Sandeep Kumar

Dr. Sandeep Kumar is an experienced, seasoned and well-rounded executive in the semiconductor industry. In his last position at Silicon Labs based in Austin, TX where he worked for over 18 years, he was Senior Vice President of Worldwide Operations. In his time there, he managed the manufacturing teams, supply chain, Planning, CAD, process engineering, package engineering, product and test engineering, quality assurance, failure analysis, as well as the prototype production and reliability test labs. Sandeep’s organization drove the company technology strategy with the design, marketing and sales organization. Sandeep’s team was responsible for the supplier strategy for the company, working closely with customers and technology groups and addressing geopolitical concerns. Prior to joining Silicon Labs, Sandeep managed global test engineering teams and was responsible for worldwide product and test engineering for the storage business at Agere Systems, Lucent technologies and AT&T Bell Labs working closely with the internal factories in the United States and Asia. As a member of the Bell Labs technical staff, Sandeep was part of the group that designed ISDN U-interface chips, Speaker Phone Codec and Sigma-Delta A/D converters.

Sandeep has a Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay, India, a M. S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Evansville in Indiana and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Lehigh University in Pennsylvania. Sandeep also attended and completed Wharton’s Leadership Development Program at the University of Pennsylvania.

Sandeep has served on the board of the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Texas and currently serves on their development committee. He serves on the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department’s Industry Advisory Council for Southern Illinois University in Carbondale IL.