Silicon Labs, provider of silicon, software and system solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT), announced late April that electronics industry veteran Sumit Sadana has joined the company’s board of directors.

Mr Sadana is the current executive vice president, chief strategy officer and general manager of Enterprise Solutions at SanDisk. Prior to joining the company in April 2010, he was the president of Sunrise Capital LLC, a technology and financial consulting firm, from 2008 to 2010. Before that, he served as senior vice president of strategy and business development at Freescale Semiconductor from 2004 to 2008, as well as chief technology officer at the same company from 2006 to 2007.

Mr Sadana began his technology career at IBM Corporation where he held an array of hardware design, software development, operations, strategic planning, business development and general management roles during his 13-year tenure, culminating in the role of vice president of IBM’s Electronic Design Technology Solutions business.

“He is a strong addition to our board of directors,” said Tyson Tuttle, CEO of Silicon Labs. “We welcome his combination of technical, business development and strategy roles at bellwether technology companies and believe his leadership experience will serve us well as we continue to focus on growth opportunities in the IoT.”

Mr Sadana holds a Bachelor of Technology degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Kharagpur, India, and a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.