NXP Semiconductors announced that Hans Rijns and Dave French will jointly take responsibility for the NXP R&D function per immediate effect.
Rijns is appointed CTO. He will combine this role with his current position as SVP & Head of Research. French is assigned as EVP of R&D and will combine this responsibility with his current position as GMof BU Portable & Computing.
“This leadership combination addresses the criticality of innovation and technology advancement to NXP's success, it will strengthen our global R&D efforts and provide NXP highly visible corporate technology leadership in the industry,” said Rick Clemmer, President and CEO of NXP Semiconductors.
In his role as CTO, Rijns will primarily focus his efforts on innovation and technology strategies. French, in his role of EVP of R&D, will focus his attention on engineering related aspects like R&D productivity and time-to-market. Both report directly for their respective responsibilities to CEO Rick Clemmer.
Rijns started his career at Philips Research as scientist in the area of discrete-time mixed-signal circuits. Since 1996 he has held various technical, business and executive management positions at Philips Semiconductors and NXP. Hans holds an MSc and PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Twente, the Netherlands. Hans is a member of Scientific Advisory Board of VIRTUS IC Design Center of Excellence, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and member of the Advisory Board of the Electrical Engineering department and the Supervisory board of the Embedded Systems Institute of the Technical University Eindhoven, the Netherlands.