Renesas reorganises to win top spot in embedded solutions

It has restructured its business into four new product groups as it moves to provide more comprehensive and tailored solution offerings.

This is aimed at effectively addressing the converging needs of customers and markets by leveraging our embedded processing, analog, power, and connectivity expertise to create complete solutions.

The new organization will foster more cross selling opportunities and broader customer coverage.

Thefour new product groups are:

• Analog & ConnectivityDavin Lee (pictured), currently Vice President of Advanced Analog Division, will assume the role of Senior Vice President and General Manager of Analog & Connectivity. Under Davin’s leadership, the group will be responsible for analog products as well as the company’s vast portfolio of connectivity products.  
• Embedded ProcessingToshihiko Seki, currently Vice President of MCU Device Solution Division, will assume the role of Senior Vice President and General Manager of Embedded Processing. He will be responsible for Renesas’ entire standard catalog embedded processing products. The group is designed to accelerate the company’s efforts to provide more catalog products and solutions to go deeper and broader with new and existing customers.  
• High Performance ComputingVivek Bhan, who currently holds the position of Senior Vice President and Co-General Manager of High Performance Computing, Analog and Power Solutions Group, will assume the role of Senior Vice President and General Manager of High Performance Computing. He will be responsible for the company’s custom and application-specific high computing products.  
• PowerChris Allexandre who currently serves as Senior Vice President, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer (CSMO) and Head of the Global Sales and Marketing Unit will take on a new role as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Power. Chris will be responsible for overseeing Renesas’ power management and discrete products and executing the company’s power strategies.

In addition to the establishment of four product groups, Renesas has also taken steps to streamline its organizational structure by establishing new groups of functions. The new organizations will serve as centralized foundations across all lines of business to better support customers, enhance performance and add value. 

• Software & DigitalizationAs the company aims to transform the way customers design solutions through an innovative cloud-based platform, Renesas has recently appointed Buvna Ayyagari as Vice President of the new Software & Digitalization organization to spearhead this effort. She will be responsible for driving Renesas’ unified vision for software and digitalization, ensuring they become a powerful differentiator for the company. Ayyagari brings rich and multi-disciplinary expertise across the semiconductor industry from Applied Materials, Synopsys and Intel. She held leadership positions in Engineering, Field Applications Engineering, Marketing, Pre- and Post-sales Customer Support and drove products from definition to high volume. She has experience in leading digital transformations and has helped to build a team from the ground up to define a software platform, making her well-equipped to continue to drive Renesas’ excellence in software and digitalization.  
• OperationsRenesas is accelerating efforts to drive operational excellence to improve service, quality and profitability. Dr. Sailesh Chittipeddi, currently Executive Vice President, General Manager of Embedded Processing, Digital Power and Signal Chain Solutions Group, will take on a new role to oversee the new operations organization. This brings Renesas’ entire manufacturing, supply chain and procurement into a single organization chartered to lead the company's operational and strategic initiatives to provide exceptional customer experiences.  
• EngineeringRenesas is creating a centralized engineering organization to solidify Renesas’ engineering foundation, from product to test engineering. This new organization will direct the development and execution of the company’s technology and product roadmaps. Takeshi Kataoka, Senior Vice President and Co-General Manager of High Performance Computing, Analog and Power Solutions Group, will newly head this Engineering organization.  
• Quality AssuranceTakeshi Kataoka will also oversee the Quality Assurance function as Senior Vice President and Head of Engineering and Quality Assurance. His experience and profound expertise in leading Renesas’ automotive semiconductor business will help the company to continue to assure supreme quality levels throughout its products and solutions.   
• Sales & MarketingBobby Matinpour, who currently serves as Vice President of Global Strategic Vertical & Regional Sales, will succeed Chris Allexandre in the role of Senior Vice President, CSMO and Head of Sales & Marketing. 

These leaders in addition to leaders of each of four product groups will report directly to the CEO. This will allow them to have greater influence on Renesas’ strategy and execution, while enhancing accountability.

The changes will come into effect from January 1, 2024

Hiroto Nitta will retire from his role of Senior Vice President of Information Technology. In addition to his current role, Nitta served multiple managerial positions at Renesas including Vice President and Deputy General Manager of Global Sales Units as well as Senior Vice President and Deputy General Manager of Broad-Based Solution Business Unit. He also served as Senior Vice President and Head of SoC Business in the IoT and Infrastructure Business. Renesas appreciates Nitta’s work over the past 40 years helping the company advance its product leadership and wish him and his family all the best for the future.

As a result of the organizational changes, Roger Wendelken, who has been serving as Senior Vice President and Head of Embedded Microcontroller in the Embedded Processing, Digital Power and Signal Chain Solutions Group will leave Renesas. He joined Renesas in 2017 following the Intersil acquisition. He contributed to Renesas as leader of worldwide sales for the broad-based solution business. In his current position, Roger played an instrumental role in releasing the ARM-based RA microcontrollers. The company is grateful to Roger for his significant achievements at Renesas. 

Andrew Cowell will retire from his role of Senior Vice President and Head of Performance Power. Since joining Renesas in 2017 from Intersil, he has guided the foundation in strengthening the growth and market share gains of the digital multiphase controllers and smart power stages for the infra core power businesses. Renesas thanks Andrew for his remarkable contribution and wishes him all the best for his retirement.

Nitta, Wendelken and Cowell will assist with the transition and leave Renesas by the end of the year.