Cree Inc. Names Kelley Executive VP And COO

Cree Inc. (Durham, N.C.): Steve Kelley joined the company as executive vice president and chief operating officer. In this newly created position, Kelley will be responsible for business development, global manufacturing, technology and administrative operations of the company. Kelley comes to Cree after five years at Texas Instruments, where he served as vice president and general manager of the Standard Linear and Logic Group. Prior to that, Kelley spent 10 years at Philips Semiconductors in various management positions.