Rajeev Mehtani is senior vice president, India Operations, Cypress

BANGALORE, INDIA: Cypress Semiconductor Corp. today announced the appointment of Rajeev Mehtani as Senior Vice President of India Operations. In his new role, Mehtani, who has over 23 years of experience in the industry, will be responsible for managing and growing India operations.

Mehtani joins Cypress from NXP Semiconductors where he was the vice president and country manager for India. He previously held a wide variety of positions at NXP and Philips Semiconductors, including design engineering, corporate marketing and managing business units.

"I am truly excited to be a part of Cypress India,” said Mehtani. “Cypress is unique in that we have much more than R&D in India. A significant portion of global business management, as well as corporate and strategic marketing operations are based in India, offering an opportunity to impact the strategic direction of the company. In addition, our broad programmable product offering is well positioned to serve the growing Indian product design market, and we look forward to intensifying our sales efforts in India."

"Rajeev brings with him a wealth of knowledge and experience in all areas of development and business unit management,” said Paul Keswick, executive vice president of New Product Development at Cypress. “India is extremely important to the future growth and success of Cypress, and we are excited to have attracted a top industry talent for this position.”