Stefan Obersriebnig
SVP High Voltage Modules
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Stefan Obersriebnig is Senior Vice President and global business responsible for Infineon Technologies’ automotive module business. During his tenure in various senior-management roles within Infineon, he has had a strong focus on driving the adoption of new Wide-Bandgap devices in the automotive, industrial, and consumer space.
Before joining Infineon, Stefan worked at Siemens Management Consulting in Germany, USA, and lastly as Principal for 3 years in China. He focused on international growth, organizational transformation & cultural change, as well as turnaround & restructuring.
Stefan holds an MBA from IESE Business School (Spain) and a MSc (Honors) in Environmental Engineering from Leoben University (Austria). With his deep connection to nature and the environment, Stefan is passionate about driving Decarbonization & Digitalization for Infineon’s customers.
Company Profile
Here at Infineon, we combine entrepreneurial success with responsible action to make life easier, safer, and greener. Barely visible, semiconductors have become an indispensable part of everyday life. We play a key role in shaping a better future – with microelectronics that link the real and the digital world. Our semiconductors enable efficient energy management, smart mobility, as well as secure, seamless communications in an increasingly connected world. Infineon designs, develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of semiconductors and system solutions. The focus of its activities is on automotive and industrial electronics, communication and information technologies, IoT, sensor technology and security. The product range comprises standard components, software, customer-specific solutions for devices and systems, as well as specific components for digital, analog, and mixed-signal applications.
Dr. Christian Kluthe
Product Area Head Power Semiconductor & Modules
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Dr. Kluthe has a background in physics and over 20 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, including about 14 years specializing in power electronics. Throughout his career, he has held several key R&D roles in program and line management at Infineon-Qimonda, Inotera Memories, SB Limotive, and Bosch, where he also coordinated the Robert-Bosch-Center of power electronics and served as the responsible project manager for Bosch power modules in legacy inverters. Since 2021, Dr. Kluthe has been leading the Product Area “Power Semiconductors and Modules” for automotive high voltage applications.
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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.
Dr. Elke Meissner
Strategic Business Development Semiconductor Materials and Technology
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Elke is an experienced senior researcher at Fraunhofer IISB and member of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, chair for electron devices, with a demonstrated history of work in different research environments from fundamental to applied research. Highly experienced as national and international collaborator for industry and academic partners in the field of nitride semiconductor crystal growth, materials development, technology, R&D of novel semiconductor materials and innovative semiconductor characterization and metrology. After more than 20 year in research in nitride semiconductor materials, she now represents the strategic business development semiconductor materials and technology at Fraunhofer IISB.
Company Profile
Fraunhofer IPMS is a leading international research and development service provider for electronic and photonic microsystems in the application fields of Smart Industrial Solutions, Bio and Health, Mobility as well as Green and Sustainable Microelectronics. Research focuses on customer-specific miniaturized sensors and actuators, MEMS systems, microdisplays and integrated circuits as well as wireless and wired data communication, neuromorphic and quantum computing. Services range from consulting and design to process development and pilot series production.
The Fraunhofer IPMS is one of 75 institutes of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, the leading organization for applied research in Europe. With nearly 32,000 employees Fraunhofer operates with an annual budget of €3.6 billion, €3.1 billion of which is generated by contract research — Fraunhofer’s core business model.
The range of services includes wafer processing, characterization & testing, assembly and interconnection technology and the organization of external and supplier services. At the Center Nanoelectronic Technologies (CNT), Fraunhofer IPMS offers applied research, process and material development on 300 mm wafers for microchip producers, suppliers, device manufacturers and R&D partners. 4000 m² of clean room space is available for processing customer orders as well as laboratory space for over 80 processing and analytical tools.
Christophe Maleville, Ph.D.
CTO and Senior EVP Innovation
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Christophe Maleville has been appointed Chief Technology Officer and Senior Executive Vice President of Soitec’s Innovation.
He joined Soitec in 1993 and was a driving force behind the company’s joint research activities with CEA-Leti. For several years, he led new SOI process development, oversaw SOI technology transfer from R&D to production, and managed customer certifications. He also served as vice president, SOI Products Platform at Soitec, working closely with key customers worldwide.
Maleville has authored or co-authored more than 30 papers and also holds some 30 patents. He has a PhD in microelectronics from Grenoble Institute of Technology and obtained an executive MBA from INSEAD.
Company Profile
Soitec is a world leader in the production of innovative semiconductor materials. The company leverages its unique technologies to serve the electronics markets.
In meeting the technical and economic challenges of mainstream electronics, Soitec is helping to speed up the mobile and digital revolutions. Its products are used to manufacture chips that go into smartphones, tablets, computers, IT servers and data centers as well as electronic components in cars, connected devices, and industrial and medical equipment.
With more than 4,000 patents, the company pursues a strategy of disruptive innovation to provide its customers with products that combine performance, energy efficiency and competitiveness.
