10 Intel alumni who founded companies
These Intel alumni who founded companies all worked at Intel, from engineering and research roles to general management, before starting the company they now lead as founder or co-founder. A reader can learn how people who worked at Intel went on to build companies, from the founders themselves.
Professionals to explore
Amir Khosrowshahi
LinkedInExperience: Co-Founder and CTO · Topos Bio
Amir Khosrowshahi was Vice President at Intel from 2016 to 2024, and has been Co-Founder and CTO of Topos Bio since 2025. The role description says Topos Bio works on drug discovery.
Cormac Conroy
LinkedInExperience: CEO and Co-Founder · TeraSpatial, Inc.
Cormac Conroy was Corporate Vice President and General Manager at Intel from 2017 to 2019, and has been CEO and Co-Founder of TeraSpatial, Inc. since 2022.
Ed Doe
LinkedInExperience: CEO & Co-Founder · Delos Data
Ed Doe was VP, GM - Network Solutions Group (Network & Edge - NEX) at Intel from 2024 to 2025, and has been CEO & Co-Founder of Delos Data since 2025.
Eriko Nurvitadhi
LinkedInExperience: US CEO and Co-Founder MangoBoost · MangoBoost
Eriko Nurvitadhi was Principal Engineer Intel PSG CTO Office at Intel from 2019 to 2022, and has been US CEO and Co-Founder MangoBoost of MangoBoost since 2022.
Jeremy Rader
LinkedInExperience: Co-Founder & CRO · Skillyo
Jeremy Rader was GM, Xeon Market Readiness, Intel Data Center and AI Group at Intel from 2023 to 2024, and has been Co-Founder & CRO of Skillyo since 2026. The profile headline describes Skillyo as building the AI skills layer for knowledge workers.
Kiran Raj Joshi
LinkedInExperience: Co-founder & CEO · PhyAgents
Kiran Raj Joshi was Vice President, Data Center + Edge AI at Intel from 2024 to 2026, and has been Co-founder & CEO of PhyAgents since 2026. The profile headline describes the current work as Physical AI for AI Infrastructure.
Ryan Metz
LinkedInExperience: Founder and CEO · Roll Data
Ryan Metz was Product Manager for AI at Intel from 2024 to 2025, and has been Founder and CEO of Roll Data since 2025. The profile headline describes Roll Data as synthetic data that improves AI outcomes.
Scott Clark
LinkedInExperience: Co-founder and CEO · Distributional
Scott Clark was VP and GM of AI and HPC Supercomputing Application Level Engineering at Intel from 2022 to 2023, and has been Co-founder and CEO of Distributional since 2023.
Sean Fan
LinkedInExperience: Founder & CEO · NovaSemi Technologies, Inc.
Sean Fan was Senior Director of Engineering at Intel from 2018 to 2022, and has been Founder & CEO of NovaSemi Technologies, Inc. since 2022.
Wilfred Gomes
LinkedInExperience: CEO, President and Co-founder · Mueon Corporation
Wilfred Gomes was Intel Fellow, Microprocessor Design and Technologies at Intel from 1997 to 2025, and has been CEO, President and Co-founder of Mueon Corporation since 2025.
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Match the person's role at Intel, such as chip design, research, product management or running a business group, to the part of the path from employee to founder you want to understand. Check when each company was started to judge how recent the person's experience of the early stage is.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What from your work at Intel turned out to be most useful when you started your own company?
- 02How did you decide what problem your company would work on?
- 03What did you have to learn quickly that your Intel role had not prepared you for?
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