Pavel Freundlich
Chief Technology Officer & Vice President, Power Solutions Group
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Pavel Freundlich serves as a Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Power Solutions Group at onsemi in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA. He leads development of semiconductor technologies for automotive and industrial power conversion, maintaining the company’s technological leadership by delivering novel and disruptive silicon and silicon carbide solutions for power switching devices. With the increasing requirements for high efficiency power conversion achievable only by means of wide bandgap materials, Pavel has focused on vertical integration of silicon carbide material and processes at onsemi to address supply chain challenges and to support adoption of wide bandgap semiconductor devices. Pavel holds a master’s degree in solid state physics, a PhD in materials science, and an MBA.
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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.
Christophe Maleville, Ph.D.
Chief Technology Officer and Senior Executive Vice President of Soitec’s 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.
Peter Rabbeni
SVP Communications Infrastructure and Security Business Unit
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Peter serves as Senior Vice President of the Communications Infrastructure and Security Business Unit at IQE, leveraging decades of business development and sales expertise in the semiconductor industry. His foundation is rooted in product design and engineering. Before joining IQE, Peter spent over a decade in executive roles at GlobalFoundries Inc, where he was responsible for foundry sales partnerships and business development.
Peter earned a BSEE degree from Stevens Institute of Technology in 1986 and an MSEE with a concentration in RF systems design from the University of Massachusetts in 1991. Additionally, he completed the IBM Executive Management program and the Executive Program for Growing Companies at Stanford University.
An active voice in the RF communications and wireless technology sectors, Peter has co-authored papers, published numerous trade journal articles and blogs, and frequently speaks on industry trends and developments. He is a member of IEEE.
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.
Dr. Seungho Pi
CEO
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Seungho Pi joined SK Siltron CSS in February 2024. He started his career at SK hynix after earning his Ph.D in 1995. He has led numerous crucial projects aimed at overcoming the limits of scaling. Notably, his team’s achievements include a unique structure that maximizes the storage capacity of 3D NAND and a Fin Cell structure that overcomes the scaling limits of DRAM. In 2021, he moved to SK Siltron, where he made significant contributions to productivity improvement and quality enhancement.Seungho Pi graduated from Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea, with a bachelor’s degree in metallurgical engineering in 1989 and he got master’s and Ph. D degree from KAIST In 1991 and 1995 respectively. He obtained around 100 patents from several countries.
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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.
Surya Iyer, Ph.D.
President & COO
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Surya Iyer is President at Polar Semiconductor and previously held senior management and engineering positions at Cypress Semiconductor and Applied Materials. Appointed by the Walz-Flanagan administration, Surya is the Chair of the Minnesota Governor’s Workforce Development Board. Surya serves on the Governing Council for SEMI/FOA and is an adjunct Professor of Engineering at the University of St. Thomas. Surya attended Wharton, was a fellow at Stanford, received his post-graduate degrees from Washington University in St. Louis, and an undergraduate engineering degree from IIT-Kanpur. He has 20 patents related to semiconductor processing and equipment design and over 25 peer-reviewed publications.
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Polar Semiconductor is a U.S.-owned MN located 200mm foundry specializing in sensor and power semiconductors, for high-volume manufacturing of silicon and wide-bandgap ICs and discrete devices, and specialty products tailored for Automotive, Industrial, and Aerospace & Defense applications.
Ramanan Natarajan
Product Marketing Director
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Ramanan has been working with power management ICs and power semiconductors for more than 2 decades spanning end markets such as enterprise power, consumer power, automotive powertrain and others. He has worked on AC-DC power management controllers, high voltage gate drivers and GaN FETs at Texas Instruments and International Rectifier (now Infineon) and is presently leading the SiC power business at Qorvo.
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Andrea Mohamed
COO & Co-Founder
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Andrea Mohamed is the COO and Co-founder of QuantumBloom, a startup empowering early-career women in STEM. She has over 20 years of strategy, marketing and innovation experience spanning semiconductors, high tech, higher education. and science organizations. She previously served as VP at RTI International where she led a multi-year growth strategy growing revenue from $400M to $750M and securing over $1.3B in new business. She oversaw a $10M annual innovation budget and co-led a multi-year investment to build AI capabilities for science research. She is a Duke MBA, Triangle Business Journal Women in Business awardee, and member of CHIEF.
Company Profile
QuantumBloom is your workforce development partner dedicated to building the semiconductor industry by helping you attract, retain, and empower early-career women in STEM. We’re not just addressing talent challenges – we’re shaping the future of an industry amid unprecedented growth and transformation.
By 2030, the US semiconductor industry faces a staggering shortage of up to 100,000 workers. The time to act is now. Our approach fuses evidence-based leadership development, personalized coaching, and community building. Together, we can cultivate an ecosystem where your emerging talent thrives, and a virtuous cycle of talent attraction and retention emerges.
When you partner with QuantumBloom, you’re not just investing in individual career development – you’re catalyzing growth, propelling innovation, and helping build the nation’s economic and national security.
Partner with QuantumBloom to build a more robust and resilient workforce and a more dynamic future.
QuantumBloom offers a suite of theory-driven and evidence-based solutions designed to develop and grow your workforce:
The Flagship is our crown jewel – a comprehensive multi-company cohort-based program that lasts up to 3 years in 1-year renewals. It features a proprietary curriculum, facilitated peer meetings, individual coaching, a moderated online community, mentoring, and manager coaching and involvement.
The ERG-in-a-Box amplifies your diversity initiatives providing a turnkey solution to energize your employee resource groups and foster a culture of inclusion and development.
The Subscription offers on-demand access to our curriculum and vibrant online community, empowering continuous learning and connection at the subscriber’s pace.
All our offerings are built on data-driven methodologies and tailored to the unique challenges of STEM professionals.
Ready to supercharge your talent pipeline? Let’s bloom together.
Amr Darwish
Senior Director of Product Marketing & Market Development
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Mr. Amr Darwish has over 18+ years of experience in the technology and semiconductor fields. Previously during his time at Integrated Device Technology (IDT), Amr served in various Product Marketing and Technical roles, which spanned over North America, Europe, and Asia. Amr was a Cofounder of MaxPower Semiconductor, where he served as the COO. MaxPower was acquired by Vishay Siliconix in October 2022, where Amr was formerly the Senior Director of Product Marketing & Market Development for the Silicon Carbide division of Vishay.
With a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) and a Master in Business Administration (MBA), Amr has been able to use his blend of disciplines to create effective corporate & sales strategies and key strategic relationships, which have proliferated MaxPower’s (now Vishay’s) products into consumer, industrial, and automotive marketplaces.
In addition, Amr currently serves as the Chair of the Santa Clara University (SCU) Graduate Business Program Alumni Board, is a lead-investor and board member of several technology companies, serves as a start-up advisor in the Bronco Venture Accelerator and is a Partner in the Bronco Venture Capital Fund.
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