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Tim Brosnihan, PhD

Executive Director, MEMS & Sensors Industry Group and Fab Owners Alliance
SEMI
AUSTIN, TX, United States

Dr. Timothy Brosnihan currently serves as Executive Director of both the MEMS and Sensors Industry Group (MSIG) and the Fab Owners Alliance (FOA) at SEMI. The MSIG consortia represents hundreds of companies across the world, furthering the advancement of the MEMS and sensors ecosystem critical to smart devices, big data and IoT. With a goal of connecting companies, technologists and business leaders to collaborate and innovate, MSIG is positioned to promote and grow the global MEMS and sensors supply chain, helping the industry thrive.

The Fab Owners Alliance is an international, group of semiconductors & MEMS fab owners and industry suppliers who meet regularly to discuss and act on common manufacturing issues, combining strengths and resources to maintain and increase their global competitiveness. Established in 2004, the FOA now represents over 25 device maker companies with over 120 semiconductor manufacturing facilities and over 65 suppliers to the industry.

Prior to joining SEMI, Tim held various management roles in the semiconductor and MEMS industry, totaling over 25 years of experience from small start-up companies to large corporations. After earning a master’s degree and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and MEMS from UC Berkeley, Tim started his career with Analog Devices’ Micromachined Products Division working on a variety of products from inertial sensors to optical switches. From there he joined Pixtronix, a MEMS-based display start-up company later acquired by Qualcomm, where he was Senior Director of MEMS Technology. He later joined Cirrus Logic as Director of MEMS Development to bring up a MEMS microphone product line.

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