2024 U.S. Executive Forum

Anirudh Devgan

President and CEO

Cadence

Dr. Anirudh Devgan is President and CEO of Cadence and is a member of the Board of Directors. Prior to becoming CEO in 2021, he was President of Cadence, before which he served as Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Digital & Signoff and System Verification groups. Prior to joining Cadence in 2012, Dr. Devgan was Corporate VP and member of the executive staff at Magma Design Automation and earlier held management and technical roles at IBM.

Dr. Devgan is an IEEE Fellow, has written numerous research papers, and holds 27 US patents. He has won several awards, including the prestigious Phil Kaufman Award for his extensive contributions to EDA as well as the IBM Corporate Award and IEEE McCalla Award. Dr. Devgan serves on the boards of the Global Semiconductor Alliance and the Electronic System Design Alliance.

Dr. Devgan received a Bachelor of Technology degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and MS and PhD degrees in electrical and computer engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.

Dave Mosley

CEO

Seagate

Dave Mosley was appointed CEO of Seagate in 2017. Prior to his current role, Dr. Mosley was President and COO of Seagate, responsible for Seagate’s Global Operations, Research and Development, Supply Chain / Procurement and Logistics, IT, Sales and Marketing. Dr. Mosley has held a variety of posts at Seagate during his 20 year tenure, including President Operations and Technology, Executive Vice President Global Sales and Marketing, as well as many R&D leadership roles.

Dr. Mosley earned a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of California, Davis focusing on solid state physics. Dr. Mosley was appointed to Seagate’s Board of Directors in July 2017.

David Lazovsky

Co-founder & CEO

Celestial AI

David Lazovsky is the CEO and Founder of Celestial AI, the creators of Photonic Fabric™, an optical interconnect technology for compute and memory fabrics. He is also a Venture Partner at Khosla Ventures and the Executive Chairman of POET Technologies, an integrated photonics device company in the semiconductor industry.

In 2004 Mr. Lazovsky founded Intermolecular, a semiconductor and clean energy research, development and Intellectual Property licensing company. He served as the company’s Chief Executive Officer, President and as a member of the board of directors from September 2004 through October 2014. As President and CEO, Mr. Lazovsky led all aspects of the business through its lifecycle from early-stage start-up to public company. Intermolecular (IMI) went public on the NASDAQ in 2011.

Mr. Lazovsky has an in-depth knowledge of semiconductor, data/telecommunications, photonics and clean energy industries, as well as extensive international business experience.

Mr. Lazovsky previously served as Chairman, Energy Storage Systems (ESS), industry leader in low-cost, long-duration energy storage 2017 – 2018.

Prior to Intermolecular, Mr. Lazovsky held several senior management positions at Applied Materials. He was responsible for managing more than $1 billion in Applied Materials’ semiconductor manufacturing equipment business in the Metal Deposition and Thin Films Product Business Groups.

Mr. Lazovsky was Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2011, Northern California finalist. He holds a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from Ohio University. He currently has over 50 issued and 5 pending U.S. patents.

Jeff Howell

Global Vice President, Head of High-tech Industry Business Unit

SAP

Jeff Howell has over 25 years of experience in the High-Tech industry where he has held several management positions in Supply Chain Management (SCM) and Information Technologies (IT). His experience includes being Director of Business Applications for Trimble Navigation and he is currently the Global Vice President of the High-Tech Industry Business Unit at SAP. In this capacity, he is responsible for the development and go-to-market (GTM) activities for the High-Tech Industry.

Jeff earned an M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research at San Jose State University and is completing his M.Sc. in Cyber Security at the University of San Diego.

Jensen Huang

Founder, President & CEO

NVIDIA

Jensen Huang founded NVIDIA in 1993 and has served since its inception as president, chief executive officer, and a member of the board of directors.

Since its founding, NVIDIA has pioneered accelerated computing. The company’s invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined computer graphics, and ignited the era of modern AI. NVIDIA is now driving the platform shift of accelerated computing and generative AI, transforming the world’s largest industries and profoundly impacting society.

Huang has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering and is a recipient of the Semiconductor Industry Association’s highest honor, the Robert N. Noyce Award; the IEEE Founder’s Medal; the Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award; and honorary doctorate degrees from Taiwan’s National Chiao Tung University, National Taiwan University, and Oregon State University. He has been named the world’s best CEO by Fortune, the Economist, and Brand Finance, as well as one of TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people.

