stakeholders is widely recognized by the industry. In
her current role as the President of the company, Weili brings to
the leadership a long-term vision, integrity, strong principles,
unrelenting drive, customer focus and passion for Marvell," said
Dr. Sehat Sutardja, Chairman and CEO
of Marvell. "On behalf of Marvell's Board of Directors, I am very
thankful for Weili's contributions to the tremendous success of
Marvell. We look forward to her continued leadership and expanded
capacity as a member of the Board."
Ms. Weili Dai is one of the most
successful women entrepreneurs in the world today. Widely
considered a technology visionary, she is the only woman co-founder
of a global semiconductor company, and since it began in 1995, she
has helped Marvell's rise to become one of the top semiconductor
companies in the world. Ms. Dai's business acumen, strategic
thinking, product leadership, endless passion and personal network
have contributed greatly to Marvell's fast rise to success. Her
close relationship with her customers and the foundation of the
trust shared with them has given her a strong reputation for
professionalism and integrity throughout the technology industry.
Ms. Dai has served a pivotal role in creating some of the Company's
most important strategic partnerships and under her leadership
Marvell's technology has become an integral component of many of
the world's most important products in enterprise, communications,
mobile computing, consumer and emerging markets. She has also
become a driving force in expanding access to technology in the
developing world and an ambassador of opportunity between the US
and China, particularly in the
arenas of education and green technology. Ms. Dai has become a
powerful advocate for the better use of technology to improve the
human condition.
For her contributions to technology and society, Newsweek named
Ms. Dai one of the "150 Women Who Shake the World" and was recently
profiled by CNN International for the Leading Women
Series: Leading the Female Tech Charge, Leading Women
Principles Fair and Care,Educating for Future Success,
and Leading Women Inspire Others. Additionally, Forbes
Magazine lists Ms. Dai as one of the "World's 100 Most
Powerful Women".
The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) recently recognized Ms.
Dai along with her husband Sehat
Sutardja, CEO of Marvell, with the prestigious 2013 Dr.
Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award. Ms. Dai and Dr.
Sutardja were selected because of their exceptional success in
creating Marvell, their individual contributions to today's modern
semiconductor age, as well as the talents and expertise they've
continuously leveraged to address and overcome pressing global
issues like education and smart energy.
Prior to being named company President in 2013, Ms. Dai held a
number of significant positions within Marvell since co-founding
the company: she has served as Chief Operating Officer, Executive
Vice President, and General Manager of the Communications Business
Group. She has also been a Director of Marvell Technology Group
Ltd. and Corporate Secretary of the Board. Before Marvell, Ms. Dai
was involved in software development and project management at
Canon Research Center America, Inc. Ms. Dai holds a Bachelor of
Science degree in Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley.
Ms. Dai is an active philanthropist, leading Marvell's global
civic engagements, including major partnership with the One Laptop
Per Child program (OLPC). She is a member of the executive
committee for TechNet and Bay Area Council and
sits on the board of the California Chamber of Commerce. She
is also a board director of the disaster relief organization,
Give2Asia, and was named to the prestigious Committee of 100,
an organization representing the most-influential Chinese
Americans. In recognition of their generosity, Sutardja Dai Hall at
her alma mater UC Berkeley was named for Ms. Dai along with her
husband Sehat Sutardja, CEO of
Marvell, and Pantas Sutardja, co-founder of Marvell. Sutardja Dai
Hall is home to the Center for Information Technology Research in
the Interest of Society (CITRIS). Celebrated as the glue behind her
company, family and community, Ms. Dai is the proud mother of two
sons who are Electrical Engineering graduate students at UC
Berkeley; Christopher and Nicholas are currently Ph.D
candidates.
Ms. Dai was selected as the first woman commencement speaker at
the University of California, Berkeley, College of Engineering
graduation ceremony on May 12,
2012.
Ms. Dai's biography is also available at the Marvell
webpage.
About Marvell
Marvell (NASDAQ: MRVL) is a
global leader in providing complete silicon solutions and Kinoma®
software enabling the "Smart Life and Smart Lifestyle." From mobile
communications to storage, Internet of Things (IoT), cloud
infrastructure, digital entertainment and in-home content delivery,
Marvell's diverse product portfolio aligns complete platform
designs with industry-leading performance, security, reliability
and efficiency. At the core of the world's most powerful consumer,
network and enterprise systems, Marvell empowers partners and their
customers to always stand at the forefront of innovation,
performance and mass appeal. By providing people around the world
with mobility and ease of access to services adding value to their
social, private and work lives, Marvell is committed to enhancing
the human experience. For more information please visit
www.marvell.com.
Marvell®, the Marvell logo and Kinoma are registered
trademarks of Marvell and/or its affiliates.
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