David Aldrich

Mr. David Aldrich is the retired Chairman of the Board of Skyworks Solutions, a leading supplier of high-performance mobile communications solutions, a position he held since 2018. Prior to his retirement in 2021, he served as Skyworks’ Executive Chairman from 2016 to 2018 and became Chief Executive Officer in 2002 when the company was created via a merger between Alpha Industries and Conexant Systems’ wireless business. Before Skyworks, Mr. Aldrich served as President and CEO of Alpha Industries after joining as their Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Earlier in his career, he held senior management positions at Adams-Russell and M/A-COM.

Mr. Aldrich received a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Rhode Island and a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from Providence College. He is a past recipient of the Ernst & Young New England Entrepreneur of the Year in the Semiconductor category and was named CEO of the Year by the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council.

He is Chairman of the Board of Belden, a publicly traded provider of end-to-end signal transmission solutions, and a Board Member of Allegro MicroSystems, a global leader in sensing and power semiconductor technology.