Tim Maloney

Tim Maloney is Senior Director of Business Development at Polar Semiconductor in Bloomington, Minnesota, USA — a newly transformed, majority U.S.-owned pure-play foundry delivering advanced power and sensor devices. With a heritage of high-volume automotive manufacturing and a $525M CHIPS Act-backed expansion underway, Polar is doubling capacity and capability to serve strategic markets, including automotive, data center, industrial, and aerospace and defense.

With over 25 years in the semiconductor industry, Tim has led initiatives in process engineering, fab operations, technology transfer, and global supply chain management. He is driving the efforts to bring new customers to Polar to provide accelerate leadership in US based semiconductor manufacturing.

Tim’s career started as a process engineer at Motorola Semiconductor and leadership roles at onsemi, Seagate Technology, and SkyWater Technology, covering high-voltage power devices, MEMS, and mixed-signal technologies. A graduate in Industrial Engineering from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, he combines deep technical knowledge with a strategic business perspective — making him a strong advocate for partnerships that advance power semiconductor innovation and manufacturing competitiveness worldwide.