Freescale Names Tom Linton Chief Procurement Officer

AUSTIN, Texas--Feb. 2, 20062, 2006--Freescale Semiconductor has named Tom Linton, vice president, chief procurement officer. He will oversee Freescale's global procurement strategy and key supplier relationships with an emphasis on cost, quality and service. He will be based in Singapore, closer to Freescale's major foundry partners and assembly and test operations.

"Tom has extensive experience in global procurement and a keen understanding of the Asia Pacific supply chain market," said Jan Monney, Freescale's senior vice president, business operations. "His understanding of the entire supply chain and relationships with Asian suppliers will be an invaluable asset to Freescale."

Most recently Linton was chief procurement officer for Agere. Prior to Agere, Linton spent 20 years at IBM. During this time he built the procurement infrastructure in China, Singapore and Ireland, as well as held a number of key positions in supply management, manufacturing and marketing. Linton also founded the IBM-initiated startup E2open -- a supply chain software company where he served as vice president and general manager.

Linton has won awards from both Purchasing Magazine and Supply and Demand Chain Executive Magazine for his innovative and cutting-edge approach to procurement strategies.

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About Freescale Semiconductor

Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. is a global leader in the design and manufacture of embedded semiconductors for the automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets. Freescale became a publicly traded company in July 2004 after more than 50 years as part of Motorola, Inc. The company is based in Austin, Texas, and has design, research and development, manufacturing or sales operations in more than 30 countries. Freescale, a member of the S&P 500(R), is one of the world's largest semiconductor companies with 2005 sales of $5.8 billion (USD).

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