Primary Job Title Founder , Chairman & CEO Primary Organization 
Skyworks Solutions
Gender Male
David J. Aldrich, 59, is executive chairman and chairman of the board of Skyworks Solutions, Inc. He has been chairman of the board since May 2014, and prior to his appointment as executive chairman in May 2016, Mr. Aldrich had served as chief executive officer since the company was formed in 2002 via a merger between Alpha Industries and Conexant
Systems' wireless business. Before the creation of Skyworks, he served as president and CEO of Alpha Industries, a position he held since April 2000. He joined Alpha Industries in 1995 as vice president and chief financial officer and held various management positions in the ensuing years, including president and chief operating officer. Prior to this, he held senior management positions at Adams-Russell and M/A-COM.
Mr. Aldrich received a bachelor's of arts in political science from Providence College in 1979 and a master's in business administration from the University of Rhode Island in 1981. In 2004, he was named Ernst & Young New England Entrepreneur of the Year in the Semiconductor category. In 2014, he was named CEO of the Year by the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council. In addition, Mr. Aldrich is a board member of Belden (NYSE:BDC), a $2B company focused on high speed networking cables and connectivity products for data networking applications.
