Broadcom Corporation, a global semiconductor solutions provider for wired and wireless communications, has appointed Robert Finocchio to its board of directors. He also was appointed to Broadcom's audit committee.

Finocchio has more than 30 years of operating experience in software, Internet and infrastructure markets. In addition to becoming a member of Broadcom's board of directors, Finocchio also serves on the board of Echelon Corporation. Finocchio has held senior roles at a range of industry-leading companies including chairman, chief executive officer and president of Informix Corporation and president of 3Com Systems.

Finocchio also chairs the board of trustees at Santa Clara University and Dean's Executive Professor at the university's Leavey School of Business.