Mr. Costello earned a degree in business from Loyola University in Los Angeles in 1983 and Management Development Program UC Irvine in 2005. He has over 35 years’ experience in the aerospace and defense semiconductor market- place.
Mr. Costello is in his 31st year of employment at Microchip Technology, (Nasdaq: MCHP) a company offering a comprehensive portfolio of semiconductor and system solutions for communications, defense & security, aerospace and industrial markets. Products include high-performance and radiation-hardened analog mixed-signal integrated circuits, FPGAs, SoCs, Microcontrollers, Microprocessors and ASICs; power management products; timing and synchronization devices and precise time solutions, setting the world's standard for time; voice processing devices; RF solutions; discrete components; security technologies and scalable anti-tamper products; Power-over-Ethernet ICs and midspans; custom design capabilities and services. Microchip is headquartered in Chandler, AZ with over 18,000 employees globally.
Mr. Costello currently is Corporate Vice President of Government Affairs, where his responsibilities include developing and implementing strategy related to legislation, and government agencies, impacting mission critical and commercially driven microelectronics, systems & subsystems.
Prior to Microchip’s acquisition of Microsemi in 2018, Mr. Costello held several executive positions at Microsemi, including VP of High Reliability Global Sales from 2004-2014 and VP of Government Relations & Business Development from 2014-2019. While in his leadership roles in global sales and business development, Microsemi achieved substantial growth and met all corporate sales objectives and guidance. As decade long full member, John has commenced his second two-year- term on the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) Board of Governors and represents Microchip on multiple AIA councils.
From May of 2018 to present, Mr. Costello has served on the Board of Advisors for Human Health Organization/COVID 19 Solutions.
In 2017 Mr. Costello penned the memoir, Executive Hoodlum, Negotiating On The Corner Of Main And Mean. Prior to the completion of the book, Mr. Costello signed a life rights deal with independent award- winning producer Ehud Bleiberg for a proposed cable tv series based on his book. In 2019, Mr. Costello was asked by his literary agent to write another book detailing his experience dealing with high-level government officials and lawmakers to coincide with possible 3rd season of the proposed cable tv series.
