Tyson Tuttle, key Austin tech leader, to step aside as CEO of Silicon Labs
Tyson Tuttle, a longtime executive of Austin-based Silicon Labs, is retiring and stepping down as CEO as the company doubles down on its Internet of Things business.
Tuttle, who has been CEO since 2012, will step down at the end of the year. He joined Silicon Labs as the company s 10th employee in 1997, and has held a variety of roles in engineering and management including chief technology officer and chief operations officer.
Silicon Labs current president, Matt Johnson, will transition into the CEO position next year, the company said Wednesday. Johnson came to Silicon Labs in 2018 as senior vice president and general manager of Internet of Things products and became president in April.
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After closing for a month at the beginning of the pandemic, the Great Outdoors nursery reopened with strict safety measures that required employees and customers to wear masks.
Now, after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Austin Public Health have eased mask-wearing guidance for fully vaccinated people, Great Outdoors has ended its COVID-19 protocols. As soon as CDC made the announcement, masks were changed to optional, said Elizabeth Lane, Great Outdoors floor manager. Employees who are two weeks past their second vaccination can wear a mask if they want to, but they don t have to. Customers can decide too.
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Most years, South by Southwest is an opportunity to meet strangers, wander through crowds – and for startups, it s a chance to network and make the connections that could get your company off the ground.
This year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the conference will be a one-week, all-virtual event. That means it simply won t be the same experience for startups looking to get their names and products in front of potential customers and investors.
In some ways, last year s cancelation of SXSW – the first time that s happened in the event s history – was a foreshadowing of the year ahead, as every industry has had to pivot to adjust to the new normal created by the pandemic.