Unlocking the Value of Women in Semiconductor

03/28/2023|

Semiconductors are the driving force behind many of the world’s greatest technological innovations and closing the talent gap is a dire issue facing the industry. The need to hire thousands of engineers represents a weighty opportunity for women to fill these roles and for companies to help narrow the Read More

WLI Newsletter | Designing The Difference | Volume 7

11/16/2021|

Here is the seventh edition of Designing The Difference, the Women's Leadership Initiative newsletter. The latest news & updates from GSA's Women's Leadership Initiative As we get closer to the end of 2021, we have so many incredible accomplishments to celebrate. First, we want to say thank you to our Read More

Cisco Women in Tech

09/23/2021|

Moderated by: Jie Xue | Cisco Cisco Participants: Zoe Conroy Sheronda Jeffries CJ Lee Brittney Nelson Aparna Prasad

WLI Newsletter | Designing The Difference | Volume 6

08/12/2021|

Here is the sixth edition of Designing The Difference, the Women's Leadership Initiative newsletter. The latest news & updates from GSA's Women's Leadership Initiative Thank you to the powerfully-written articles submitted for this sixth newsletter edition by the amazing women leading our industry! It's incredible to see the support that Read More

WLI Entrepreneur Spotlight: Dr. Audrey Stone

07/20/2021|

Dr. Audrey Stone, CEO at Blueshift Memory In this edition of the WLI Entrepreneurial Blog, we had the pleasure of talking to Dr. Audrey Stone, CEO of Blueshift Memory, a Cambridge UK-based start-up with a new memory chip design that helps close the performance gap between processors and memory Read More

The Female Future of Tech Q & A

05/26/2021|

Moderated by:Angelique Van Der BurgGSA WLI Europe AmbassadorEVP and Chief Procurement Officer / Infineon Technologies Participants:Francoise Chombar / MelexisAnna Bleier /Infineon TechnologiesYiling Zhang / NXP Semiconductors

WLI Newsletter | Designing The Difference | Volume 5

05/13/2021|

Here is the fifth edition of Designing The Difference, the Women's Leadership Initiative newsletter. The latest news & updates from GSA's Women's Leadership Initiative We have so many things to tell you about in this newsletter - we’re bursting with excitement! THE BIGGEST NEWS is that our Women’s Technical Read More

WLI Entrepreneur Spotlight: Alexandra Wright-Gladstein

04/29/2021|

Alex Wright-Gladstein, Co-Founder, Board Member & Advisor, Ayar Labs In this edition of the WLI Entrepreneurial Blog, we had the pleasure of talking to Alex Wright-Gladstein, Co-Founder, Board Member and Advisor of Ayar Labs, a company founded to drive the next phase of Moore’s Law through the use of Read More

Melexis | Françoise Chombar wins Lifetime Achievement award

03/30/2021|

This year, the editors of Computable Belgium are presenting the Lifetime Achievement Award to Françoise Chombar, the CEO of chip specialist Melexis. She succeeds André Knaepen, the current chairman of Cegeka. She will be presented with the prize on Thursday 1 April at noon during the online event Infosecurity.be, Data & Read More

Doubling Women in Semiconductor Leadership

02/22/2021|

As the semiconductor industry searches for new ways to grow and expand, one largely overlooked area that continues to exist is the employment and advancement of women. As part of the Women's Leadership Initiative (WLI), the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) and Accenture have teamed up to conduct a joint Read More

WLI Newsletter | Designing The Difference | Volume 4

02/11/2021|

Here is the fourth edition of Designing The Difference, the Women's Leadership Initiative newsletter. The latest news & updates from GSA's Women's Leadership Initiative NEW YEAR, SAME GREAT VIBES! We have some amazing articles in this edition. We hope you enjoy reading each one as much as we did. Read More

WLI Entrepreneur Spotlight: Azita Yazdani

01/21/2021|

Azita Yazdani, Founder and CEO of Exergy Systems, Inc. In this edition of the WLI Entrepreneurial Blog, we had the pleasure of talking to Azita Yazdani, Founder and CEO of Exergy, a company deploying advanced technologies for circular manufacturing. Her passion regarding clean tech and environmental technology is truly Read More

Rising Woman of Influence: Jaya Jagadish

12/01/2020|

2020 Winner Jaya Jagadish Corporate Vice President, Silicon Design Engineering, AMD India Engineering Lead AMD As India Engineering Lead, Jaya Jagadish is responsible for AMD’s R&D work out of India and for fostering a culture of innovation, inclusive growth and corporate responsibility at the company’s India Development Centre. Her Read More

WLI Downloads

12/01/2020|

Thank you for your interest in the GSA Women's Leadership Initiative.  Click the download button next to the resource you would like to view. WLI Best Practices Playbook PDF Download

Rising Woman of Influence: Nahomi Aoto

11/30/2020|

2020 Nominee Nahomi Aoto Senior Director, Technology Development Micron Technology | Memory Japan Nahomi Aoto is a Senior Director of Micron Memory Japan. She has been serving semiconductor industry for 37 years. Aoto lead the most advanced process development for DRAM from 2000 to 2018 in Elpida as an Read More

Rising Woman of Influence: Karin Eibschitz-Segal

11/30/2020|

2020 Nominee Karin Eibschitz-Segal Vice President & General Manager of Intel Israel Development Center and Intel Validation Engineering in the Design Engineering Group Intel Corporation Karin Eibschitz-Segal is vice president in the Design Engineering Group and General Manager of Intel Validation Engineering. In this role, she is responsible for Read More

Rising Woman of Influence: Lie-Szu Juang

11/30/2020|

2020 Nominee Lie-Szu Juang Head of Design and Technology Platform TSMC Lie-Szu Juang is the deputy head of Design and Technology Platform at TSMC. She leads multiple teams worldwide to enable customer design through design solutions of 3nm, 5nm, 7nm, and specialty technologies like embedded flash, HV/BCD, RF & Read More

Rising Woman of Influence: Amber Huffman

11/30/2020|

2019 Winner Amber Huffman Fellow & Chief Technologist for Data Center IP in the Silicon Engineering Group Intel Corporation Amber Huffman is a distinguished Fellow and Chief Technologist for Datacenter IP in the Silicon Engineering Group at Intel Corporation. She currently leads the definition of industry leading IP building Read More