Ajit Manocha is the president and
CEO
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of
SEMI
SEMI is an industry association comprising companies involved in the electronics design and manufacturing supply chain. They provide equipment, materials and services for the manufacture of semiconductors, photovoltaic panels, LED and flat panel ...
. Headquartered in
Milpitas, California
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, SEMI is the global industry association serving the electronics manufacturing and design supply chain. Manocha, an industry leader, has over 40 years of global experience in the semiconductor industry.
Manocha was formerly CEO at GLOBALFOUNDRIES, and while there he also served as vice chairman and chairman of the
Semiconductor Industry Association
The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) is a trade association and lobbying group founded in 1977 that represents the United States semiconductor industry. It is located in Washington, D.C.
One of the main achievements of the SIA was the cr ...
(SIA). Earlier, Manocha served as EVP of worldwide operations at Spansion. Prior to Spansion, Manocha was EVP and chief manufacturing officer at Philips/NXP Semiconductors. He began his career at AT&T Bell Laboratories as a research scientist where he was granted several patents related to
microelectronics
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manufacturing.
Manocha is active on global advocacy issues, championing electronics advances to improve global innovation, health, safety, talent, and education. Manocha has served on the President's committees for “Advanced Manufacturing Partnerships” and the President's Council of Advisors on Science & Technology (PCAST). In 2020, th
Silicon Valley Engineering Council(SVEC) inducted Manocha to be in th
Silicon Valley Engineering Hall of Fameref> for championing industry collaboration, driving manufacturing efficiency and pioneering reactive ion etching, as well as for manufacturing process flows for logic and memory chips that serve as the foundation for modern electronics.
References
External links
*http://www.semi.org/en/semi-appoints-ajit-manocha-president-and-ceo
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Indian chief executives
Kansas State University alumni