Soitec is headquartered in Bernin France. The company was founded 30 years ago in Grenoble’s high-tech ecosystem and has manufacturing facilities, R&D centers and sales offices in Europe, the United States and Asia. Soitec is listed on the CAC NEXT 20, in Paris.
For more information visit: www.soitec.com.
Allan Frederiksen
VP Research & Development
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Allan has a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Aalborg University focusing on system and algorithm development and realization.
Allan has spent more than 22 years in the semiconductor industry working in leading edge of mobile communications at Nokia, Renesas and Broadcom, security technology at NXP, depth sensing technology at ams AG, as technical leader, program manager, team leader and group leader. He has built and led 100+ person global multi-site, multi-cultural organizations over a decade. With his teams, he has delivered multiple highly complex technical products with lifetime volumes in the billions of units to customers.
With his extensive engineering leadership background and technology understanding combined with customer orientation and passion for product development, Allan joins CGD in the role of VP of Research and Development.
Allan has a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Aalborg University focusing on system and algorithm development and realization. Allan has spent more than 22 years in the semiconductor industry working in leading edge of mobile communications at Nokia, Renesas and Broadcom, security technology at NXP, depth sensing technology at ams AG, as technical leader, program manager, team leader and group leader. He has built and led 100+ person global multi-site, multi-cultural organizations over a decade. With his teams, he has delivered multiple highly complex technical products with lifetime volumes in the billions of units to customers.
With his extensive engineering leadership background and technology understanding combined with customer orientation and passion for product development, Allan joins CGD in the role of VP of Research and Development.
Company Profile
A spin-out of the Cambridge University, Cambridge GaN Devices (CGD) is a fabless semiconductor company that develops a range of energy-efficient GaN-based power devices to make greener electronics possible.
Operating at a market worth exceeding $30 billion, CGD completed several funding rounds to develop and deliver to the market a wide range of products for consumer and industrial applications.
In autumn 2021, the company was named Tech Scaleup of the Year by Business Weekly in the category of green electronics and was awarded the UK Business Angels Association (UKBAA) deep tech Investment of the Year.
Rodney Pelzel, Ph.D.
CTO & COO
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Dr. Rodney Pelzel is the Chief Technology Officer at IQE, the leading supplier of compound semiconductor wafer products and advanced material solutions to the global semiconductor industry
Rodney has over 20 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, with deep expertise in semiconductor materials engineering and the epitaxial growth of compound semiconductors. Rodney joined IQE as a Production Engineer in 2000 and during his first twelve years at IQE he held various engineering and operational management roles focusing on scaling leading edge epitaxial technology for high volume manufacturing for wireless applications.
In 2012, Rodney was appointed as head of R&D for the IQE Group and was tasked with creating unique materials solutions that enable IQE’s customers and provided them with a competitive edge. Throughout his career, Rodney has been involved in numerous new product introductions, including IQE’s highly successful launch of 6” VCSELs for consumer applications.
Rodney is a chemical engineer by training and graduated from the University of Colorado in 1995 with a bachelor’s degree (high distinction) in Chemical Engineering and a PhD in Chemical Engineering (surface chemistry of semiconductors, GaAs and Si) from the University of California in 2000. He is a Chartered Engineer, Chartered Scientist, and a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, with his work widely published and a co-inventor of 30+ patents.
Company Profile
IQE is the leading supplier of compound semiconductor wafer products and advanced material solutions to the global semiconductor industry that enable a diverse range of applications across mobile handsets, global telecoms infrastructure, smart connected devices, electric vehicles, infrared and sensing applications.
Americo Lemos
CEO
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Americo Lemos is the CEO of IQE plc, the leading global supplier of advanced epitaxial wafers and material solutions. A seasoned leader with extensive experience in the semiconductor industry, Americo joined IQE from GlobalFoundries, where he served as the Senior Vice President of Business Development for Asia Pacific and China Country President. In this role, he was instrumental in enhancing business efficiency and driving growth in these markets.
Prior to his tenure at GlobalFoundries, Americo was the Senior Vice President at Qualcomm, overseeing its data center business. His career also includes a significant role as Vice President of Platform Engineering at Intel, where he managed strategic ventures with China-based semiconductor companies. Additionally, he has held leadership positions at Texas Instruments, Quanta Computer in Taiwan, and Skyworks.
Americo holds a Master of Sciences in Electronics and Computers from École Nationale Supérieure de Sciences Appliquées et de Technologie (ENSSAT) in Lannion, France
Company Profile
IQE is the leading supplier of compound semiconductor wafer products and advanced material solutions to the global semiconductor industry that enable a diverse range of applications across mobile handsets, global telecoms infrastructure, smart connected devices, electric vehicles, infrared and sensing applications.
