Diodes Names President, Chief Executive Officer

Diodes Inc. in Westlake Village has hired C.H. Chen as president and chief executive officer.

The appointment of Chen, who has three decades of experience in the semiconductor industry, follows the resignation of Michael Rosenberg, who left the company to pursue other interests.

From 1969 to 1990, Chen held various positions at Texas Instruments, most recently as vice president of Texas Instruments-Taiwan. In 1990, he left to and founded Dyna Image Corp., which became a leading supplier of contact image sensors, which are key components in fax machines and scanners.

Chen is currently the vice chairman and president of Dyna Image Corp., which is based in Taiwan.

Diodes manufactures semiconductors for the automotive, electronics, computing and telecommunications industries.