Prior to founding NVIDIA, Huang worked at LSI Logic and Advanced Micro Devices. He holds a BSEE degree from Oregon State University and an MSEE degree from Stanford University.

Jitendra Mohan

CEO and Co-Founder

Astera Labs

Jitendra co-founded Astera Labs in 2017 with a vision to remove performance bottlenecks in data-centric systems. Jitendra has more than two decades of engineering and general management experience in identifying and solving complex technical problems in datacenter and server markets. Prior to Astera Labs, he worked as the General Manager for Texas Instruments’ High Speed Interface Business and Clocking Business. Earlier at National Semiconductor Corp, Jitendra led engineering teams in various technical leadership roles.

Jitendra holds a BSEE from IIT-Bombay, an MSEE from Stanford University and over 35 granted patents. In addition to work, Jitendra enjoys outdoor activities and reading about the origins of the Universe.

John Kibarian

President, Chief Executive Officer, Director, and Co-Founder

PDF Solutions

John K. Kibarian, Ph.D., one of our founders, has served as President since November 1991 and has served as our Chief Executive Officer since July 2000. Dr. Kibarian has served as a director since December 1992. Dr. Kibarian received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering, an M.S. E.C.E. and a Ph.D. E.C.E. from Carnegie Mellon University.

Karn Budhiraj

Vice President, Supply Chain

Tesla

Karn has broad leadership responsibility including Purchasing, Supplier Manufacturing Engineering, Plant Operations and Program Management. In his previous role at Tesla as Director, Powertrain, Electronics and Programs he led the Global Supply Management organization for Autopilot, Infotainment, Power Electronics and PCBAs. Also responsible for Supply Chain Program Management (Model S, Model X, Autopilot and Model 3) and Supplier Manufacturing Engineering in Asia, Europe and the Americas.

Karn has also spent time at Apple and Exxon in procurement roles, and prior to that he was a consultant at Deloitte.

Kevin O'Buckley

Senior Vice President, General Manager, Foundry Services

Intel

Kevin O’Buckley is senior vice president and general manager of Foundry Services at Intel Corporation. In this role, he is responsible for driving continued growth for Intel Foundry and its differentiated systems foundry offerings, which go beyond traditional wafer fabrication to include packaging, chiplet standards and software, as well as U.S.- and Europe-based capacity.

Prior to joining Intel, O’Buckley was senior vice president of Marvell’s Compute and Custom Solutions Engineering teams, developing advanced technology chips for infrastructure applications including artificial intelligence and machine learning, 5G wireless, and data center compute and networking. While at Marvell he also served as senior vice president and general manager of the company’s ASIC business, and he was a member of the board of directors at Marvell Government Solutions, developing semiconductor solutions for aerospace and defense customers.

O’Buckley received a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Alfred University and a Master of Science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Vermont.

Maher Matta

President

Infineon Technologies America

Maher Matta is President of Infineon Technologies Americas Corp. responsible for over 6,000 employees, and all global customers and businesses based in the Americas. As a key strategic focus for the company, Maher is driving decarbonization and digitalization efforts in the region.

Prior to becoming president, Maher served as senior vice president for Infineon’s Power Sensors & Systems (PSS) division, leading the business and product lines based in the Americas, and vice president and regional center head responsible for PSS’s go-to market teams in the region. He was also responsible for the Silicon Valley Innovation Center (SVIC), working with customers, startups, and universities to find emerging applications that can be enabled by Infineon IP and technologies.

Marco Chisari

Executive Vice President

Samsung Semiconductor

Marco Chisari is an Executive Vice President in Samsung’s U.S. subsidiary, Samsung Semiconductor, Inc.

Mr. Chisari has over 25 years of experience with global Fortune 500 organizations such as Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, Mubadala, GLOBALFOUNDRIES, JPMorgan, and STMicroelectronics where he developed his expertise in both investment banking and buyside, with particular focus on the semiconductor industry.

Most recently, Mr. Chisari was a member of Bank of America Merrill Lynch as Managing Director, Global Head of Semiconductor and Mobility investment banking. In this role, he advised on different transactions, including the $35bn acquisition of Xilinx by AMD, the $22bn acquisition by Analog Devices of Maxim, the $9bn sale of Intel NAND business to Hynix, the $10bn acquisition of Cypress by Infineon, the $4.6bn acquisition of Osram by AMS, Marvell acquisitions of Aquantia and Avera as well a large number of debt financing, IPO and equity-link transactions. Prior to BAML, Mr. Chisari was head of mergers and acquisitions at Credit Suisse in San Francisco and worked on a variety of semiconductor and software transactions. Before Credit Suisse, while at Mubadala, he contributed in the investment and formation of GLOBALFOUDNRIES from its inception.

