SANDISK APPOINTS TWO INDUSTRY LEADERS TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Milpitas, Calif., August 6, 2009 - SanDisk Corporation
(NASDAQ:SNDK), today announced that it has appointed two
distinguished industry and technology leaders to its board of
directors, with immediate effect. The new board appointees are
Kevin DeNuccio, currently vice chairman of Redback Networks a
subsidiary of L.M. Ericsson and Dr. Chenming Calvin Hu, currently
the TSMC Distinguished Chair Professor of Microelectronics in
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of
California, Berkeley.
"Kevin and Chenming will contribute significant business and
technical excellence to our board of directors," said Dr. Eli
Harari, chairman and CEO, SanDisk. "These are exciting times, and
we look forward to their participation and guidance as SanDisk
pursues significant opportunities in our target markets."
Mr. DeNuccio currently serves as Vice Chairman of Redback
Networks a subsidiary of L.M. Ericsson and as a board member with
JDS Uniphase Corporation, Data Connections Ltd, and Catholic
Charities. Previously, he served as CEO of Redback for seven years
and before that, was senior vice president of worldwide service
provider operations at Cisco Systems. Prior to Cisco, DeNuccio held
several executive management roles with Verizon Communications,
Unisys Corporation, and Wang Laboratories. He holds finance and MBA
degrees from Northeastern University and Columbia University,
respectively.
Dr. Chenming Calvin Hu is the TSMC Distinguished Chair Professor
of Microelectronics in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
at the University of California, Berkeley. He has served as the
chief technology officer of TSMC, the world's largest dedicated
integrated circuits foundry. In addition, Dr. Hu was the founding
chairman of Celestry Design Technologies, acquired by Cadence
Design Systems and was the board chairman of the non-profit East
Bay Chinese School, Oakland, CA. He holds three degrees in
electrical engineering: a B.S. from the National Taiwan University
and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from UC, Berkeley.
About SanDisk
SanDisk Corporation is the global leader in flash memory cards,
from research, manufacturing and product design to consumer
branding and retail distribution. SanDisk's product portfolio
includes flash memory cards for mobile phones, digital cameras and
camcorders; digital audio/video players; USB flash drives for
consumers and the enterprise; embedded memory for mobile devices;
and solid state drives for computers.SanDisk is a
Silicon Valley-based S&P 500 company, with more than half its
sales outside the United States.
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