TapTechNews reported on May 14th that Intel announced in a press release that Kevin O'Buckley will succeed Stuart Pann as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Manufacturing Services, reporting to CEO Pat Gelsinger.
TapTechNews found from LinkedIn that O'Buckley has over 20 years of experience in the semiconductor industry:
He has previously worked at IBM, GlobalFoundries, Avera, and Marvell, serving as the Director of IBM's 22nm and 14nm process technology. His last position before joining Intel was Senior Vice President of Marvell's Computing and Custom Engineering Team.
Stuart Pann, who has worked at Intel for over 35 years, will retire at the end of this month and continue to serve as an advisor to help with the handover of the manufacturing business at Intel.
Intel CEO Gelsinger stated, 'Kevin brings unique expertise from across the semiconductor industry, having served as a senior leader and technical expert in both foundry and non-foundry companies;'
'As we continue to build the world's first system-on-chip factory for the AI era, Kevin will play a key role in helping customers achieve their goals by leveraging Intel's foundry unique capabilities in process and packaging technologies through a flexible and sustainable supply chain.'