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SMART Global Holdings Appoints Ken Rizvi as SVP and Chief Financial Officer
Jack Pacheco to continue as Chief Operating Officer of SMART Global Holdings and President of SMART Modular Technologies NEWARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nJack Pacheco to continue as Chief Operating Officer of SMART Global Holdings and President of SMART Modular Technologies\n\n NEWARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nSMART Global Holdings, Inc. (“SGH” or the “company”) (NASDAQ: SGH) today announced that Ken Rizvi has been appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective February 15, 2021, and will report to SGH Chief Executive Officer, Mark Adams.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210202005437/en/SMART Global Holdings (SGH) appoints Ken Rizvi Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. (Photo: Business Wire)\nCurrent Chief Financial Officer, Jack Pacheco, will continue in his roles as Chief Operating Officer of SGH and President of SMART Modular Technologies, SGH’s Memory Solutions Business.\n\n“Ken brings a strong blend of international finance, accounting and strategy experience to SGH,” stated Mark Adams, SGH CEO. “Leveraging his years of financial leadership in the technology industry, I believe Ken will have a positive impact on SGH and also enable Jack to focus on his critical roles as COO of SGH and President of SMART Modular.”\n\nAs CFO, Rizvi will lead SGH’s global finance organization and be responsible for accounting, finance, corporate development, treasury, tax and investor relations. “I am thrilled to be joining SGH and I look forward to working with Mark and the team at such an exciting time in the company’s transformation,” commented Rizvi.\n\nRizvi’s appointment enables Mr. Pacheco to focus on his ongoing roles as COO of SGH and President of SMART’s Memory Solutions business. “I want to thank Jack for his service as CFO of SGH and I look forward to continuing to partner with him in leading SMART on the execution of our growth and diversification strategy,” said Adams.\n\nMr. Rizvi joins SGH from UTAC Holdings Ltd., a global semiconductor assembly and test services provider, where he served as the Chief Financial Officer. Prior to that, he held the CFO role at Isola Group and served as VP of Finance & Treasurer at Micron Technology. Mr. Rizvi has more than 20 years of experience in the technology industry with senior leadership roles at UTAC, Isola, Micron and ON Semiconductor. He also served as an associate with Technology Crossover Ventures , a leading private eq...