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News Release from: Silicon Laboratories
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 20 January 2005
Hoff brings experience to European role
Kurt Hoff has joined Silicon Laboratories' as Vice President of European Sales and Operations based in the company's Paris office.
Kurt Hoff has joined Silicon Laboratories' as Vice President of European Sales and Operations based in the company's Paris office Hoff brings more than 20 years of industry experience to Silicon Laboratories including leadership roles at Cognio, Motorola/C-Port, Philsar and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 12 Feb 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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"We are pleased to have Kurt join Silicon Laboratories to lead our world-class team in Europe", said Gary Gay, Vice President of Worldwide Sales for Silicon Laboratories.
"Kurt's experience in high-tech sales, sales management and distribution combined with his track record in quickly ramping growing businesses is an ideal match for Silicon Laboratories, which is aggressively expanding its presence throughout Europe".
Prior to joining Silicon Laboratories, Hoff served as President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Cognio, a leading spectrum management company, where he raised more than $25 million in US and European venture capital.
Hoff also managed the operations and sales of C-Port Corp, the wholly owned network processor subsidiary acquired by Motorola in May 2000.
Additionally, Hoff spent 10 years at AMD in sales where he managed operations of $500 million servicing large communications multinationals such as Lucent, Nortel and Alcatel.
Hoff holds a master's degree in business administration from the University of Chicago and a bachelor's degree in physics from the University of Illinois.
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