Anoop Kumar

Anoop Kumar is an accomplished engineering leader with extensive experience in silicon design and verification, currently serving as Infra Silicon Leader at Meta since February 2025, overseeing networking silicon enablement and validation for data centers. Prior to this role, Anoop held key positions at Intel Corporation as Senior Director of Engineering, where leadership was demonstrated in managing large verification and emulation teams for Xeon processors, and at Qualcomm as Director of Engineering, focusing on front-end design verification and virtual prototyping for Snapdragon products. Anoop's earlier experience includes roles at Synopsys as Verification Solutions Manager and at Cisco Systems as Sr. Hardware Engineer, where contributions to ASIC design and verification were significant. Anoop holds a B.Tech in Electronics & Communication Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra, an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, and an MS in Microelectronics from Manipal University, graduating with honors in each program.