Semiconductors
10 Intel operations leaders
These ten current and former Intel operations leaders have held director-level and higher operations roles at Intel, including Intel's Chief Technology and Operations Officer and vice presidents of global, foundry, site and factory facilities operations. A reader can learn how Intel runs factory, site and external manufacturing operations.
Professionals to explore
01—10Bharat Krishnan
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director & Head, Global External Manufacturing Operations · Intel
Senior Director & Head, Global External Manufacturing Operations at Intel since April 2026, following Director, External Supplier Quality (2024–2026) and Director Operations & Chief of Staff External Manufacturing Production (2022–2024) at Intel. Bharat Krishnan was Process Engineering Director at Intel from 2020 to 2022.
Hugh Green
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Global Operations · Intel
Vice President of Global Operations at Intel since 2024; the profile says the Global Operations team integrates site materials operations and supplier resourcing across the company to enable Intel's IDM 2.0 vision. Hugh Green was Vice President and Factory Manager (2020–2024) and Engineering Senior Director (Department Manager) (2015–2020) at Intel.
James Evers
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Ohio Site Manufacturing and Operations Manager · Intel
Vice President, Ohio Site Manufacturing and Operations Manager at Intel since 2022, alongside Vice President, Ohio Site and Frontend Global Facilities General Manager since 2025 and Vice President, Factory Manager since 2010. The profile describes serving as Vice President and Factory Manager for one of Intel's largest fabrication sites and leading an organization of several thousand employees through multiple fab and technology startups.
Kenneth Tse
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Operations · Intel
Vice President of Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Operations at Intel since 2022, based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, according to the profile, alongside Factory General Manager at Intel since 2017. Kenneth Tse also held Director of Test Engineering (2016–2017) and two Director of Operations roles (2010–2014 and 2014–2016) at Intel.
Luis Munoz
LinkedInExperience: Director of Operations in Advanced Packaging and Disaggregated Manufacturing Organization (DMO) · Intel
Director of Operations in Advanced Packaging and Disaggregated Manufacturing Organization (DMO) at Intel since December 2024; the profile says Luis Munoz leads the operational strategy for throughput and on-time product delivery in that organization. Luis Munoz was Production Senior Staff Engineer Disaggregated Manufacturing Operations (2023–2024) and Manufacturing Senior Staff Engineer (2018–2023) at Intel.
Naga Chandrasekaran
LinkedInExperience: Chief Technology and Operations Officer, EVP & GM of Intel Foundry Technology and Manufacturing · Intel
Chief Technology and Operations Officer, EVP & GM of Intel Foundry Technology and Manufacturing at Intel since April 2025, following Chief Global Operations Officer, EVP and GM of Intel Foundry Manufacturing and Supply Chain at Intel (2024–2025). Naga Chandrasekaran also lists a Member Board of Directors role at Mobileye since 2025.
Natalie Zhu
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Silicon Valley Operations · Intel
Vice President, Silicon Valley Operations at Intel since 2020; the profile says the role leads regional operational strategy for Intel. Natalie Zhu was Senior Director, Silicon Valley Operations (2017–2020) and Director, Silicon Valley Operations (2013–2017) at Intel, and Senior Operations Manager at Microsoft (2010–2013).
Sam P. Johnson
LinkedInExperience: VP GM, Global Manufacturing Operations and Technology Development · Intel
VP GM, Global Manufacturing Operations and Technology Development at Intel since 2019; the profile describes ownership of a nine semiconductor factory P&L portfolio in North America, including manufacturing, offices, clean rooms, labs and data center infrastructure. Sam P. Johnson was Sr. Director, Global Manufacturing Facilities & Real Estate (2016–2019) and Director, Corporate Operations (2013–2015) at Raytheon.
Sherry Boger
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Intel Foundry Services, General Manager of Operations · Intel
Vice President, Intel Foundry Services, General Manager of Operations at Intel since 2021. Sherry Boger was Vice President, Infrastructure and Platform Solutions Group, General Manager, Operations (2019–2020) and Vice President, Design Engineering Group, General Manager of Post Launch SOC Support (2020–2021) at Intel, and Fab Director at IM Flash Singapore (2007–2009).
Vincent Guglielmetti
LinkedInExperience: Intel VP & GM, Global Factory Facilities Operations · Intel
Former Intel VP & GM, Global Factory Facilities Operations (2021–2026), following Intel VP & GM, Americas Factory & Facilities Operations (2019–2021). Vincent Guglielmetti also held VP, GM & Global Labs Director, Costa Rica (2017–2019), Costa Rica Site and Mega Lab General Manager (2014–2017) and Costa Rica Factory Manager (2011–2014) roles at Intel.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's scope to your question: company-wide and global operations leaders suit questions about operating models and capacity, while site, factory and packaging operations leaders suit questions about running a single plant day to day. Check each person's dates before asking about current practice, since at least one of the relevant roles has ended.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you balance cost, output and quality targets when running a high-volume semiconductor factory?
- 02How is work split between internal factories and external manufacturing partners, and who decides?
- 03Which operations practices from a company of Intel's scale would you keep, and which would you drop, at a smaller manufacturer?
About this directory
This is a professional research starting point based on business profile data retrieved on . Titles and companies reflect that source snapshot and may describe past or present roles. Check the linked profiles for current details. Inclusion does not imply Instant Expert membership or availability.
Request a correction or removal