10 Texas Instruments IT leaders
Doug Ballard, Vice President Information Technology Operations at Texas Instruments, is one of ten Texas Instruments IT leaders listed here, alongside people who hold IT infrastructure, manufacturing IT and regional IT director roles at the company. A reader can learn how IT leaders work at Texas Instruments from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Alex Chidichimo
LinkedInExperience: Director of IT Operations Engineering · Texas Instruments
Director of IT Operations Engineering at Texas Instruments since September 2025, based in McKinney, Texas. Former Director of Mainframe Infrastructure (2025), Network Security Manager (2023–2025), World Wide Data Protection Manager & Technical Lead (2021–2023) and Solutions Architect (2017–2023) at Texas Instruments. The profile headline names cloud, AI and agentic infrastructure and security.
Arash Zakikhani
LinkedInExperience: Head of Cloud and Datacenter engineering · Texas Instruments
Head of Cloud and Datacenter engineering at Texas Instruments since February 2026; the profile says Arash Zakikhani leads a 350+ engineering team spanning private cloud, public cloud, systems and network engineering. Former Director of Engineering at Texas Instruments (2025–2026), Director of Engineering And Operation at Fox Corporation (2024–2025) and Manager Infrastructure Engineering at Riot Games (2023–2024).
Benson ( Yiyan ) Han
LinkedInExperience: IT Director, Asia · Texas Instruments
IT Director, Asia at Texas Instruments, a role listed from March 2011 with no end date, based in Shanghai. The profile tags the role at director level in the engineering and technical department; it is the only role the listing shows for Benson Han, so other parts of the career are not described here.
Chris Wu
LinkedInExperience: IT director at Texas Instruments (Chengdu) · Texas Instruments
IT director at Texas Instruments (Chengdu) since June 2019, based in Chengdu, China. Former IT CIM Manager - FAB AT (2013–2019) and Automation Engineer (2010–2013) at Texas Instruments. The profile describes experience in the semiconductor industry with skills in operations and automation.
Doug Ballard
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Information Technology Operations · Texas Instruments
Vice President Information Technology Operations at Texas Instruments since July 2019, based in McKinney, Texas. Former Vice President, Enterprise Applications IT (2018–2019), Enterprise Application Director (2017–2018), Worldwide Sales & Marketing IT Director (2014–2018) and Business Transformation Director (2010–2014) at Texas Instruments. The profile lists manufacturing, infrastructure, security and enterprise applications among the areas of experience.
Erika Beskar
LinkedInExperience: Director Information Technology Infrastructure · Texas Instruments
Director Information Technology Infrastructure at Texas Instruments since September 2022, based in Dallas. Former Business Lead Protection Devices, SMTS (2020–2022), Validation & Test director, SMTS (2018–2020) VVCM Applications & Infrastructure Manager, SMTS (2018) and VVCM Applications & Infrastructure Manager, MGTS (2017–2018) at Texas Instruments. The profile describes test engineering and embedded systems experience applied to IT infrastructure operations.
Gagan Maur
LinkedInExperience: Director Manufacturing IT solutions · Texas Instruments
Director Manufacturing IT solutions at Texas Instruments since October 2022, based in Allen, Texas. Former Embedded Software and Applications Manager (2014–2022), Director of Applications (2011–2014), Software Architecture Manager C6000 DSP (2008–2011) and Lead Software Engineer Automotive Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) (2006–2008) at Texas Instruments.
James Da Silva, Jr.
LinkedInExperience: Information Technology Director - Baguio · Texas Instruments
Information Technology Director - Baguio at Texas Instruments since July 2025, based in Baguio City, Philippines, a role the profile tags at director level. Former Information Technology Application Manager (2017–2025), Information Technology Project Lead (2013–2017) and Application Developer (2009–2013) at Texas Instruments, and Software Engineer at Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (2007–2009).
Mica Beckmann
LinkedInExperience: Director Sales & Marketing Platforms IT · Texas Instruments
Director Sales & Marketing Platforms IT at Texas Instruments since May 2024, based in Dallas. Former TI.com Product, IT Manager (2023–2024), IT Manager, TI.com Product & Profile Management (2021–2023), IT Manager, Global Solutions Business Analyst Team (2018–2021) and Business Analyst Team Lead in Enterprise Applications IT (2017–2018) at Texas Instruments.
Michael Reynolds
LinkedInExperience: Director of Information Technology, Supply Chain Solutions · Texas Instruments
Director of Information Technology, Supply Chain Solutions at Texas Instruments since May 2024, based in Plano, Texas. Former Director of Information Technology, Inventory and Logistics (2022–2024), Director of Information Technology, TI.com Product (2021–2022), Director of Information Technology, TI.com and Store Operations (2019–2021) and Information Technology Manager, TI.com Operations (2016–2019) at Texas Instruments.
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