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Brian L. Halla

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

National Semiconductor Corporation (NSM)

Industry: Technology

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Mr. Halla served as Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of National from the time he joined the Company in May 1996 until the beginning of the 2006 fiscal year. He is now Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of National. He came to National from LSI Logic Corporation where he was Executive Vice President of LSI Logic Products. He had also held positions at LSI Logic Corporation as Senior Vice President and General Manager, Microprocessor/DSP Products Group and Vice President and General Manager, Microprocessor Products Group. Prior to that, he was with Intel Corporation for 14 years, where his last position was Director of Marketing for Intel's Microcomputer Group. Mr. Halla is a director of Cisco Systems, Inc.


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