William George, a 30-year veteran of the semiconductor industry, currently directs worldwide manufacturing operations and order fulfillment for ON Semiconductor (Nasdaq: ONNN), which spun off from Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) in 1999. As senior vice president of Operations at ON, Dr. George oversees technology deployment, manufacturing, quality and reliability, purchasing, and order fulfillment operations at the company’s facilities in the U.S., China, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Japan, the Philippines, and Malaysia. Prior to ON Semiconductor, Dr. George served as corporate vice president and director of Manufacturing for Motorola's Semiconductor Components Group. In that role, he led the group’s worldwide manufacturing operations, including fabrication and final manufacturing plants in Asia, Europe and the Americas. Dr. George received a B.S. degree in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma and a Ph.D. in Materials Science from Purdue University.
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