Technology >> CEO Interviews >> May 27, 2003
KEITH JACKSON is President and Chief Executive Officer of ON
Semiconductor. Mr. Jackson brings three decades of experience in
the semiconductor industry to ON Semiconductor. Before joining ON
Semiconductor, Jackson was Executive Vice President and General
Manager of the Analog-Mixed Signal division of Fairchild
Semiconductor Corporation and, more recently, was selected to
head Fairchild's Integrated Circuits Group. From 1996 to 1998,
Jackson served as President and member of the board of Tritech
Microelectronics Ltd. From 1986 to 1996, Jackson served in
various managerial and marketing positions at National
Semiconductor, including its High Performance Logic, Digital
Logic, Advanced Systems and Interface Products divisions, and
culminating in the Vice President and General Manager position at
its Analog & Mixed Signal division. Jackson began his engineering
career in electronics when he joined Texas Instruments
Incorporated in 1973 and left in 1986 as engineering manager.
Jackson earned his Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Southern
Methodist University. Profile
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Mr. Jackson: Over the last year we have improved our financial
condition. We have had steady
