Babu Varathappnaidu

Babu Varathappnaidu is an experienced Manufacturing Solution Architect at Hemlock Semiconductor, where responsibilities include collaborating with manufacturing and quality engineers to translate requirements into MES functions and designing MES solutions for WIP tracking, SAP, and IoT integrations. Prior to this role, Babu served as a Senior Application Engineer at Dow Corning, focusing on automating wafer processing and integrating various systems including MES, SAP, and LIMS. Babu's career includes positions as an MES Consultant at GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Sr. Manufacturing Systems Engineer at Tessera North America Inc, and Sr. Software Engineer at Applied Materials, showcasing expertise in software development and project leadership across diverse teams. Babu holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Bharathidasan University.