New position for Dittloff

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Dec 9, 2004

Dr Hans-Joachim Dittloff has been named Vice President of Engineering for the Agere Systems Mobility Division.

Dr Hans-Joachim Dittloff has been named Vice President of Engineering for the Agere Systems Mobility Division, which is a leading supplier of silicon and software solutions for GPRS/Edge and 3G wireless handsets.

In this newly created position, Dittloff will lead Agere's core development activities for GPRS, Edge, 3G/UMTS and converged Wi-Fi chips and software, product engineering and test initiatives, as well as Agere's programme management efforts within the Mobility Division.

Dittloff joins Agere from Infineon Technologies, where he was the Chief Operating Officer of the Secure Mobile Solutions Group with responsibility for Infineon's wireless and chip card IC business, which provides a broad range of components and complete systems solutions for mobile phones.

Previously, Dittloff also served as Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing for Infineon's Wireless Group.

Prior to his tenure at Infineon, Dittloff held leadership positions focused on communications, satellite and vehicle navigation and mission control systems at Sican Group, Temic (Telefunken microelectronic) and STN Atlas Elektronik.

"Hans-Joachim brings a wealth of expertise to this leadership role that will be most critical as we look to rapidly grow this business and expand Agere's portfolio of silicon and software for mobile handsets", said Luc Seraphin, Vice President of Agere's Mobility Division.

"I look forward to taking advantage of his technological and operations knowledge as we position this business to meet customer demand for new and enhanced solutions".

Dittloff is based at Agere's mobile handset solutions development centre in Munich, Germany and he begins his work immediately.