Dr. Ann B. Kelleher

Dr. Ann B. Kelleher is executive vice president at Intel Corporation. She serves as a strategic adviser for Intel Foundry and its differentiated technology development offerings, chiplet standards and software, as well as U.S.- and Europe-based capacity.

Previously, Kelleher was general manager of Foundry Technology Development, where she oversaw the research, development and deployment of next-generation silicon logic, packaging and test technologies that power the future of Intel’s innovation. This included executing the ambitious five-nodes-in-four-years strategy to help Intel accelerate its silicon process development. Before that, she served as general manager of Manufacturing and Operations, where she oversaw Intel’s worldwide manufacturing operations including Fab Sort Manufacturing, Assembly Test Manufacturing and strategic planning, as well as corporate quality assurance and corporate services.

Kelleher joined Intel in 1996 as a process engineer, going on to manage technology transfers and factory ramp-ups in a variety of positions spanning 200mm and 300mm technologies. She started her manufacturing leadership journey as the factory manager of Fab 24 in Leixlip, Ireland. She then moved to Chandler, Arizona, to manage Intel’s Fab 12 facility, followed by serving as the site manager of Intel’s Fab 11X fabrication facility in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. She then became general manager of the Fab Sort Manufacturing organization, where she was responsible for all aspects of Intel’s high-volume silicon manufacturing.

Kelleher holds a bachelor’s degree, a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering, all from University College Cork in Ireland.