Sylvie Kadivar

Sylvie Kadivar has extensive work experience in the technology and semiconductor industry. Sylvie currently holds the position of Vice President of Business Development at Sanmina since 2022. Prior to this, they worked at Samsung Foundry, where they held various senior director roles in strategic marketing and foundry marketing from 2008 to 2021. Sylvie also has significant experience working at Philips Semiconductors (now NXP), where they held roles such as International Product Marketing Manager, Strategic Marketing Manager, and Business Development Specialist. Sylvie started their career at Siemens AG as an Electrical Engineer, focusing on Sigma Delta A/D converter designs.

Sylvie Kadivar holds a PhD. in Electrical Engineering from Technische Universität Berlin, which they completed from 1992 to 1996. In 1996, they pursued a Post Doc./Visiting Scholar program at Stanford University. Additionally, they obtained an Executive MBA from Hult Ashridge in 2001. Before their PhD., Sylvie Kadivar earned an MS in EE from ISEP - école d'ingénieurs du numérique, which they completed from 1988 to 1991.