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10 Intel engineering leaders
These ten engineering leaders hold or have held director-level and higher engineering roles at Intel, with titles such as director of engineering and senior director of engineering. A reader can learn how Intel organizes engineering work across chip design, process technology, platform hardware, AI and software.
Professionals to explore
01—10Joe Murphy
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Engineering Director, Cloud Platform Group, Data Center Group · Intel
Former Sr. Engineering Director, Cloud Platform Group, Data Center Group at Intel (2012–2024); his profile says he was responsible for server chipset development as well as work on SOC Micro Servers, Crystal Ridge Optane and Royal core. He was also Director of Engineering at Intel (1994–2009) and VP of Engineering at LSI, an Avago Technologies Company (2009–2011).
John Wong
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Engineering · Intel
Senior Director of Engineering at Intel since 2021, following Senior Director of Hardware Engineering (2018–2021), Director of 5G Wireless Software Engineering (2015–2018) and Director of Engineering, Advanced Wireless Performance & Technology (2013–2015) at Intel. His profile describes leading and delivering commercial silicon, platform hardware and software, including digital, mixed-signal and analog technology IPs.
Kailash Khairnar
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Engineering, NPU, Client AI · Intel
Senior Director of Engineering, NPU, Client AI at Intel since February 2026, following Director Of Engineering, NPU, Client AI (2022–2026) and Engineering Manager, NPU, Client AI (2017–2022). His profile describes leading the SD team designing integrated NPU IP for Intel client SoCs.
Kathiravan D
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director - Silicon & Platform Engineering (Client, Data Center, AI & Edge) · Intel
Senior Director - Silicon & Platform Engineering (Client, Data Center, AI & Edge) at Intel since 2025. His earlier Intel roles were Director - Hardware Systems Engineering (Client, DCAI and Edge Computing) (2023–2025), Director - Thermal Mechanical and Systems Engineering (Client Computing) (2020–2022) and Senior Manager -Thermal and Mechanical Engineering (2016–2020).
Manmeet Singh Meet
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Engineering Director - Server Engineering Group · Intel
Former Sr. Engineering Director - Server Engineering Group at Intel (2024–2026) and Engineering Director at Xeon Engineering Group at Intel (2020–2024); his profile headline also lists Centre Head, Intel Boxborough MA. He was Sr. Engineering Manager (DFT) at Xeon and networking engineering group at Intel from 2017 to 2020.
Nofil Fawad
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director Engineering Connected Vehicle SaaS · Intel
Senior Director Engineering Connected Vehicle SaaS at Intel since 2022; his profile says he is responsible for the connected vehicle solution design, architecture and product definition. His earlier Intel roles include Director of Cloud Engineering and Chief Architect - Intel Incubation Ventures (2020–2022) and Director Of Engineering and CTO Autonomous Driving Group (2016–2018).
Ramesh Devarajan
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Engineering · Intel
Senior Director of Engineering at Intel since 2022, after Director of Engineering there from 2013 to 2022. His profile says he leads a worldwide team responsible for Architecture Modeling and Tracing Solutions, delivering simulation and tracing tools and technologies used for end-to-end workload analysis.
Satya Vishwanathan
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering - Product Development Solutions Group · Intel
Director of Engineering - Product Development Solutions Group at Intel since 2013; his profile headline gives his title as Senior Director of Engineering at Intel Corporation. The profile describes experience leading SoC design systems, SoC and IP pre-silicon design, and design automation tools, flows and methods, and building cross-site teams.
Sharath Hegde
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Engineering, Sr. Principal Engineer · Intel
Senior Director of Engineering, Sr. Principal Engineer at Intel since 2024, after Director of Engineering, Principal Engineer (2018–2024) and Technology Development Engineering Manager (2014–2018) at Intel. His profile describes delivering semiconductor process technologies across the full lifecycle, from early development to high-volume manufacturing (HVM) transfer and sustaining.
Udayan Bhattacharyya
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering, Intel Foundry Services · Intel
Director of Engineering, Intel Foundry Services at Intel since 2011; his profile says he owns the IFS team's chip integration and physical design activities, IP execution and delivery, and reference flow ownership, and led multiple physical design and integration teams in earlier roles. He was Senior Engineering Manager at Arm (2008–2011) and Lead Engineer at Intel (2003–2008).
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How are large silicon or platform programs staffed and coordinated across sites and teams in your area?
- 02What does the path from early development to high-volume production or product launch look like, and where do schedules usually slip?
- 03How do you balance design reuse, tools and methodology investments against the need to deliver the current product on time?
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