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DWIGHT WILLIAM DECKER

Chairman, CEO

Conexant Systems Inc.

Born in Brandon, Manitoba, March 18, 1950

Lives in Newport Beach (Back Bay)

Turnaround man ahead of own schedule for reviving chipmaker.

Surprised Wall Street in fall with return to adjusted

profitability three months before planned.

Quarter later, beat estimates for adjusted profits. Now looking to expand profits in third phase of turnaround.

Stock doubled in past six months.

Longtime Conexant leader, took back reins in late 2004 after nine months as chairman. Planned to step away after buying New Jersey's GlobeSpan Virata.

Pulled back in after losses, botched integration.

Built turnaround on chips for satellite TV boxes, high-speed Internet, wireless networking. Big on India: made massive expansion into country, hiring 500 people in one year, headcount there at 900 and growing.

In January, Decker skipped International Consumer Electronics Show to go to India to detail extra $250 million investment.

In addition, make sure to read these articles:

  • In-Stat Expects India to Become Semiconductor...
    • SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- India, with growing semiconductor consumption and acceleration in electronics manufacturing activities, and with the setting up of EMS shops, is destined to ......
  • Infineon partners with India foundry startup
    • Infineon Technologies AG http://www.infineon.com has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Hindustan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. (HSMC), a newly established India-based semiconductor company, to license ......
  • India Is a Global Leader in IC Design and Embedded...
    • DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c56623) has announced the addition of "The Indian Semiconductor Industry" to their offering. This report is an analysis of ......
  • AMC stepping out with $200M bankroll
    • Mission Hills-based Asset Management Consultants is ramping up its real estate acquisitions in Orange County, which it entered nearly three years ago. James Hopper, the ......
  • Deals, deals, deals: What a year it was
    • The numbers were enormous in 1999. All forms of real estate activity, whether sales or leases, continued a four-year surge in Orange County. And that ......
  • COUNTING ON THE ECONOMY
    • HEADNOTE Home Loans Could Slow, But Banks Look for Pickup in Business Lending Will 2004 be a wash or a windfall for banks in Orange ......
  • Hansen leaves legacy to form his own firm
    • HEADNOTE Birtcher Buys Arizona Firm; Pinnacle Has Four Projects Going HEADNOTE COMMERCIAL Twenty-eight years after making his debut in the Orange County real estate market-at ......
  • Home, sweet home
    • HEADNOTE Bob Voit Is Wading Into the Surf on Balboa and Into the Real Estate Market in OC The companies that bear his name remain ......
  • Babcock: Left Software for Retail Real Estate
    • It wasn't the most auspicious time for Michele Babcock to drop one career for another. The onetime software seller jumped into commercial real estate just ......
  • Upswing in real estate a boon for...
    • It's no secret that real estate is a cyclical industry. And after years of recession, the cycle has been up in recent years, bringing a ......
  • Builders had hot '99, but signs of cooling seen
    • IMAGE PHOTOGRAPH 2 Huntington Seacliff home by No. 13 Christopher Homes These are heady days for Orange County homebuilders. But are they coming to an ......
  • Strategic planning minimizes real estate risks.
    • Today's corporations face competitive environments that produce continual opportunities as well as challenges. In addition to financial, business, and marketing planning, many corporate executives are ......
  • Modest Growth for Local Law Firm Rosters
    • Intellectual property and real estate related work helped drive growth at Orange County law firms in the past year. OC's 50 biggest law firms reported ......
  • Swede deals: Real estate firm taps Swedish funders
    • A pair of Swedish businessmen who met in Orange County are planning to invest more than $15 million locally during the next several months in ......
  • Economic recovery at a safe speed.
    • When considering the boom-and-bust Southern California real estate market, as well as the area's slow but steady recovery, it is easy to recall Aesop's fable ......
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