Farhat Jahangir

Founder, President & CEO

GSME

Farhat is the founder and CEO of GSME, where he brings over 25 years of hands-on experience in the semiconductor industry. Farhat is an expert in product, test, quality, reliability, and supply chain areas covering various hi-speed communication ICs, MEMS-based and CE System-based product lines. In 2016, Farhat led Quantenna to its IPO, which paved the way for the company’s acquisition by Onsemi for a staggering $1.1 billion in 2019.

As the General Manager/Vice President of Manufacturing at Onsemi, he successfully managed the 300mm EFK Fab as well as a revenue line exceeding $2 billion. Farhat is a recognized industry leader and uses his extensive experience to drive innovation in the field of semiconductor manufacturing. He began his career after graduating with a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Arkansas.

Giulietta Poltronieri

Partner

McKinsey & Company

Giulietta Poltronieri is a Partner in McKinsey’s Global Semiconductors and Advanced Electronics practices. She leads transformational programs with semiconductor clients along the full value chain, including semiconductor equipment players, IDMs, fabless, foundries, OSATs, and customers, with focus on operations, strategy and people topics.

She is leading McKinsey’s “Talent in Semiconductors” Global Service Line and is the EMEA “All-in, Diversity & Inclusion” Leader for McKinsey Advanced Industries practices, leading initiatives to attract and retain female talent in sectors where the male gender has traditionally been prevalent.

Giulietta holds a double Master in International Management from Bocconi University and HEC Paris. Before joining McKinsey, she has briefly worked at Google in the role of Business Associate.

Jodi Shelton

Co-Founder & CEO

GSA

Jodi Shelton is the Co-founder and CEO of GSA. A pioneer within the technology space, Shelton was instrumental in the creation of the Alliance and has continuously addressed global issues in the industry as the voice of its members. Under her leadership, GSA has grown its membership to include companies throughout the supply chain representing 30 countries across the globe. In her role as president, Shelton oversees GSA daily operations, ensuring that the Alliance remains focused on achieving its defined mission and goal to foster a more effective ecosystem through collaboration, integration and innovation. She is the key liaison between GSA and the business community at high-level financial and industry conferences, providing insight on key topics pertaining to the global fabless supply chain.

Shelton earned her bachelor’s degree in political science from San Diego State University and her master’s degree in political science from the University of Houston.

Hisham Haddara

Chairman & CEO

Si-Ware Systems

Hisham has 40 years of R&D and business management experience in the semiconductor and microelectronics industry. Prior to founding SWS, Hisham was with Memscap as President for Asia and the Middle East. Before that, he was Executive Vice President and President of Memscap Egypt. Hisham was also the co-founder and General Manager of Anacad Egypt, which was later acquired by Mentor Graphics Corporation.

Hisham obtained his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Ain Shams University. Hisham received his Ph.D. degree in Microelectronics from the National Polytechnic Institute, Grenoble, France. Hisham has been a Professor of Microelectronics at Ain-Shams University, Cairo.

He serves on the board of directors of the National Science and Technology Development Agency (STDF) and the Information Technology Development Agency (ITIDA) of Egypt.

Malcolm Penn

Founder & CEO

Future Horizons

Malcolm Penn is the founder and CEO of Future Horizons, the premier global Semiconductor industry watcher with over 260 years’ collective experience of the industry. Founded in 1989, Future Horizons prides itself on the integrity of its work and the rigor and discipline employed in everything it does, not least of which is its commitment to accurate and usable information.

Mr Penn has over 55 years of semiconductor and electronics industry experience covering all aspects of the industry, including new business development, management, manufacturing, marketing, and design. Prior to establishing Future Horizons, Mr Penn was Vice President and Director of European Operations for Gartner Dataquest, responsible for establishing its European research operations. Previously he was Manager of Component Engineering for ITT Europe and prior to that held various operations and marketing management positions with the worldwide ITT Semiconductor Group.

Mr Penn studied Electronics Engineering at London’s Southbank University in 1962, graduating with an honors degree in 1966 during which time he worked his way through college as a professional rock and R&B musician.

Marco Warth

Vice President, Corporate Research & Engineering

MAHLE international

Dr. Marco Warth is the Vice President of Corporate Research and Advanced Engineering for the MAHLE Group since April 2024. Among many things, he is responsible for driving the development of new products for the MAHLE 2030+ strategy, for third-party Engineering Services as well as the MAHLE Tech Centers worldwide.

Prior to this role he was the VP for global product development in the MAHLE core business group Engine Systems and Components, after having initiated MAHLE’s transformation into electronics and software in heading up the advanced engineering. From 2010 to 2014, he oversaw the engineering services at MAHLE Powertrain, delivering services to all major OEMs globally.

Swiss-born Dr. Marco Warth graduated from ETH Zurich with an engineering degree and a Ph.D. in technical sciences in 2005.

Naveed Sherwani

Chairman & CEO

Rapid Silicon

Dr. Naveed Sherwani is a well-known semiconductor industry veteran with over 35 years of entrepreneurial, engineering, and management experience. He is widely recognized as an innovator and leader in the field of design automation of ASICs and microprocessors and the main driver of the strategic evangelization of RISC-V International.

Naveed has founded or co-founded over eleven silicon companies and raised over $850M in over 15 funding rounds from marquee venture capital firms during the course of his career. He now serves as Chairman of GS Group, and also serves as the Chair of the Open Source FPGA Foundation and is a Charter Member of notable Silicon Valley business forums such as TiE and OPEN.

Dr. Naveed both a PhD and master’s degree in Computer Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and a BE degree at NED University in Karachi, Pakistan.

Yankin Tanurhan

SVP, Engineering Group

Synopsys

Dr. Yankin Tanurhan, Senior Vice President Engineering, Solutions Group at Synopsys is responsible for DesignWare Processor Cores, Security IP, Wireless Interface IP, Smart Subsystems and Non-Volatile Memory business units. The products in his portfolio include low power and high-performance ARC embedded CPUs, NPUs, DSPs targeting markets from Mobile, IoT, Embedded Vision, AI/ML, Digital Home, Automotive/Industrial, Security to Storage, ASIP tools with products like ASIP Designer and Programmer, IP Subsystems products like Sensor Fusion, Audio, Vision and Security Subsystems and CMOS based Non Volatile OTP and MTP memory IP blocks. His teams additionally develop a wide variety of Security IP from TRNGs to full blown HSMs and IDEs. Lately he extended the R&D activities into Bluetooth, Zigbee products.

Dr Tanurhan has authored 100+ papers in refereed publications. He holds a B.S. and M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Rheinisch Westfaellische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) in Aachen, Germany and a Dr. Ing. degree summa cum laude in Electrical Engineering from the University of Karlsruhe (TH) in Karlsruhe, Germany.