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Bill En

Corporate Vice President, Engineering

AMD

Bill En has 30+ years of experience in the Semiconductor Industry ranging from silicon wafer R&D, process technology, circuit design and foundry technology with over 65 patents and 30 publications. He graduated from Univ. of California Berkeley with a Ph.D in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences in 1996. He is currently Corporate Vice President at Advanced Micro Devices overseeing Foundry technology from initial R&D through production for all AMD products.

Chad Martin

Director of Technology Strategy

Arm

Chad Martin is a Director of Technology Strategy for Arm. He focuses on how emerging technologies impact future compute needs and develops strategies to guide research activities and product roadmaps.

Danny Wilkerson

Managing Partner

Invictus EV Innovation Technology

• Semiconductor Production: Leading plans to establish a domestic chip manufacturing facility to address supply chain shortages, particularly for the automotive sector.
• EV Infrastructure: Driving innovation in EV technology and power management.
• Economic Development: Collaborating with political and business leaders in the Detroit Metropolitan area to revitalize industrial zones through high-tech manufacturing.

Dario Sassi Thober

Founder & President

Wernher von Braun Center for Advanced Research

Dario Thober is the Founder and CEO of VON BRAUN LABS, a leading deep-tech R&D center and venture studio. He directs advanced, full-cycle initiatives in ASIC design, fabless operations, and AI system engineering, serving as the critical bridge connecting traditional microelectronics with innovative classical and quantum-based technologies.

Eric Burns

Field Executive Architect

Anthropic

Eric Burns is an experienced technology entrepreneur, product leader, and software developer. At Anthropic, Eric served as the product manager for the launches of MCP, Claude Desktop, and Claude Code, and now as as Anthropic’s first Field Executive Architect. Before joining Anthropic, Eric was founding CTO and then CEO of Panopto, a leading searchable video platform for large enterprises and the world’s top universities. Panopto began as a spin-off from Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science, where Eric developed the core technology while working as a research programmer. He has also held roles as a software engineer on Microsoft Bing, a member of the board of directors of Internet2, and as a venture partner with Seattle’s AI2 Incubator.

Gautham Unni

Head of Semiconductor Solutions, Strategy, and Business Development

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Dr. Gautham Unni serves as the Head of Semiconductor Solutions, Strategy, and Business Development at Amazon Web Services (AWS). In this role, he spearheads efforts to deliver scalable, secure, and innovative cloud solutions that address the complex challenges of semiconductor design, production, and supply chain management. Gautham leads strategic initiatives that leverage AI to optimize the semiconductor value chain, encompassing areas such as EDA, AI-driven manufacturing, and advanced product development.

With over 15 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, he has held key positions at GlobalFoundries, Lam Research, and Applied Materials, contributing expertise in process engineering, product development, and product management/marketing. Gautham holds both a BS and a PhD in chemical engineering, and is recognized for his ability to bridge technology and business strategy to drive innovation across the semiconductor ecosystem.

Paul Cunningham

Senior Vice President & General Manager, System Verification Group

Cadence Design Systems

Dr. Paul Cunningham has served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of the System Verification Group (SVG) of Cadence since March 2021, running the division since 2018. In this role, Dr. Cunningham is responsible for logic simulation, emulation, prototyping, formal verification, Verification IP, and functional debug, while also leading corporate agentic AI initiatives. Prior to this role, Dr. Cunningham was responsible for Cadence’s front-end digital design tools, including logic synthesis and design for test.

Dr. Cunningham joined Cadence in 2011 via the acquisition of Azuro, a startup developing concurrent physical optimization and useful skew clock tree synthesis technologies, where he was a co-founder and CEO.

Dr. Cunningham holds an MS and a PhD in computer science from the University of Cambridge in the UK.

Scott Barrett

Managing Director, Semiconductor Practice Lead

Accenture

• Mr. Barrett is a Managing Director within Accenture’s High-Tech practice, leading their North America Semiconductor practice
• He has 30 years of experience in the Semiconductor industry split between Industry positions at Intel and Micron and consulting. At Accenture, he is a leading voice in the Semiconductor industry advising clients on their Technology & Operations transformation journeys
• Scott is also a member of the Global Semiconductor Alliance’s Emerging Technologies interest group, and has written multiple publicly available articles on the latest semiconductor insight and trends
• Scott holds a B.A. in Mathematics and Economics, the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor

Scott Holcomb

Principal

Deloitte

Scott Holcomb is a Principal at Deloitte Consulting with over 25 years of experience in data, analytics, and artificial intelligence.

