LSI Appoints New COO

LSI Corp. has appointed Jeff Richardson to the newly created position of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. In his new capacity, he will oversee all marketing, engineering and manufacturing aspects of the company’s product operations. Richardson will continue to report to Abhi Talwalkar, LSI President and Chief Executive Officer.

“Over the past six years, Jeff has been instrumental in helping drive the transformation of LSI to become a highly focused leader in enabling the storage and networking markets,” said Talwalkar. “In his new role, I have great confidence that Jeff will further increase our focus on delighting customers through strong execution, high quality products and great customer service.”

Richardson joined LSI in June, 2005, and most recently served as Executive Vice President of the LSI Semiconductor Solutions Group. He previously served in senior executive roles leading the LSI Network and Storage Products Group, the LSI Custom Solutions Group and corporate strategy function. Prior to joining LSI, Richardson was Vice President and General Manager of Intel’s Enterprise Solutions and Services Division.

The company also announced that Phil Bullinger, Executive Vice President and General Manager of the LSI Engenio Storage Group, will be leaving the company in May 2011, following the expected completion of the company’s sale of its external storage systems business to NetApp Inc.

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