Moderator
Ralf Bornefeld
Bosch
Ralf Bornefeld is Senior Vice President with responsibility for the business unit Power Semiconductors & Modules at Bosch.
Before he held various management positions at Infineon Technologies AG: senior director technology in frontend production from 2005-2008, senior director engineering of automotive sensors until 2011 and finally vice president and general manager business line automotive sensors.
Ralf started his career at Elmos Semiconductor in 1992 as a technology development engineer. Afterwards he took several management positions until end of 2004, mostly serving as vice president of R&D and eventually as vice president of business line microsystems.
Ralf Bornefeld was born in Schalksmuehle, Germany, in 1964. He graduated with a degree in Electrical Engineering from Technical University of Dortmund in 1992.
Bosch
Company Profile
The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services. It employs roughly 428,000 associates worldwide (as of December 31, 2023). According to preliminary figures, the company generated sales of 91.6 billion euros in 2023. Its operations are divided into four business sectors: Mobility, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy and Building Technology. As a leading IoT provider, Bosch offers innovative solutions for smart homes, Industry 4.0, and connected mobility. Bosch is pursuing a vision of mobility that is sustainable, safe, and exciting. It uses its expertise in sensor technology, software, and services, as well as its own IoT cloud, to offer its customers connected, cross-domain solutions from a single source. The Bosch Group’s strategic objective is to facilitate connected living with products and solutions that either contain artificial intelligence (AI) or have been developed or manufactured with its help. Bosch improves quality of life worldwide with products and services that are innovative and spark enthusiasm. In short, Bosch creates technology that is “Invented for life.” The Bosch Group comprises Robert Bosch GmbH and its roughly 470 subsidiary and regional companies in over 60 countries. Including sales and service partners, Bosch’s global manufacturing, engineering, and sales network covers nearly every country in the world. The basis for the company’s future growth is its innovative strength. At 136 locations across the globe, Bosch employs some 90,000 associates in research and development, of which roughly 48,000 are software engineers.
Panelist
onsemi
onsemi
Company Profile
onsemi (Nasdaq: ON) is driving disruptive innovations to help build a better future. With a focus on automotive and industrial end-markets, the company is accelerating change in megatrends such as vehicle electrification and safety, sustainable energy grids, industrial automation, and 5G and cloud infrastructure. With a highly differentiated and innovative product portfolio, onsemi creates intelligent power and sensing technologies that solve the world’s most complex challenges and leads the way in creating a safer, cleaner, and smarter world.
Panelist
Jianwei Dong
SK Siltron CSS
Mr. Dong is a growth-minded business executive with extensive experience in leading changes, developing organizations and people, and driving innovations. He was the general manager of the compound semiconductor solutions business unit (BU) at DuPont Electronics and Imaging prior to SK siltron’s acquisition of the BU. Post-acquisition, Mr. Dong was appointed CEO of the new SK siltron css business. Prior to that role, he was the global marketing director for the semiconductor advanced packaging technologies BU at Dow Electronic Materials. This was a continuation of Mr. Dong’s work as a marketing leader at Dow since 2012. Before that, he was in a product development role with Dow and worked as a R&D scientist at Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials in both the US and Hong Kong.
Mr. Dong’s education began at Jiao Tong University in Shanghai, China, where he received both a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master’s degree in materials science. From there, Mr. Dong attended the University of Minnesota and received his Ph.D. in Materials Science in 2003. He later completed a five-module executive education program on leadership development (PLD) from Harvard Business School.
SK Siltron CSS
Company Profile
At SK siltron css, we provide the global compound semiconductor industry with a reliable source of leading-edge, production-proven, high-crystal-quality silicon carbide (SiC) wafers and epitaxy services.
Our SiC technology and manufacturing expertise extends from crystal growth through wafer fabrication and epitaxy. We focus our R&D efforts on finding environmentally friendly solutions using renewable energy and sustainable manufacturing practices. Our latest-generation, wide-bandgap semiconductor materials are designed to help customers meet global demands for improved environmental sustainability, increased electricity demand and higher energy efficiency.
Drawing on decades of experience providing SiC materials and products, we continue to grow and double our capacity year over year. As a dedicated materials supplier, we focus on providing wafers and materials for critical compound semiconductor applications. We do not make devices or compete with our customers. We are backed by the resources and purchasing power of SK siltron.
Panelist
Roman Straßer
Volkswagen Group Technology
- For more than 25 years involved in Electronics Development
- Since 2022 – Head of Development Group Platform Power Electronics – Volkswagen Group
- 2004-2022 – Head of Development Power Electronics and Charging – Audi AG
- 1998-2004 – Head of Development Transmission Electronics – Jatco Europe
- 1995-1998 – Project Lead for Transmission Scheduling – Continental AG
- Dipl. Ing. Electrical Engineering (Technical University Munich)
Volkswagen Group Technology
Company Profile
As group-wide „Powerhouse“ of Volkswagen, the group resort Technology with its business units is responsible for the core transformation-topics “battery”, “charging and energy”, and “components”. It shapes the development and production of strategic components for the car-manufacturing brands of the group and with its “platform business” also for OEMs outside the Volkswagen Group. As an independent company inside the group resort Technology, Volkswagen Group Components employs 70.000 employees in more than 60 factories worldwide. They provide a valuable contribution for the Volkswagen Group, its brands and products. Thomas Schmall is the board member for the group resort Technology and CEO of Volkswagen Group Components.
