Ed Kaste

Ed Kaste is Senior Vice President of CMOS Business at GF, a position he was appointed to in 2026. In this role, Mr. Kaste leads the company’s CMOS business, a core portfolio with growing relevance as AI extends from the data center into the physical world, driving demand for platforms that can Sense, Think, Act and Communicate (STAC) in real time. GF’s CMOS products enable customers to deliver solutions across a broad range of applications in smart mobile devices, IoT, automotive, communications infrastructure, data center and aerospace and defense markets.

Previously, Mr. Kaste was Senior Vice President of Ultra-low Power and of Product Management, and Vice President of GF’s Home and Industrial IoT and FDX^™ businesses. In these roles, Mr. Kaste was responsible for managing GF’s end-to-end product portfolio, as well as driving business growth around differentiated solutions for edge-compute, connectivity, human-machine interaction and power management. Prior to those positions, Mr. Kaste also held leadership roles at GF’s state-of-the-art semiconductor manufacturing facility in Malta, New York.

Before joining GF in 2015, Mr. Kaste held various leadership positions in advanced semiconductor research, development and manufacturing for IBM’s Microelectronics Unit in Fishkill, New York and Burlington, Vermont.

Mr. Kaste earned a bachelor’s degree in Materials Science and Engineering and a master’s degree in Engineering Management from Cornell University.