Mohit Singh

Chief Development Officer

QuantumScape

Dr. Singh is QuantumScape’s Chief Development Officer. Dr. Singh has served as QuantumScape’s Chief Development Officer since June 2015. Prior to this, Dr. Singh served as QuantumScape’s Vice President, Research and Development and Engineering from April 2014 to June 2015. In 2007, he founded Seeo, a solid-state battery start-up, based on his research at UC Berkeley and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Seeo was acquired by Bosch in 2014.

From 2004 to 2007, Dr. Singh conducted post doctorate research in Chemical Engineering at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory for the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Singh holds a B. Tech in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and a Ph.D. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from Tulane University.

Patrick Moorhead

Founder, CEO and Chief Analyst

Moorhead Insights and Strategy

Patrick is ranked #1 among technology industry analysts in terms of “power” (ARInsights) in “press citations” (Apollo Research). Moorhead is a contributor at Forbes and frequently appears on CNBC. He is a broad-based analyst covering a wide variety of topics including the cloud, enterprise SaaS, collaboration, client computing, and semiconductors. He has 30 years of experience including 15 years of executive experience at high tech companies (NCR, AT&T, Compaq, now HP, and AMD) leading strategy, product management, product marketing, and corporate marketing, including three industry board appointments.

Moorhead has been recognized in publications like The Wall Street Journal, Computerworld, Recode, USA Today, Barron’s, Marketwatch, CNBC, Reuters, Bloomberg, VentureBeat, PCMag, ZDNet, CNET, PC World, EE Times, CRN, ABC, BBC, San Jose Mercury News, Austin American Statesman, and many more.

Moorhead also has significant board experience. He served as an executive board member of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), the American Electronics Association (AEA), and chaired the board of the St. David’s Medical Center for five years, designated by Thomson Reuters as one of the 100 Top Hospitals in America.

Philipp Kampshoff

Senior Partner

McKinsey & Company

Dr. Philipp Kampshoff is a Senior Partner out of Houston. He is the co-founder of McKinsey’s Center for Future Mobility and leads McKinsey’s Mobility Disrupter Practice. He has been with the firm for almost 20 years. He is a core member of McKinsey’s global Automotive & Assembly leadership team and serves clients along the entire mobility value chain, ranging from automotive suppliers and OEMs to distributors and retailers. He also works with investors and companies from adjacent industries to help them capture opportunities arising from major mobility trends, such as autonomous driving, electrification, shared mobility, and connectivity.

Against this backdrop, Philipp regularly convenes chief executive officers, board members, and government representatives in driving sustainable-value creation within the mobility space. Philipp has authored several publications on the future of the mobility industry.

Prior to relocating to the United States, Philipp worked closely with mobility companies in Europe and China. He earned his PhD at the RWTH Aachen University in Germany and studied business administration in Singapore, Argentina, and Germany. Philipp is fluent in German, English, and Spanish.

Rene Haas

CEO and Board Member

Arm

Rene was appointed Chief Executive Officer and to the Arm Board in February 2022. Prior to being appointed CEO, Rene was President of Arm’s IP Product Groups (IPG) from January 2017. Under his leadership, Rene transformed IPG to focus on key solutions for vertical markets with a more diversified product portfolio and increased investment in the Arm software ecosystem. In addition to his role as CEO, Rene also sits on the boards of Arm China and SoftBank Group.

Rene joined Arm in October 2013 as Vice President of Strategic Alliances and two years later was appointed to the Executive Committee and named Arm’s Chief Commercial Officer in charge of global sales and marketing.

Before joining Arm, Rene held several applications management, applications engineering and product engineering roles, including seven years at NVIDIA as vice president and general manager of its computing products business. Prior to NVIDIA, Rene held executive roles at Scintera Networks and Tensilica.

Rene is based in Silicon Valley, U.S., he also spends significant time in the major technology centers of the UK, Europe and APAC.

Rene earned his Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Clarkson University and is a graduate of the Stanford University Graduate School of Business Executive Education Program.

