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CARMELO PAPA
Executive Vice President, General Manager
Industrial & Multisegment Sector
STMicroelectronics
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 Carmelo
Papa was born in 1949 in Castiglione di Sicilia (Italy).
He graduated from the University of Catania (Sicily) with a degree
in Nuclear Physics.
Papa began his career in the electronic systems industry in1977
with ICL (International Computers Limited), first as a software
engineer and then in market development and in 1983, Papa returned
to Catania to join ST as Marketing Manager for Standard Logic.
In 1986 he was appointed Director of Product Marketing and Customer
Service for Transistors and Standard ICs. Between 1986 and 1999,
he oversaw substantial growth in sales volume, from less than
$100 million in 1986 to more than $500 million in 1999. He also
made a key contribution to the growth of the Company’s overall
presence in Catania, which is now a major site with R&D, product
design, and wafer fabrication, as well as marketing and administrative
departments.
In January 2000, Papa was appointed Corporate Vice President,
Emerging Markets, and became responsible for ST’s Sales
and Marketing organization in emerging geographical markets around
the world, including Africa, Eastern Europe, India, Latin America,
the Middle East, and Russia. Under his guidance, the Emerging
Markets have become the fastest growing region in ST, with a compound
growth rate of approximately 44% a year between 2000 and 2004.
In July 2001, Papa took on additional worldwide responsibility
for Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) at ST with the objective
of driving forward this new important channel of business. In
2003, he was also placed in charge of formulating and leading
ST’s strategy to provide dedicated solutions for the mass
market, one of the most important growth areas for the Company’s
sales in the coming years.
In 2005, Papa was chosen to lead ST’s Micro, Power and
Analog Group, responsible for serving a broad customer base in
a large variety of applications with a special emphasis on the
industrial segment.
In January 2007, Papa was was promoted to Executive Vice President,
joining ST’s Corporate Executive Committee, comprised of
ten senior corporate executives, in addition to the COO and the
CEO. In addition, he took control of ST’s Industrial &
Multisegment Sector, a newly created entity that spans power and
analog devices, microcontrollers, non-Flash memories, smartcards
and Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS).
January 2008
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