Matthew Cockrell

Matthew Cockrell has extensive experience in engineering, specializing in FPGA design. Beginning an early career with internships at Contra Costa County and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Matthew advanced to a position as an FPGA Design Engineer at Lockheed Martin and later at Sierra Photonics, Inc. Since January 2015, Matthew has been working as a Hardware Engineer at Google. In addition to these roles, Matthew has taken on leadership responsibilities as the Chair of the CHIPS Alliance Governing Board since October 2022. Matthew holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from UC Berkeley, attained between 2006 and 2008.