ON Semiconductor CEO and leadership

Catherine Côté is a Vice President and Chief of Staff to the CEO at ON SEMICONDUCTOR CORP and is based in San Jose, California. She has worked as Head of Corporate Marketing and Communications at Cypress Semiconductor, WW Channel Marketing Manager at Cypress Semiconductor, and Chief of Staff to the CEO at Cypress Semiconductor. Catherine studied at Santa Clara University - Leavey School of Business between 2014 and 2016 and McGill University between 2004 and 2007.

Leader, Executive, Board Member & Automotive Enthusiast Hassane El-Khoury is a seasoned professional with over twenty years of experience in the technology sector. His career has fostered a deep understanding of customer and design requirements in the automotive and industrial markets, as well as a systems-level understanding to form integrated customer solutions and business strategy to drive results. He has held several leadership roles throughout his career, most recently as president, CEO and member of the board of directors for Cypress Semiconductor. El-Khoury was the architect of the acquisition by Infineon Technologies AG in early 2020 for an enterprise value of €9.0 billion. Under El-Khoury’s leadership, Cypress underwent a significant transformation from a founder-led semiconductor company to a cutting-edge organization that broke down barriers and embraced customer and industry problems instead of running away from them. Cypress 3.0, the foundation of El-Khoury’s strategy, not only redirected the company to target markets growing faster than the semiconductor market but embraced innovation from within while empowering his global team to think beyond current limits and challenge the status quo. Within the first two years of El-Khoury’s tenure, his strategy enabled the company to reach all-time high records for stock price, revenue and cash flow.Prior to his most recent role as the CEO of Cypress, El-Khoury led the company’s Programmable Systems Division, managing the standard and programmable microcontroller (MCU) portfolio, including its Platform PSoC family of devices, and its automotive business.

Mr. Thad Trent was promoted and appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of ON Semiconductor and SCI LLC in February 2021 and has served as ON Semiconductor’s and SCI LLC’s Treasurer since February 2021. Mr. Trent has held several leadership roles throughout his career, most recently as CFO at Cypress Semiconductor responsible for strategic planning, accounting, investor relations, tax, corporate development and information technology. Under his leadership, Cypress’ revenue increased from $723 million to $2.5 billion and the enterprise value increased by five times during his five year tenure as CFO. He served as CFO at Cypress Semiconductor until its sale to Infineon in April 2020. He is a seasoned finance professional with progressive leadership and management experience with both global publicly held technology companies and startups. Mr. Trent has a proven track record of driving sustainable financial performance, transformative mergers and acquisitions, operational excellence, process efficiency, financial leadership, and robust compliance and regulatory control. He earned his Bachelor of Science in business administration and finance at San Diego State University.

Leader, Executive, Board Member & Automotive Enthusiast Hassane El-Khoury is a seasoned professional with over twenty years of experience in the technology sector. His career has fostered a deep understanding of customer and design requirements in the automotive and industrial markets, as well as a systems-level understanding to form integrated customer solutions and business strategy to drive results. He has held several leadership roles throughout his career, most recently as president, CEO and member of the board of directors for Cypress Semiconductor. El-Khoury was the architect of the acquisition by Infineon Technologies AG in early 2020 for an enterprise value of €9.0 billion. Under El-Khoury’s leadership, Cypress underwent a significant transformation from a founder-led semiconductor company to a cutting-edge organization that broke down barriers and embraced customer and industry problems instead of running away from them. Cypress 3.0, the foundation of El-Khoury’s strategy, not only redirected the company to target markets growing faster than the semiconductor market but embraced innovation from within while empowering his global team to think beyond current limits and challenge the status quo. Within the first two years of El-Khoury’s tenure, his strategy enabled the company to reach all-time high records for stock price, revenue and cash flow.Prior to his most recent role as the CEO of Cypress, El-Khoury led the company’s Programmable Systems Division, managing the standard and programmable microcontroller (MCU) portfolio, including its Platform PSoC family of devices, and its automotive business.