Sundar Ramamurthy

Dr. Ramamurthy has over three decades of experience in the field of materials science and technology focused on innovation and commercialization in the semiconductor industry. Most recently, he was at Applied Materials leading a suite of businesses in the transistor and interconnect verticals including epitaxy, specialty semiconductors, and advanced packaging. He has a demonstrated track record of introducing new products, managing complex P&Ls, and delivering several billions of revenues and profits across some of the fastest growing semiconductor equipment markets. He has successfully built collaboration and strategic partnerships across the semiconductor ecosystem to further the industry roadmap.

Dr. Ramamurthy is currently advising large investment companies as well as research institutes on emerging technologies related to the compute and energy efficiency landscape. He serves on the advisory board for start-up companies as well as academia and is an active mentor at the Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship helping entrepreneurs develop sustainable solutions to global challenges. He holds a doctoral degree in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Minnesota and has > 30 US patents granted related to semiconductor technology scaling through materials innovation.