Brian Shirley

Brian Shirley retired from Micron Technology, a world leader in innovative memory solutions, as senior vice president DRAM and Emerging Memory Engineering in December 2019. He joined Micron as a product engineer in 1988, and held positions of increasing responsibility across product design, engineering, and business unit management. Shirley is listed as an inventor on 82 U.S. patents and helped drive Micron’s expansion into specialized memory for servers, mobile and networking solutions, in addition to maintaining a focus on cost leadership and power reduction. After retirement from Micron, Shirley consulted for various U.S. government departments, advising on the semiconductor geopolitical landscape, supply chain resilience, and national security.

Shirley holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University.