Matt Ward

Matt Ward has over 40 years of work experience in various roles within the technology industry. Matt is currently the Sr Director of Operations at Esperanto Technologies, Inc. Prior to their current role, Matt held the position of Sr Director of Operations at Audience, Inc. from 2008 to 2019, where they were the first Ops employee and supported Product/Test Engineering, Foundry Interface, Supply Chain Management, and QRE activities. Audience, Inc. was later acquired by Knowles. Before that, Matt was the Director of Operations at Mobilygen Corp from 2005 to 2008. Matt also held positions as a Product/Test Engineering Manager at Canesta from 2002 to 2003, as well as a Product Engineering Manager at Transmeta from 2000 to 2002. Additionally, Matt served as a Product Engineering Manager at 8x8, Inc from 1998 to 2000, at Alliance Semiconductor from 1997 to 1998, and at Ford Microelectronics from 1983 to 1997. Matt began their career in 1979 as a Product Engineer at National Semiconductor.

Matt Ward attended Rice University from 1975 to 1979 and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering (BSEE). The field of study for their degree is not specified.