ECE Seminar Series – Feb 6 (Fri) @ 2:00pm: "Silicon to Strategy: Lessons from Building  Products, Platforms, and Companies," Jeff Wittich, Chief Product Officer, Ampere

Location: Engineering Science Building (ESB), Room 1001
Come at 1:30p for Cookies, Coffee and Conversation
DISTINGUISHED LECTURE at the ECE SEMINAR SERIES

Abstract

Jeff Wittich is the Chief Product Officer at Ampere. He has extensive leadership experience in the semiconductor industry in roles ranging from product and process development to business strategy and marketing. Jeff will discuss his personal journey from semiconductor physics to business leadership as well as the Ampere journey from early-stage semiconductor hardware startup to the recent $6.5 Billion acquisition by the SoftBank Group. Following Jeff’s talk, Dean of the Mehrabian College of Engineering, Umesh Mishra, will moderate a twenty minute ‘fireside’ chat, followed by a ten minute Q&A session.

Bio

Jeff Wittich is the chief product officer at Ampere. Prior to joining Ampere, he worked at Intel for 15 years in a variety of positions throughout the company. Most recently, he was responsible for the Cloud Service Provider Platform business, driving global market reach, product customization, and ultimately defining the products and platforms being used across the cloud worldwide. While at Intel, Jeff also led a product development team responsible for 5 generations of Xeon processors. He received an Intel Achievement Award for his work in developing the Custom CPU program. Jeff has an MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara and a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame.

Hosted by: Distinguished Lecture at the ECE Seminar Series

Submitted by: Umesh Mishra <mishra@ece.ucsb.edu>