Dan Armbrust

Daniel is also currently working with the Lawrence Berkeley National Labs to define a strategic public-private partnership program to continue advances in computing and semiconductor technologies. He is currently on the Board of Ayar Labs, a silicon photonics startup and graduate of Silicon Catalyst.

He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of SEMATECH from 2009 to 2014, with the responsibility to lead the consortium’s advanced technology R&D and manufacturing collaboration programs. Armbrust previously held various technical, management, and executive positions for over 25 years at IBM, culminating in his tenure as Vice President of 300mm semiconductor operations.

Armbrust earned a bachelor’s degree in ceramic science and engineering from Pennsylvania State University as well as a master’s of science degree in manufacturing systems engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.