Sales professionals in Semiconductors
With current titles at Samsung Semiconductor, Intel Foundry, GlobalFoundries, SkyWater Technology and SilTerra, five of these semiconductor sales professionals work in foundry sales or business development, while the others sell for SMIC, Lam Research, Amkor Technology, NXP Semiconductors and DEEPX. Two have field application or applications engineering titles in their histories, which helps a chip company working out how an early design engagement becomes production volume.
Professionals to explore
AJ ElJallad
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director of Foundry Business Development · SkyWater Technology
AJ ElJallad has been Sr. Director of Foundry Business Development at SkyWater Technology since 2025 and was Director of Sales & Business Development - Intel Foundry Services (IFS) at Intel (2022–2025). AJ was also Sr. Sales Director, Sensors & Displays Business at Tower Semiconductor (2019–2022), Vice President Of Business Development at PowerSphyr Inc. (2017–2018) and a board member of AirFuel Alliance (2015–2018), with over 26 years in sales and business development.
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Archi Agarwal
LinkedInExperience: Director, US Sales · GlobalFoundries
Director, US Sales at GlobalFoundries since 2025, Archi Agarwal also held Deputy Director, US Sales (2022–2025), Deputy Director, Field Application Engineering (2021–2022), Sr Staff Engineer, Field Application Engineering (2017–2021) and Staff Engineer, Field Application Engineering (2015–2017) there. The field application engineering years make Archi a fit for questions on supporting customer designs through to production.
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Elpin Goh
LinkedInExperience: Snr Director, Specialty Technology Business Development, APAC region · Lam Research
At Lam Research, Elpin Goh's titles are Snr Director, Specialty Technology Business Development, APAC region since 2020, Director Of Business Development, CSBG (2018–2020), Sales Director (2017), Senior Account Manager (2011–2017) and Sales Account Manager (2009–2010). Based in Singapore, Elpin lists product lifecycle management and ASIC among skills, a fit for specialty technology business development in Asia-Pacific.
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Fred Donahoe
LinkedInExperience: Director Sales · SMIC
Fred Donahoe has been Director Sales at SMIC since 2013. Fred was VP, Strategic Accounts at Chartered Semiconductor (2010–2013), Director Account Manager at Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing (2000–2009), Account Manager at Quadrep, Inc (1989–2000) and Apple Account Manager at Motorola Mobility (a Lenovo Company) (1980–1989), and describes technical strategic account selling across semiconductor, electronics and power industries.
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Kandice D. Nguyen
LinkedInExperience: Director, Foundry Sales and Business Development · Samsung Semiconductor
Director, Foundry Sales and Business Development at Samsung Semiconductor since 2024, Kandice D. Nguyen was Senior Sales Executive, Design IP at Cadence (2021–2024), Vice President of Sales at INVECAS (2020–2021), Director of Sales at UTAC (2018–2020) and Director of Sales at GlobalFoundries (2006–2018). Kandice lists ASIC and integrated circuits among skills, a fit for foundry and design IP questions.
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Michelle Ferment
LinkedInExperience: Regional Sales Director · NXP Semiconductors
NXP Semiconductors' Regional Sales Director since 2024, Michelle Ferment held Regional Sales Manager, Southeast titles at Altera (2024) and Intel (2018–2024), and was Technical Sales Engineer at Xilinx (2014–2018) and Manufacturers' Representative - Technical Sales Manager at Genesis Mid Atlantic (2012–2014). Michelle names FPGA and ASIC among skills over 20+ years in semiconductors.
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Pankaj Gadani
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director Sales and Marketing · SilTerra Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.
Sr. Director Sales and Marketing at SilTerra Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. since 2025, Pankaj Gadani is focused on expanding its foundry services reach, and was Director Of Business Development at Intel (2022–2025). Pankaj was Deputy Vice President at SilTerra (1999–2021), Director, Business Development Wafer Foundry services at Fujitsu Microelectronics Inc. (1998–1999) and Director, Customer Engineering at Newport Water Fab, LLC (1997–1998).
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Rob Hultquist
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director Business Development · Intel Foundry
Rob Hultquist has been Senior Director Business Development at Intel Foundry since 2025, after Sr. VP Sales at DB HiTek (2024–2025). Rob held Sr. Director of Sales (2018–2024) and Director of Sales (2018–2021) at Samsung Semiconductor and Director of Sales, Global Account Manager, Strategic Sales at GlobalFoundries (2007–2018), which suits questions on comparing foundry offers.
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SeungHee Chun
LinkedInExperience: Former Sr. Director of global sales · DEEPX
Since 2026, SeungHee Chun has been Sr. Director of global sales at DEEPX, after General Manager at LX Semicon (2015–2025). SeungHee was Senior Manager, semiconductor oversea sales & marketing at LG Electronics (2007–2015) and Assistant Manager of Product Planning Oversea Sales Engineering at Shinsedai (2004–2007), served as a Sergeant in the US military (2000–2002), and describes 20 years in B2B semiconductor sales and business development with big tech companies.
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Sudharshan Pattabiraman
LinkedInExperience: Senior Sales Director · Amkor Technology, Inc.
Both the technical and commercial side of semiconductor sales fit Sudharshan Pattabiraman, Senior Sales Director at Amkor Technology, Inc. since 2025 and Sales Director there since 2021. At KLA, Sudharshan was Product Marketing Manager (2017–2021), Application Manager (2016–2017) and Applications Development Engineer (2011–2016).
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Choose the right perspective
For foundry selection, Kandice D. Nguyen, Rob Hultquist, AJ ElJallad, Archi Agarwal and Pankaj Gadani hold foundry sales or business development titles across Samsung, Intel, GlobalFoundries, SkyWater and SilTerra, and Fred Donahoe has sales history at SMIC and strategic account titles at Chartered Semiconductor. Elpin Goh covers business development in Asia-Pacific at Lam Research, Sudharshan Pattabiraman sales at Amkor Technology, Michelle Ferment regional sales with FPGA and ASIC experience, and SeungHee Chun selling to big tech companies.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you decide which design-win opportunities deserve engineering support before volume is certain?
- 02What do chip designers weigh most when choosing a foundry: process, capacity, price or support?
- 03How long does it usually take to go from a first design engagement to production orders, and what slows it down?
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