Director Robert E. Switz to Serve as Chairman, Mark W. Adams as President
BOISE, Idaho, 2012-02-04 23:02 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:MU), today announced the appointment of D. Mark
Durcan as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company. Mr. Durcan will also
serve as a Director on Micron's Board of Directors. The appointments come after
the company reported that Steven R. Appleton, longtime Micron Chairman and CEO,
passed away in a Feb. 3 airplane accident in Boise.
The Board of Directors also announced the appointment of Director Robert E.
Switz as Chairman of the Board and Mark W. Adams as President. Mr. Switz has
served as a Director since 2006 and is the former Chairman and CEO of ADC
Telecommunications. He has previously served as chair of the Micron Board's
Audit and Governance committees. Mr. Adams joined the company in 2006 and
served most recently as Vice President of Worldwide Sales.
Mr. Durcan, 51, has served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Micron
since 2007 and earlier served as Micron's Chief Technology Officer. He joined
the company in 1984.
"We are fortunate to be able to appoint someone with Mark's operations and
technical leadership experience to serve as the company's CEO," said Mr. Switz.
"Mark has been instrumental in Micron's success in his role as President and
COO and has garnered the respect of the company, his team members and the
industry at large."
Mr. Durcan said, "We are deeply saddened by Steve's loss and will miss his hand
at the helm. I have provided the Board my ongoing commitment to work with the
management team and continue to move the company forward."
Micron Technology, Inc., is one of the world's leading providers of advanced
semiconductor solutions. Through its worldwide operations, Micron manufactures
and markets a full range of DRAM, NAND and NOR flash memory, as well as other
innovative memory technologies, packaging solutions and semiconductor systems
for use in leading-edge computing, consumer, networking, embedded and mobile
products. Micron's common stock is traded on the NASDAQ under the MU symbol. To
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Micron Technology, Inc.
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