Christophe Maleville, Ph.D.
Chief Technology Officer and Senior Executive Vice President of Soitec’s Innovation
Biography
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
Biography
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
Biography
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.
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.
Surya Iyer, Ph.D.
President & COO
Biography
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.
Company Profile
Located in Bloomington, Minnesota, Polar Semiconductor LLC has decades of experience in high-performance, automotive-grade semiconductor manufacturing. As the wafer fabrication and R&D division of Sanken Electric Company, we operate more than 310,000 square-foot facility that includes 160,000 square-feet of class-1 cleanroom space. We specialize in 200mm wafer fabrication on proprietary semiconductor technologies with most destined for use in robust automotive, commercial and industrial applications. With investments in new clean room space, state of the art equipments, and advanced silicon technologies, Polar continues to enhance its manufacturing competitiveness. Polar is ISO 14001 and IATF 16949 certified.
Amr Darwish
Advisory Board Member
Biography
Company Profile
Established in 2010, the International SemiconductorIndustry (I.S.I.G.) is a prestigious & trusted associationwithin the semiconductor industry, renowned fororchestrating major regional summits across the globe,ranging from the U.S, the Middle East & Asia via ourdivision, the International Semiconductor ExecutiveSummits (I.S.E.S.). Our summits are fully endorsed bylocal governments and leading companies in all areas ofthe semiconductor supply chain.
Moreover, I.S.E.S. serves as the Premier platform for senior executives in technology, manufacturing, and R&D from diverse semiconductor companies, technology providers, and affiliated industries.
Our events are instrumental helping to shed light onto key industry trends, drive innovation and influence key decisions to help shape, and advance the growth of the semiconductor sector.
Ramanan Natarajan
Product Marketing Director
Biography
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
Biography
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.
Pavel Freundlich
Chief Technology Officer & Vice President, Power Solutions Group
Biography
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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