Pankaj Gadani
San Jose,Ca
Summary
Joined Semiconductor industry in 1979 and worked at National Semi, Motorola, Western Digital, Fujitsu and Silterra. Built 3 major Wafer Fabs, 2 in US and 1 in Malaysia. Transferred over 20 technologies from company to company and within the company. Worked in Operations, Technology Development, Business Development, Sales and customer engineering and with over 100 customers from Tier 1 such as Apple to start ups over the 40 years in the industry. Good relationship with many major customers such as BRCM, Apple, SII, LGE and SiW. Increased sales at an average of $15M per year and worked with nearly 100 customers over the last 15 years
Overview
44
44
years of professional experience
Work History
Director - Business Dev
Intel Corporation
Irvine, Ca
01.2022
- Focusing on developing customers based in North America and working with several customers for Wafer and packaging sourcing
Deputy Vice President
06.2002 - 12.2021
- Silterra
Director, Customer Engineering
Silterra
San Jose, Ca/Kulim
11.1999 - 06.2002
- Led Customer Engineering as a Senior Director in US
- Led Technology transfer and CE Group in Oregon
- Managed over 30 engineers and developed Technology transfer strategy with LSI to start up and qualify Kulim Fab in one quarter
- Led Technology transfer team and WW CE group from Kulim
- Managed over 50 engineers and technician Got SEIKO instrument to work with Silterra, eventually invested $50M in Silterra for share and capacity
- Moved to Asia Sales
- Opened office in Taiwan
- Generated revenue from; Realtek (>$50M), Mediatek (>$100M), Ultron (>$5M), Cheertek (>$10M) over the life of the accounts
- Moved to US Office
- Managed BRCM, Conexant, Freescale
- NXP, Greenvity revenue(>$10M)
- Managed Korea, Japan, Europe and Brazil Regions
- Won LGE for small driver IC (>$100M) over the life of product
- Worked with Apple on first generation driver chip for iwatch and generated sales of $20M business
- Moved to Kulim to lead Power Business group
- Managed sales group inn US and Korea region with sales revenue of $10M per year
- Moved back to US office to lead sales for US, Korea and Brazil regions yearly sales around $8M/Yr
- With 30% capacities given compared to the need
- Raised wafer price by 30% for all customers to raise Gross margin
Director, Business Development Wafer Foundry Services
Fujitsu Microelectronics Inc
San Jose, Ca
11.1999 - 06.2002
- Developed 5 customers in US with high revenue potential
- Prepared Marketing and Sales Collateral and assisted in setting up the Website for foundry business
Director, Customer Engineering
Newport Water Fab LTD
San Jose, Ca
08.1997 - 11.1998
- Provided strong technical support to secure $80M sales revenue annually
- Facilitated customer interface
- Built and defined the roles and responsibilities of the CE group
Director, Technology Transfer/ Engineering
InterConnect Technology
San Jose, Ca
04.1996 - 08.1997
- Built and managed process engineering, Yield, FA, Reliability and QA groups totalling to 40 engineers
- Set up Fab facility specs to meet deep sub-micron technology requirements
- Set up Purchase Agreement for all Fab Equipment
Manager, ST Foundry
Western Digital
Irvin, Ca
04.1995 - 04.1996
- Evaluated several foundries and selected HP and ST Micro as foundries
- Developed and managed over $100M values IC fabrication business with HP and ST Micro foundries.
- Introduced 0.35-micron technology products into HP and ST Micro as a foundry.
Manager, New Technology Transfer
Motorola
Irvine, Ca
01.1993 - 04.1995
- Transferred four technologies successfully from various fabs of Motorola into MOS-10
- Developed technology transfer methods to successfully transfer most complex technologies
- Trained the process-engineering group on new technology steps
- Managed four engineers and two technicians
Manager, Process Section
Western Digital
Irvine, Ca
01.1987 - 12.1992
- Developed and sustained processes in Diffusion, Thin Films, II and Etch area
- Built the sub-micron Fab that won the Fab of the year award in 1991
- Managed 8 engineers and 2 technicians to run 12 Hr Shift 7 days/Wk.
- Assisted in negotiating 5-year technology agreement with ATT in exchange for wafer capacity to technology assistance
Manager, Process Section
National Semiconductor
San Jose and SLC, UT
06.1978 - 01.1987
- Developed and sustained processes in Diffusion, Thin Films, II and Etch area
- Transferred 64K DRAM process from OKI Semiconductor
- Sustained Diffusion Area to run 60K Wafers per month
- Manages 12 engineers and 4 technicians to 24Hr operation
- Transferred CP-9 process from Fab 2 to Fab 1 successfully
Education
BS in Chemical Engineering -
California State University, Long Beach
01.1983
Skills
- Strategic vision with the ability to execute
- Demonstrated leadership presence and maturity
- Impeccable judgment and ability to make sound decisions in a fast-paced, dynamic setting
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Executive-level presentation skills and ability to handle high-level client interactions
- Strong interpersonal, relationship-building, and negotiating skills
On Job Training
- MOS/LSI Design
- Semiconductor Device Physics
- Advanced Processing
- Advanced SPC and Six Sigma Process Control
- 10x Reduction in cycle time by Motorola
- Ion Implantation course by AMAT
- Thermco 10K
- APCVD by WJ
- Oxide and Metal Etch by LAM
Timeline
Director - Business Dev
Intel Corporation
01.2022
Deputy Vice President
06.2002 - 12.2021
Director, Customer Engineering
Silterra
11.1999 - 06.2002
Director, Business Development Wafer Foundry Services
Fujitsu Microelectronics Inc
11.1999 - 06.2002
Director, Customer Engineering
Newport Water Fab LTD
08.1997 - 11.1998
Director, Technology Transfer/ Engineering
InterConnect Technology
04.1996 - 08.1997
Manager, ST Foundry
Western Digital
04.1995 - 04.1996
Manager, New Technology Transfer
Motorola
01.1993 - 04.1995
Manager, Process Section
Western Digital
01.1987 - 12.1992
Manager, Process Section
National Semiconductor
06.1978 - 01.1987
BS in Chemical Engineering -
California State University, Long Beach
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