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10 Marvell operations leaders
These ten current and former Marvell operations leaders have held director-level and above roles at Marvell Technology, from chief operating officer to operations engineering, supplier manufacturing, test operations and business unit operations. A reader can learn how operations leaders work at Marvell from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Andy Micallef
LinkedInExperience: Former Chief Operations Officer · Marvell Technology
Former Chief Operations Officer at Marvell Technology (2016–2021), a role the profile tags at C-level. Andy Micallef has been Executive Vice President Global Operations at NXP Semiconductors since May 2021, and the profile also lists Senior Vice President Operations at Intersil (2015–2016) and Vice President Operations at Knowles Intelligent Audio (2010–2015).
Chris Koopmans
LinkedInExperience: President and Chief Operating Officer · Marvell Technology
President and Chief Operating Officer at Marvell Technology since July 2025, after serving there as EVP, Chief Operating Officer (2025) and EVP, Chief Operations Officer (2021–2025). Chris Koopmans also held Marvell roles as EVP, Marketing & Business Operations (2018–2021) and EVP & GM, Networking & Connectivity (2016–2018).
Haluk Balkan
LinkedInExperience: Vice President - Supplier Manufacturing Operations · Marvell Technology
Vice President - Supplier Manufacturing Operations at Marvell Technology since January 2026, a role the profile places in operations at vice president level. The profile also lists Vice President - Supply Chain (Substrates) at Intel (2022–2025), Sr. Director - Supply Chain (Memory) at Intel (2016–2022) and substrate technology director roles at Intel.
Joannie Fu
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Data Center Group (DCG) Operations · Marvell Technology
Vice President, Data Center Group (DCG) Operations at Marvell Technology since July 2025; a highlight says the role leads strategic planning and alignment across the group. The profile also lists Vice President, Network & Edge (NEX) Execution, Global Operations, & Strategic Initiatives at Intel (2021–2024) and chief of staff roles at Intel (2014–2021).
John Liu
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director of Business Operations · Marvell Technology
Sr. Director of Business Operations at Marvell Technology since May 2024, based in Irvine; a highlight says John Liu manages business operations functions for three business units, including HDD, Flash and Fibre Channel. The profile tags the role at director level in operations and lists no other employer.
K Karmehan
LinkedInExperience: Associate Vice President · Marvell Technology
Associate Vice President at Marvell Technology since March 2025, a role the headline describes as covering assembly and test operations, after serving as Director - NPI Test Operations there (2022–2025). The profile also lists Head of Operations, Industrial Fiber-Optic Operations at Broadcom (2016–2021).
Ken Eckert
LinkedInExperience: Former Vice President Operations Engineering & Quality · Marvell Technology
Former Vice President Operations Engineering & Quality at Marvell Technology (2018–2022), a role held alongside Vice President Of Quality there (2017–2022). The profile also lists SVP Product Quality and Customer Satisfaction at Spansion (2013–2015) and, since May 2022, Owner of Eckert Family Vineyard.
Richard Molino
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Operations and Security · Marvell Government Solutions
Senior Director, Operations and Security at Marvell Government Solutions since April 2024; the headline describes the role as post fab operations and security. Richard Molino has held a Director role at Marvell Technology since November 2019 and was Director Of Operations at Avera Semiconductor (2018–2019).
Rob Laurence
LinkedInExperience: Former Associate Vice President - Head of Business Operations Cloud Optics and Data Center Interconnect · Marvell Technology
Former Associate Vice President - Head of Business Operations Cloud Optics and Data Center Interconnect at Marvell Technology (2025), and earlier Chief of Staff and Head of Business Operations for the Analog Product Group there (2024). Rob Laurence has held Marvell roles as Head of Platform since November 2025 and Chief of Staff, Custom Cloud Solutions Group since February 2026.
Walter Huang
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President, Operations Engineering · Marvell Technology
Senior Vice President, Operations Engineering at Marvell Technology since April 2023; a highlight says the role reported to the COO and led a global engineering and operations organization of more than 500 people. Walter Huang was also Senior Director, Manufacturing Operations (2018–2023) and Director, Product and Test Engineering (2012–2018) at Marvell.
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a fabless company manage manufacturing quality and capacity when foundries and test partners are outside suppliers?
- 02What does a business operations leader own inside a Marvell business unit?
- 03How do you bring the operations teams of acquired chip companies onto one operations model?
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