Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Announces the Appointment of Thomas Lagatta as EVP of Worldwide Sales and Marketing

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 12, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (NASDAQ: MRVL), a leader in storage, networking, and connectivity semiconductor solutions, today appointed Thomas Lagatta as its Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing. In this role, Mr. Lagatta will lead Marvell's direct and channel sales, sales operations, marketing, and corporate communications.

"Tom is a proven leader with great integrity, a track record of strong results and a demonstrated commitment to building strong customer partnerships," said Matt Murphy, Marvell's President and Chief Executive Officer. "With Tom's experience building high-performance sales organizations and his deep knowledge of the cloud and networking markets, I'm confident he will drive growth in our core businesses."

Prior to joining Marvell, Mr. Lagatta served as President and CEO of Numecent, a late-stage cloud start-up. Previously, he spent 12 years at Broadcom in a variety of executive leadership roles, including EVP of Business Development, EVP of Worldwide Sales, and SVP and General Manager of the Enterprise Computing Group. Over the course of his career, he has also held sales and business unit leadership roles at Anadigics, Avnet and Symbios.

Mr. Lagatta earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Ohio State University and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California.

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