Keynote Speaker

Matt Rhodes became president of Conexant in June 2003 when the company completed the spin-off of its Internet infrastructure business Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. Prior to that, Rhodes was president of the company’s Broadband Communications segment since May 2002. He served as senior vice president and general manager of the company’s Personal Computing division since 1998, and before that, he was director of marketing for software products. Prior to joining Conexant, Rhodes was director of VLSI technology at Pacific Communication Sciences, Inc. He received a master’s degree in business administration from the Anderson School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles. He also holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering from Lehigh University and a bachelor’s degree in physics from Pennsylvania State University.