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Elke Eckstein leaves AMD for COO role at OSRAM Opto Semiconductors
14 August 2008 | By Síle Mc Mahon | Going Places
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After less than a two year stay at AMD
as Vice President, Manufacturing of currently dormant Fab 30/38, Elke
Eckstein has left to become the new Chief Operating Officer at OSRAM
Opto Semiconductors.
Before moving to AMD, she was Chief Executive Officer at ALTIS
Semiconductor, a joint venture between IBM and Infineon. She started
her career in the Semiconductor Division of Siemens in Munich, which
later became Infineon. OSRAM Opto Semiconductors is a Siemens
subsidiary.
Eckstein’s appointment was made effective on July 1st, however the news was only released 6 weeks later.