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TriQuint Appoints James L. Klein as Vice President and General Manager of Defense & Aerospace Business

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TriQuint Appoints James L. Klein as Vice President and General Manager of Defense & Aerospace Business

HILLSBORO, Ore. & RICHARDSON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. (NASDAQ:TQNT), a leading RF solutions supplier and technology innovator, today announced that James L. Klein has joined the company as Vice President and General Manager of its Defense and Aerospace business. Mr. Klein will be based in TriQuint’s Texas facility and report to President and CEO, Ralph Quinsey. Mr. Klein will work closely with Tom Cordner, TriQuint’s current Vice President and General Manager of Defense and Aerospace as Mr. Cordner supports the transition and prepares to retire after a successful career.

“Tom has done a wonderful job building our business and we wish him well on his forthcoming retirement. We are fortunate to have found James. His experience and deep industry knowledge will be invaluable in helping us take our defense and aerospace business into the next decade”

“Tom has done a wonderful job building our business and we wish him well on his forthcoming retirement. We are fortunate to have found James. His experience and deep industry knowledge will be invaluable in helping us take our defense and aerospace business into the next decade,” said Ralph Quinsey, TriQuint President and CEO.

Mr. Klein brings more than 20 years of industry experience in RF to TriQuint. He was most recently with Raytheon in the Space and Airborne Systems division and responsible for design and manufacturing of advanced RF and microwave subsystems and components. Prior to Raytheon, Mr. Klein held various positions with Texas Instruments where he focused on MMIC and Transmit / Receive module engineering. He holds both Bachelor and Master of Science in Electrical Engineering degrees from Texas A&M University.

“I’m excited to join TriQuint Semiconductor and look forward to utilizing my industry experience, relationships and engineering background to help drive TriQuint’s growth. TriQuint’s commitment to technology innovation and customer service make it an ideal place to define the next generation of RF solutions. I look forward to being a member of the team during this exciting time of expansion,” said James L. Klein, TriQuint Vice President and General Manager of Defense and Aerospace.

TriQuint designs and manufactures innovative RF solutions by employing unique techniques and advanced semiconductor technologies including gallium arsenide, gallium nitride, surface acoustic wave and bulk acoustic wave. TriQuint RF innovation is found in leading global manufacturers’ defense/aerospace, mobile device and network infrastructure applications.

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

This TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. (NASDAQ: TQNT) press release contains forward-looking statements made pursuant to the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Readers are cautioned that forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. The cautionary statements made in this press release should be read as being applicable to all related statements wherever they appear. Statements containing such words as ‘leading’, ‘exceptional’, ‘high efficiency’, ‘key role’, ‘leading supplier’, or similar terms are considered to contain uncertainty and are forward-looking statements. A number of factors affect TriQuint’s operating results and could cause its actual future results to differ materially from any results indicated in this press release or in any other forward-looking statements made by, or on behalf of, TriQuint including, but not limited to: those associated with the unpredictability and volatility of customer acceptance of and demand for our products and technologies, the ability of our production facilities and those of our vendors to meet demand, the ability of our production facilities and those of our vendors to produce products with yields sufficient to maintain profitability, as well as the other “Risk Factors” set forth in TriQuint’s most recent 10-Q report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This and other reports can be found on the SEC web site, www.sec.gov. A reader of this release should understand that these and other risks could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations expressed / implied in forward-looking statements.

FACTS ABOUT TRIQUINT

Founded in 1985, TriQuint Semiconductor (NASDAQ: TQNT) is a leading global provider of innovative RF solutions and foundry services for the world’s top communications, defense and aerospace companies. People and organizations around the world need real-time, all-the-time connections; TriQuint products help reduce the cost and increase the performance of connected mobile devices and the networks that deliver critical voice, data and video communications. With the industry’s broadest technology portfolio, recognized R&D leadership, and expertise in high-volume manufacturing, TriQuint creates standard and custom products using gallium arsenide (GaAs), gallium nitride (GaN), surface acoustic wave (SAW) and bulk acoustic wave (BAW) technologies. The company has ISO9001-certified manufacturing facilities in the U.S., production in Costa Rica, and design centers in North America and Germany. For more information, visit www.triquint.com.

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