Aly Mashaly
Technical Director
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Aly Mashaly is a renowned expert in power electronic systems and power semiconductors, with over 20 years of experience in the electronics industry. He holds several patents in the field and is a keynote speaker at numerous international conferences. Aly studied Electrical Engineering with a focus on Power Electronics at Ain Shams University in Cairo. In late 2002, he moved to Germany to pursue his master’s degree at the University of Hanover. He began his career as a pioneer in the early development of power electronic systems for avionic applications and later shifted his focus to advancing power electronics in the electric vehicle market. In his current role as Technical Director at ROHM Semiconductor Europe, Aly has played a key role in driving the company’s vision to establish itself as a global player in the field of power devices.
Company Profile
ROHM, a leading semiconductor and electronic component manufacturer, was established in 1958. From the automotive and industrial equipment markets to the consumer and communication sectors, ROHM supplies ICs, discretes, and electronic components featuring superior quality and reliability through a global sales and development network. Our strengths in the analog and power markets allow us to propose optimized solutions for entire systems that combine peripheral components (i.e., transistors, diodes, resistors) with the latest SiC power devices as well as drive ICs that maximize their performance.
Roman Strasser
VP, Head of Technical Development VW Group Inverter Platform
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- 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)
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.
Vishnu Kumaresan, Ph.D
Semiconductor Business Specialist & Segment Leader
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Vishnu Kumaresan as a Segment Leader drives Volvo Group’s Semiconductor strategy. He has a doctorate degree in semiconductor field and has specialized in strategy development. Vishnu has more than 10 years of experience in the semiconductor, software, and display technologies before joining Volvo group.
Company Profile
The Volvo Group is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of trucks, buses, construction equipment and marine and industrial engines. The Group also provides complete solutions for financing and service. The Volvo Group, with its headquarters in Gothenburg, employs about 100,000 people, has production facilities in 18 countries and sells its products in more than 190 markets.
Vincent Meric
VP Marketing
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Vincent Meric is Vice President Marketing of AIXTRON SE. After spending a few years at Air Liquide in France and Japan as a researcher, he joined AIXTRON in Germany, where he has grown as a material enthusiast. First as a process engineer and then taking different roles in Sales and Marketing, he has been involved in the development and roll out of new equipments to the market , enabling the adoption of Compound Semiconductors into more and more applications . Since 2020, he leads the global product marketing team, covering all compound semiconductor applications from power & RF devices, to lasers, Micro LED or 2D material devices
Company Profile
AIXTRON SE is a leading provider of deposition equipment to the semiconductor industry. The Company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Herzogenrath (near Aachen), Germany, with subsidiaries and sales offices in Asia, United States, and in Europe. AIXTRON´s technology solutions are used by a diverse range of customers worldwide to build advanced components for electronic and optoelectronic applications based on compound semiconductor materials. Such components are used in a broad range of innovative applications, technologies and industries. These include Laser and LED applications, display technologies, data transmission, SiC and GaN power management and conversion, communication, signaling and lighting as well as a range of other leading-edge applications.
G10 Series for Power devices and advanced Optoelectronic and Display applications
G10-SiC for 150/200mm SiC Power devices
G10-GaN for 150/200mm GaN Power devices
G10-AsP for 100/150/200mm for advanced Optoelectronic and Display applications
Andrew Patterson
European Business Director
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Andrew Patterson manages the European Business for Silvaco Inc, a leading provider of Semiconductor Device Design, Simulation, and Semiconductor IP. Andrew is also Chair of the Power Electronics Special Interest Group at the UK Automotive Innovation forum (AESIN), with special focus on GaN technology. Prior to his role at Silvaco, Andrew served as global director of the Automotive Embedded Software business at Siemens Digital Industries, enabling deployment of complex power sub-systems and ECUs in Electric Vehicles. Andrew holds a master’s degree in Engineering and Electrical Sciences from Cambridge University, UK.
Company Profile
Silvaco is a provider of TCAD, EDA software, and SIP solutions that enable semiconductor design and AI through software and innovation. Silvaco’s solutions are used for process and device development across display, power devices, automotive, memory, high performance compute, photonics, internet of things, and 5G/6G mobile markets for complex SoC design. Silvaco is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and has a global presence with offices located in North America, Europe, Brazil, China, Japan, Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan.
Silvaco is a provider of software solutions for semiconductor design, including TCAD, EDA software, and SIP solutions that enable semiconductor design and AI through software and innovation. Our primary markets include Display, Power, and RF semiconductor device and SoC development.
Carlos Castro
VP & GM Power GaN FETs
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Carlos Castro, formerly Vice President and General Manager GaN for Nexperia and has more than 15 years of experience in power and automotive semiconductors. Prior to joining Nexperia, Carlos led the IGBTs/MOSFETs/SiC discretes business and automotive electronics activities at Littelfuse. Earlier he was in charge of Marketing and Application Engineering for automotive MOSFETs and led the Technical Marketing group for Electric Drive Train at Infineon Technologies. He has been granted several patents for power semiconductor devices and has been author of multiple papers and conferences presentations. Carlos holds a MSc and a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University of Dortmund, Germany and the University of Granada, Spain.
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