Scott leads one of Deloitte’s largest consumer packaged goods (CPG) client relationships, where he is responsible for driving end-to-end AI and data transformation. In this role, he partners closely with senior executives to modernize technology platforms, operationalize AI, and unlock measurable business value across the enterprise—from supply chain and operations to commercial and customer functions.

In parallel, Scott is spearheading Deloitte’s go-to-market motion with a leading AI platform provider, focused on bringing joint solutions to market that accelerate clients’ ability to deploy AI at scale. This includes advising on platform selection decisions, helping clients evaluate and adopt the right AI and data architectures for their business, and guiding enterprise technology modernization with AI-led differentiation. He combines cutting-edge platform capabilities with Deloitte’s deep industry expertise to create practical, outcomes-oriented paths forward for enterprise clients.

Scott is known for connecting strategy to execution—translating emerging AI capabilities into business-led outcomes and structuring engagements that tie value delivery to measurable results. He is particularly passionate about ensuring that AI innovation is paired with accountability and that systems are designed to be transparent, secure, and reliable from the ground up.

Theo van Roekel

Managing Director

Tracces by Capgemini

Umar Shah

Principal Semiconductor Industry Advisor

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Umar Shah is a seasoned technology executive who leads strategy, worldwide business development, and cloud solutions for Electronics and EDA at AWS. With three decades of Silicon Valley experience, he brings deep expertise from senior roles at Apple, Cadence Design Systems, Mentor Graphics, and Amazon Lab126, where he has driven both technical innovation and business transformation. As a trusted advisor to the semiconductor industry, Umar serves on multiple AWS customer executive councils and regularly engages with C-suite leaders to architect solutions for the most pressing challenges in silicon engineering such as chip design with artificial intelligence. He has authored AWS technical blogs on generative AI for semiconductor design and EDA license cost optimization and is a frequent speaker at industry forums on Design enablement and Secure Collaboration. Umar holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from N.E.D. University of Engineering & Technology in Karachi, Pakistan, complemented by executive certifications in project management from Stanford University and cloud technologies from AWS.

Wajih Ansari

Senior Manager

Deloitte

Wajih Ansari is a Senior Manager at Deloitte Consulting with over 16 years of experience in semiconductor manufacturing and operations.

Wajih is a semiconductor operations and transformation leader with extensive experience in complex and high-volume manufacturing environments. He brings deep expertise across front-end and back-end operations, process and equipment engineering, operational excellence, output maximization, and cost reduction, and product development. As a leader in Deloitte’s Semiconductor and Smart Manufacturing practice, Wajih specializes in driving cross-functional, enterprise-wide transformations focused on lean business process re-engineering and through the application of agentic AI platforms, enabling smarter decision-making, greater efficiency, and scalable operational improvement.

Wajih is passionate about using cutting edge agentic AI platforms to revolutionize existing advanced manufacturing and quality systems, including PLM, SPC, R2R, and FDC, QMS, etc. to deliver significant value at scale.

William Wang

Founder & CEO

ChipAgents.ai

William Wang is the Founder and CEO of ChipAgents.ai, the category leader in agentic AI for semiconductor design and verification. ChipAgents has raised over $74 million from leading investors including Bessemer Venture Partners, TSMC-backed Matter Venture Partners, and strategic partners such as Micron Technology, Ericsson, MediaTek, and Samsung. The platform is now deployed across more than 80 leading semiconductor organizations worldwide. Prior to founding ChipAgents, Dr. Wang was the Mellichamp Endowed Chair Professor in AI and Design at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he led pioneering research in large language models and generative AI systems. His work has been recognized with numerous honors, including IEEE AI’s “10 to Watch,” the DARPA Young Faculty Award, the NSF CAREER Award, and the IEEE Laplace Award.