Ritu Favre

President, Test & Measurement Business Group

Emerson

Ritu Favre currently serves as president of NI, the Test & Measurement business group at Emerson. She is responsible for driving innovation and growth in the T&M market and executing Emerson’s strategy as an automation leader. Prior to her current role, Ritu was GM of NI’s Global Business Units. With more than 30 years of experience in tech, she brings a diverse perspective that is centered on helping customers achieve their product performance goals.

Before joining NI, she served as the chief executive officer of NEXT Biometrics and was on the Cohu Board of Directors. She has also helped build profitable businesses while holding senior management positions with market leaders such as Motorola, Freescale Semiconductor, and Synaptics. Ritu currently sits on the board of directors of Valmont Industries and is a member of the Global Semiconductor Association’s Women’s Leadership Council.

Ritu received both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering from Arizona State University.

Rodrigo Liang

Co-Founder and CEO

Sambanova Systems

Rodrigo is the CEO and co-founder of SambaNova Systems. Previously, he served as Senior Vice-President responsible for SPARC Processor and ASIC Development at Oracle leading engineering teams developing high performance microprocessors and was Vice President at Sun Microsystems. Rodrigo started his career with HP and holds MS and BS degrees from Stanford University in Electrical Engineering.

Sandra Rivera

CEO

Altera, an Intel Company

Sandra L. Rivera is executive vice president of Intel Corporation and chief executive officer of the Programmable Solutions Group (PSG). Rivera guides PSG as a standalone business focused on development of field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) that are used across the data center, communications, industrial, automotive, aerospace and defense markets.

Before assuming her current role, Rivera led Intel’s Data Center and AI Group, where she guided development of data center products, including Intel® Xeon® processors, Intel® Max® and Flex® series graphic processors, Intel® Gaudi® AI accelerators and FPGA products. Rivera also drove Intel’s overall artificial intelligence (AI) strategy and product roadmap. In 2023, Rivera was named by TIME Magazine as one of the industry’s most influential people in AI.

From 2019 to 2021, Rivera was Intel’s chief people officer, leading the company’s Human Resources organization worldwide. She also led Intel’s Network Platforms Group from 2017 to 2019, driving the transformation of network infrastructure to Intel-based solutions.

Rivera joined Intel in 2000 as a marketing director after the acquisition of Dialogic Corp. Earlier, Rivera co-founded and served as president of The CTI Authority and served as president of the computer telephony division at Catalyst Telecom.

Rivera holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Pennsylvania State University. She sits on the Equinix board of directors and is a member of the University of California, Berkeley’s engineering advisory board.

Sanjay Jha

General Partner

Santuri Capital

Sanjay Jha, a past chairperson of GSA, has had a long career in the semiconductor industry. He was the President of the Qualcomm Chipset business from 2002-2008, CEO of Motorola Mobility (2008-2012), and CEO of GlobalFoundries from 2014 to 2018.

He has been an investor in technology companies in both private and institutional capacities since then. He was the Chairman of Crocus Technology and helped manage the sale to Alegro Microsystems.

As a GP of Santuri Capital, his focus is investment in data generators, AI HW and SW systems, and AI insight monetizers.

Tien Wu

CEO

ASE & USI

Dr. Tien Wu is the Chief Executive Officer of Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. (ASE) and concurrently the Chief Executive Officer of Universal Scientific Industrial Co., Ltd. (USI). He is also a member of the Board of Directors and Chief Operating Officer of the ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. (NYSE: ASX, TWSE: 3711).

Prior to joining ASE, Tien held several management positions within IBM including R&D, manufacturing and sales in the United States, Europe and Asia-Pacific. He holds twelve U.S. patents and has authored over twenty-five articles.

Tien holds a BSCE degree from Taiwan University, and also earned MS and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering and applied mechanics respectively from the University of Pennsylvania. In 2015, Tien received an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science from Binghamton University.

KEYNOTE - Zak Dychtwald

Founder and CEO

Young China Group

Zak Dychtwald, founder and CEO of Young China Group, brings a people-first lens to consumer and workforce insights. He has recently formed YCG Bridgeworks: a cross geography collaboration lab, to research and systematically improve the collaboration between global companies’ China-based and internationally based teams.

As the author of the critically acclaimed Young China: How the Restless Generation Will Change Their Country and the World, Zak offers deep expertise on the changing dynamics of China’s demographics. Fluent in Mandarin and based between China and the US, Zak regularly advises executives and investors worldwide, helping bridge understanding between China and the global community. His insights have been sought by leaders on six continents.