New Chief Executive Takes the Reins at OSRAM Opto Semiconductors
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Aldo Kamper succeeds Dr. Rudiger Muller as President and CEO on October 1, 2010
Sunnyvale, CA, September 10, 2010 - OSRAM Opto Semiconductors is taking a stand on innovation and continuity with the change in its top management. As of October 1, 2010, Aldo Kamper (40), a proven LED expert and time-tested executive, is succeeding Dr. Rudiger Muller (65) who, after heading the optoelectronic semiconductor business for 22 years at OSRAM and formerly at Siemens, is bidding farewell upon reaching retirement age. Martin Goetzeler, CEO of the parent company, OSRAM, said: "Down to this very day, Dr. Rudiger Muller has been one of the driving forces worldwide in the development of LED technology, which now reaches far into our everyday lives. With Aldo Kamper, we have been able to win a successor from our own ranks - someone who will advance OSRAM Opto Semiconductors and make his own mark."
Kamper started his professional career at OSRAM in 1994 after completing his business administration studies. Between 1999 and 2006, he held executive positions at OSRAM Opto Semiconductors in the fields of automotive and visible LEDs. Since 2006, he has held the post of Executive Vice President & General Manager, Specialty Lighting at OSRAM Sylvania in the U.S. With his technological and business-administration expertise, he has all the right credentials to further extend the company's role as global technology driver in very close review and coordination with its customers.
Dr. Rudiger Muller's retirement brings an era to an end at OSRAM Opto Semiconductors and in LED technology. Muller headed the optoelectronic semiconductor business at Siemens from 1988 and, in 1999, was also founding CEO of OSRAM Opto Semiconductors, in which Siemens' LED and infrared business was pooled with OSRAM's lighting competence. His name stands for rapid technological innovation and personal integrity. Besides strong growth and the continuous expansion of production capacities in Regensburg and in Penang, Malaysia, his name is most closely linked with technological advances in optoelectronic semiconductor technology. Crucial innovations, such as thin-film technology, direct blue or green semiconductor laser diodes, the first OLED product and the first surface-mountable LED (SMT-LED)
-- innovations that set standards to this very day -- emerged under his leadership.
ALDO KAMPER's CV:
Born in Leidschendam, Netherlands, on June 4, 1970
1988 - 1994 University of Maastricht / University of Trier
Studied business administration
1994 - 1997 OSRAM GmbH
Controller Affiliated Companies
1997 - 1999 University of Stanford (USA)
MBA
1999 - 2001 OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH Regensburg
Director Visible LED Automotive
2001 - 2006 OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH Regensburg
Vice President & General Manager Visible LED
2006 - 2010 OSRAM Sylvania (USA)
Executive Vice President & General Manager Specialty Lighting NAFTA
DR. RUDIGER MULLER's CV:
Born in Frankfurt/Main, Germany, on July 27, 1945
1964 - 1969 Technical University of
Munich
Studied electrical engineering
1969 - 1972 Technical University of Munich
Engineering doctorate
1972 - 1974 Technical University of Munich
Head of Research Group Microwave Semiconductors
1974 - 1977 Siemens AG
Munich Central research and development
Head of Laboratory "Bipolar and SOS Design"
1977 - 1983 Siemens AG
Munich Components division, Application Technology
Various positions, after 1982
Head of Application Technology
1983 - 1988 Siemens AG
Munich Semiconductor division
Head of Development Discrete Semiconductors
1988 - 1990 Siemens AG
Munich Semiconductor division
Head of the Optoelectronic Semiconductor business
1990 - 1999 Siemens AG
Munich Semiconductor division
Head of the Opto Semiconductors business
1999 - today OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
Regensburg Board Chairman
