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Denis Griot is senior vice president and general manager Europe Middle East & Africa (EMEA) region for Freescale Semiconductor the global leader in embedded processing solutions.
Denis joined Motorola's European semiconductor business in 1984 as director of operations for the Logic Analog and Intelligent Power Systems Division of Motorola in Europe. Before that he served as director of Analog Integrated Circuits European operations.
In 1988 he was appointed vice president and director of wafer manufacturing. Most recently he was instrumental in the creation and management of the Crolles2 Alliance which represents an unprecedented business model for research and development in the semiconductor industry.
In 1997 prior to his current role Denis managed the only Motorola semiconductor division headquartered outside the United States. Based in Toulouse France he led the Transportation Systems Group's Body Electronics and Occupant Safety division. This division ranks as the world's No. 1 producer of embedded solutions to the body electronics and occupant safety market. One year later in 1998 he was appointed corporate vice president.
Before joining Motorola Denis spent 14 years with Philips Corporation.
Denis holds five semiconductor patents and earned the Semiconductor International Award in 1984 for outstanding achievements in process engineering for semiconductor manufacturing. He earned master's degrees in solid-state physics and nuclear physics respectively from INSEA Lyon and INPG Grenoble France. | 