Conexant Systems, Inc. has apointed William E. Bendush and Matthew E.
Massengill (pictured) to the company’s Board of Directors, bringing the
total number of members to eight. Mr. Bendush will serve as chairman of
the board’s Audit Committee and will sit on the Board Governance and
Composition Committee, while Mr. Massengill will sit on the Board
Governance and Composition and the Compensation and Management
Development Committees.
Mr. Bendush joins the company from his former role as Senior Vice
President and CFO at Applied Micro Circuits Corporation. He held a
similar role at Silicon Systems, Inc. for 15 years, prior to which he
held vatrious senior financial management positions at AM
International, Inc. and Gulf & Western Industries, Inc. He also
held positions in finance at companies including Gould, Inc. and
Blackman, Kallick & Company. A member of the Board for Microsemi
Corporation, Mr. Bendush, a CPA, has a degree in accounting from
Northern Illinois University.
Former CEO and Chairman of the
Board for Western Digital Corporation, with which company he worked for
22 years, he also worked with the Ford Aerospace and Communications
Corporation in a research engineer capacity. He currently serves on the
boards of Western Digital, and Microsemi Corp., the Orange County
Technology Action Network (OCTANe), the South Coast Repertory, and
THINK Together. Mr. Massengill has a bachelor’s degree in engineering
from Purdue University.
Conexant is a fabless semiconductor company.