ON Semiconductor mourns the loss of longtime board member

Keith Jackson, ON Semiconductor president and CEO, commented: “Phil was a respected colleague, a friend, and an influential member of our Board of Directors for the past seven years. We are deeply saddened by the news of his passing. Phil’s passion for technology and breadth of knowledge were truly preeminent. He was a trailblazer of innovation within our industry and an enthusiastic supporter of both technology and technologists. He will be dearly missed.”

Mr. Hester served as a member of the ON Semiconductor’s BOD Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and was appointed Chairman of the Science and Technology committee which was established in 2011.

“Phil had an innate zeal for technological innovation and helped push the R&D frontier of electronics forward within the industry. During his tenure on the company’s BOD, he advised on a number of strategic technology acquisitions, helped the Board develop its governance policies and practices over the years, and helped expand the R&D excellence within the science and technology organization. Phil was a polymath, a mentor to many, and a man I both respected and enjoyed working alongside. His passing is a sad loss that will be felt by many, including myself. Our sympathy and thoughts go out to his family,” comments Dan McCranie, chairman of the board for ON Semiconductor.

Biography

Mr. Hester served as a director on the board of ON Semiconductor Corporation since August 2006. Prior to joining National Instruments in 2009, he served as the senior vice president and chief technology officer at Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and chief technology officer and vice president of systems and technology for the PC division of IBM. He also co-founded and served as chief executive officer of the computer server company Newisys, a Sanmina-SCI Corporation. 

(For a more complete biography of Mr. Hester, visit the Leadership page.)