Alan Howsare

Alan Howsare currently serves as GaN Integration Manager at MACOM since February 2022. Prior to this role, Alan held various positions at Raytheon Missiles & Defense from November 2012 to February 2022, including Section Manager for D-Fab Wafer Engineering, where responsibilities involved staffing, budget management, and overseeing a team focused on wafer fabrication and process development. Alan also contributed as a Senior Process Integration Engineer, leading gallium nitride fabrication processes and enhancing production capabilities, and as a Senior Process Engineer, overseeing Wet Etch/Plating and Plasma Etch workcenters. Early career experience includes the role of Process Development Engineer, where focus was on gallium arsenide and gallium nitride semiconductor fabrication processes. Alan earned both an M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering and a B.S. in Engineering Science from Penn State University.