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10 Applied Materials operations leaders
These ten people hold or have held group vice president, vice president, managing director and director operations roles at Applied Materials, across worldwide manufacturing, business unit, display and global operations. A reader can learn how operations leaders build and run their teams in semiconductor companies.
Professionals to explore
01—10Bob (Robert A.) Davis
LinkedInExperience: Group Vice President Global Ops & Engineering, Applied Global Services & Display Flexible Technology · Applied Materials
Group Vice President Global Ops & Engineering, Applied Global Services & Display Flexible Technology at Applied Materials since January 2020. Other Applied Materials roles on the profile are Corporate Vice President Global Quality and Continuous Improvement (2013–2020) and VP Non-Semi Operations (2008–2013).
Chung Kim
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, BU Operations · Applied Materials
Vice President, BU Operations at Applied Materials since January 2025, and Director of Business Operations at Applied Materials since 2015. Other Applied Materials roles on the profile are Operations Manager (2006–2014), Product Line Manager (2001–2006) and New Product Manufacturing Manager (1999–2001).
Cody Harlow
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director of Operations - Dielectric Deposition Products · Applied Materials
Managing Director of Operations - Dielectric Deposition Products at Applied Materials since May 2023, and former Managing Director Of Operations at Applied Materials (2013–2021). Former Chief Operating Officer at Onto Innovation (2021–2023) and Senior Manufacturing Manager at Applied Materials (1999–2013).
Debra Matsuhiro
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Group Operations New Markets and Alliances · Applied Materials
Vice President, Group Operations New Markets and Alliances at Applied Materials since 2018; the profile says the role created and aligned an operations 3 year roadmap to support group objectives and developed operational cadence and infrastructure for a new business group. Former Vice President, Operations Transistor and Interconnect Group at Applied Materials (2014–2018).
Dennis McHaffie
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Business Operations · Applied Materials
Vice President of Business Operations at Applied Materials since 2013, a role the source lists in the Operations department at President/Vice President level, and former Managing Director, Global Operations at Applied Materials (2005–2007). Former Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer at Credence Systems Corporation (Now COHU) (2007–2008) and Vice President, Global Supply Chain Operations and NPI Test Engineering at Intermec by Honeywell (2009–2012).
Haim Kimel
LinkedInExperience: VP Head of Display Global Operations · Applied Materials
VP Head of Display Global Operations at Applied Materials since July 2018, based in Santa Clara according to the profile. Other Applied Materials roles listed are Display MFG Operations Manager (2016–2018), Applied Production Center GM (2012–2016) and General Manager PDC Operations (2004–2012).
KC Ong
LinkedInExperience: Group Vice President, Worldwide Manufacturing Operations · Applied Materials
Group Vice President, Worldwide Manufacturing Operations at Applied Materials since 2017; the profile says KC is Group Vice President and Head of Worldwide Manufacturing Operations and a member of the Executive Leadership Team. Former Sr Vice President, EMS operations at Jabil (2008–2017) and Vice President of Operations at Flex (1992–2009).
Lonnie Ellingson
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director, Operations · Applied Materials
Former Managing Director, Operations at Applied Materials (2018–2024) and former Managing Director, Head, Global Supply Chain and Logistics at Applied Materials (2024–2025). The profile also lists SVP Manufacturing Operations (2018) and Vice President, Manufacturing (2017–2018) at Kateeva.
Michelle Phua
LinkedInExperience: Director, Manufacturing Operations · Applied Materials
Director, Manufacturing Operations at Applied Materials since January 2022, based in Singapore, a role the source lists in the Operations department at director level. Former Director Of Operations at Innowave Tech (2020–2021) and Deputy Director, Operations Manufacturing at GlobalFoundries (2009–2019).
Randall D. Stabler
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director - Global Operations · Applied Materials
Managing Director - Global Operations at Applied Materials since January 2021; the profile describes the role as global operations leader of multi segment business units. Other Applied Materials roles listed are Sr. Director - Global Manufacturing Operations (2014–2021), Director Supply Chain Operations (2013–2014) and Sr. Supply Chain Operations Manager (2011–2013).
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Match the person's scope to your question: group vice presidents and vice presidents suit questions about running manufacturing across many sites and business groups, while managing directors and directors suit questions about one business unit or site. Check each person's dates so you know whether their Applied Materials experience is current or from an earlier period.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you run worldwide manufacturing operations for complex equipment built in several regions?
- 02What does a business unit operations leader own, and how do they work with engineering and supply chain?
- 03How should operations teams plan capacity when equipment demand swings with the chip cycle?
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