Conexant Finalizes Management Team

As Conexant Systems Inc. prepares to become an independent broadband communications company, it today announced several new executive appointments as it finalized its senior management structure.

Matt Rhodes, Conexant senior VP and president of the company's broadband communications

segment, will become president of the continuing Conexant. Lewis C. Brewster, senior VP of sales, has been appointed executive VP COO of the company, responsible for sales, quality and operations. While J. Scott Blouin will become Conexant's CFO, and remains a company senior VP.

Scott Allen, VP of communications, and Michael Vishny, senior VP of human resources for the broadband communications segment, have been promoted to senior VPs of their respective functions for the continuing company.

Rhodes, Blouin, Allen and Vishny will all report to Dwight W. Decker, Conexant's chairman and CEO. Brewster will continue to report to Rhodes.

The new appointments will become effective when the spin-off of Conexant's Internet infrastructure business, Mindspeed Technologies Inc., is completed on June 27.

"It is a pleasure to acknowledge the significant contributions each of these individuals has made to Conexant," Decker said in a statement. "Matt's vision, business insight and technical expertise have been instrumental to our success in achieving market-leading positions within the broadband communications semiconductor market. These attributes, along with his ability to build and motivate results-driven teams, will provide Conexant with outstanding business leadership."