Ajit Manocha

Ajit Manocha
Alma mater University of Delhi, Kansas State University
Occupation Semiconductor industry executive

Ajit Manocha is a semiconductor industry executive. He is currently serving as CEO of GlobalFoundries.[1] Until recently, he was an advisor to ATIC and Executive Vice President of Worldwide Operations and a member of the Executive Management Board at Spansion.[2] At Spansion, Manocha managed global integrated circuit manufacturing, supply chain management and purchasing for its semiconductor division.[3]

Earlier he was Executive Vice President and Chief Manufacturing Officer at NXP Semiconductors.[4]

Manocha has also worked at AT&T Microelectronics and AT&T Bell Laboratories.[5] Manocha began his career as a Research Scientist and was granted over a dozen U.S. and international patents for several novel inventions in the field of technology for microelectronics, including one for Anistropic etching that is a “process for treating patterned Very-large-scale integration lithographic masks to retain their shape during processing of VLSI wafers”.[6][7]

Manocha currently serves on the Board of Directors for SVTC Technologies[8][9] and Signet Solar.[10] He has previously sat on the boards of International Sematech, the Crolles Alliance, ASMC and has also served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of SSMC in Singapore.[11] He holds a bachelor of science degree from the University of Delhi and a master's degree in physical chemistry from Kansas State University.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Press Release", Reuters, Retrieved June 16, 2011.
  2. ^ "Board of Directors", Signet Solar, Retrieved June 12, 2011.
  3. ^ "Two World’s Largest Semiconductor Packaging And Testing Plant In A Joint Venture In Suzhou", articlesbase.com, Retrieved June 15, 2011.
  4. ^ http://bassinzim-edf.org/2011/03/two-worlds-largest-semiconductor-packaging-and-testing-plant-in-a-joint-venture-in-suzhou/ "Two World’s Largest Semiconductor Packaging And Testing Plant In A Joint Venture In Suzhou", articlesbase.com, Retrieved June 12, 2011.
  5. ^ “Press Release”, SVTC Technologies, Retrieved June 15, 2011.
  6. ^ "Board of Directors", Signet Solar, Retrieved June 12, 2011.
  7. ^ "United States Patent", USPTO, Retrieved June 12, 2011.
  8. ^ “Press Release”, SVTC Technologies, Retrieved June 15, 2011.
  9. ^ “Press Release”, SVTC Technologies, Retrieved June 15, 2011.
  10. ^ "Board of Directors", Signet Solar, Retrieved June 12, 2011.
  11. ^ "EXECUTIVE PROFILE Ajit Manocha", Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Retrieved June 12, 2011.
  12. ^ " EXECUTIVE PROFILE Ajit Manocha", Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Retrieved June 12, 2011.