Mark Durcan, Micron’s chief technical officer and vice president of research and development, has been named chief operating officer.

In addition to his responsibilities for research and development activities, Durcan, 44, will be responsible for the company’s global operations. He joined Micron in 1984 and was named CTO in 1996.

Some initially speculated that Durcan could be the heir apparent to Appleton, Micron’s chairman, president and CEO.

The chip maker also announced that it is merging its mobile and systems memory business units into one group, which will consist of its NAND flash, DRAM and specialty memory solutions.

Brian Shirley has been appointed vice president of memory responsible for the combined groups. Shirley previously held the role of DRAM design manager for the company.

Within the new combined memory group, Jan du Preez, formerly vice president of Micron’s mobile memory group, will now serve as the vice president of memory marketing.

“Micron’s products, customers and the solutions we enable have evolved to a point where changing parts of our organization will continue to increase our presence and competitiveness in the global marketplace ,” Appleton said in a statement.

Micron has also appointed John Schreck to the role of vice president of DRAM development and Frankie Roohparvar to the role of vice president of NAND development. Schreck previously served as design manager for Micron’s mobile memory group. Roohparvar previously held the role of senior director of flash memory design.

By: DocMemory
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