10 CTOs in Semiconductors

Experience: Chief Technology Officer · Qualcomm

Chief Technology Officer at Qualcomm since 2025, and former SVP Engineering at Qualcomm (2006–2025). The profile describes Qualcomm as a semiconductor manufacturing company that transforms industries with leading edge AI, high-performance, low-power computing and connectivity.

Experience: Chief Technology Officer · Black Semiconductor

Chief Technology Officer at Black Semiconductor since 2022, based in Aachen, Germany; the profile describes Black Semiconductor as a semiconductor manufacturing company. Former Research manager Nano Applications Materials Engineering (2016–2022), R&D Team lead Nano Applications Material Engineering (2010–2022) and Process Integration Engineer (2008–2010) at imec.

Experience: Chief Technology Officer · Infineon Technologies

Chief Technology Officer at Infineon Technologies since 2022, based in Malacca, Malaysia, and Vice President (Backend Development) at Infineon Technologies since 2020; the profile headline reads SVP | R&D | CTO at Infineon Technologies (Malaysia). Former Senior Director (Backend Development) (2017–2020) and Director (Head of R&D Power Package) (2012–2017) at Infineon Technologies.

Experience: Chief Technology Officer & SVP Technology and Product Development · Silicon Labs

Chief Technology Officer & SVP Technology and Product Development at Silicon Labs since 2021, where the profile says he is responsible for the company's overall R&D strategy and execution, including IC design, CAD, validation, systems, hardware and software tools, DevOps and cloud software. Board Member at OpenHW Foundation since 2021.

Experience: Chief Technology Officer · Imagination Technologies

Chief Technology Officer at Imagination Technologies since 2025, a company the profile describes as a semiconductor company specializing in advanced processor IP. Former Vice President Innovation (2023–2025) and Vice President of Architecture (2023) at Imagination Technologies, and CTO at Disguise (2019–2023).

Experience: Chief Technology Officer · FuriosaAI

Chief Technology Officer at FuriosaAI since 2017; the profile describes FuriosaAI as a semiconductor manufacturing company whose data center accelerator provides high-performance LLM and multimodal deployment, and lists the CTO role as current. Former Engineer at Samsung Electronics (2014–2017).

Experience: Chief Technology Officer · ASML

Chief Technology Officer at ASML since 2025 and Executive Vice President Business Line Applications at ASML since 2023; the profile describes ASML as the leading supplier to the semiconductor industry, driving lithography system innovation. Former Executive Vice President Business Line EUV NXE (2021–2023) and Senior Vice President EUV Product Marketing (2020–2021) at ASML.

Experience: Chief Technology Officer · Phison

Chief Technology Officer at Phison since 2021, and former Sr. Director of System Architecture at Phison (2018–2021); the profile describes Phison as a semiconductor manufacturing company. Former Senior System Architect at Micron Technology (2015–2018), System Architect at Sandisk (2013–2015) and System Architect at WD (2008–2013).

Experience: Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President · MIPS by Global Foundries

Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President at MIPS by Global Foundries since 2026, and Vice Chair Board of Directors at RISC-V International since 2026. Former Senior Vice President Of Engineering at Synopsys Inc (2020–2026), where the profile describes him as Senior Vice President of Engineering for DesignWare Processor Cores, IP Subsystems and Security IP.

Experience: Chief Technology Officer · SiFive

Chief Technology Officer at SiFive since 2015; the profile describes SiFive as a semiconductor company that transforms the future of compute with RISC-V. Former Technical Steering Committee Chair at RISC-V International (2016–2023), Graduate Student Researcher at University of California, Berkeley (2008–2016) and Research Intern at NVIDIA (2011–2014).