Téa Williams Téa Williams Téa Williams is Senior Vice President, Power Business at GlobalFoundries (GF), a position she was appointed to in 2023. Ms. Williams brings more than 20 years of extensive experience in strategic business development, product development, and operations management in the semiconductor industry. Prior to joining GF, Ms. Williams served as Senior Vice President for the 3D Sensing Business at Lumentum. Ms. Williams began her career as a design engineer at Texas Instruments. During her 17-year tenure there, she served in various roles from engineering to business leadership as well as site leadership. Ms. Williams holds both a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Arkansas as well as Executive Education from INSEAD and Harvard Business School Executive Education.
Pradip Singh Pradip Singh Pradip Singh is Chief Manufacturing Officer at GF, a position he was appointed to in 2024. He is responsible for GF’s global manufacturing operations, quality and supply chain. Mr. Singh joined GF in 2009 and has more than 20 years of foundry industry experience with a proven track record in manufacturing operations and technology transfer. Mr. Singh’s career spans manufacturing, management and operational leadership in various countries across GF’s global network. Prior to his current role, Mr. Singh was senior vice president and general manager of Global Competitive Manufacturing and U.S. Fab Operations at GF, supporting New York and Vermont Fab operations to accelerate performance and drive greater regional collaboration and synergies across the sites as well as managing the Global Competitive Manufacturing team that drives the adoptions of best practices across all GF fab sites. Prior to that, Mr. Singh was vice president and general manager of GF’s 200mm radio frequency (RF) manufacturing operations in Essex Junction, Vermont. He also previously served as senior director of manufacturing operations at the company’s 300mm semiconductor facility in Malta, New York, and held leadership roles at GF’s manufacturing facility in Dresden, Germany. Mr. Singh began his career with Chartered Semiconductor where he held positions of increasing responsibility in many of the company’s Singapore fabs. Mr. Singh holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.
Samuel Vicari Samuel Vicari Samuel Vicari is the Chief Customer Officer (CCO) at GF, a position he was appointed to in 2024. He is responsible for the end-to-end customer journey across business development, customer technical delivery and management of strategic partnerships and end markets. In his role Mr. Vicari also oversees customer solutions, tapeout operations, commercial strategy and commercial operations. Mr. Vicari brings almost three decades of experience in semiconductor sales with expertise in global business development, building lasting relationships with customers and with a proven track record of delivering top-line growth and market share gains in the fast-paced technology sector. Prior to joining GF, Mr. Vicari served as President of Texas Instruments Japan where he led the operations there for about five years. Previously, he held a variety of sales management positions across TI’s EMEA region. Mr. Vicari holds a master’s degree in Business Administration from the Bocconi University in Milan, Italy. Download Image
Tim Breen Tim Breen Board member since 2018 Tim Breen is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GF, a position he was appointed to in 2025, having joined the company in 2018. Prior to becoming CEO, Mr. Breen served as GF’s Chief Operating Officer (COO), overseeing the company’s global operations, including the manufacturing, quality, supply chain and digital transformation teams. Earlier in his tenure at GF he held various executive roles including leading strategy, business transformation and finance. Prior to joining GF, Mr. Breen served as a member of the senior leadership team of GF’s founding shareholder, Mubadala Investment Company (Mubadala). Earlier in his career, he was a partner with McKinsey & Company in Abu Dhabi. Mr. Breen holds a Master of Business Administration degree from London Business School and is based in New York. Download Image
Ashlie Wallace Ashlie Wallace Ashlie Wallace is Senior Vice President of Global Supply Chain and Procurement at GF, a position she was appointed to in 2022. She has global responsibility for the company’s supply chain operations including planning, logistics, sourcing and procurement as well as overseeing all components of the company’s supply chain strategy. Prior to joining GF, Ms. Wallace was Vice President of the Global Services Logistics and Operations of Cisco, where she was responsible for global logistics operations and the service supply chain. Before holding that position, she led various supply chain functions at Dell Technologies, where she most recently served as Vice President Procurement for the Server business. Ms. Wallace holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of California, Los Angeles and a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies from Texas State University.
Pradheepa Raman Pradheepa Raman Pradheepa Raman is Chief People Officer at GF, a position she was appointed to in 2022. She has global responsibility for the company’s human resources practice areas including talent acquisition, development and retention, creation and delivery of people solutions, total rewards, organizational development and further strengthening GF’s commitment to innovation, safety and a respectful workplace culture. Prior to joining GF, Ms. Raman was Global Head of Human Resources and Chief Transformation Officer for the Global Tools & Storage business unit of Stanley Black & Decker, where she led a comprehensive effort to deliver a best-in-class employee experience, built organizational resiliency through skills and leadership development, and helped enable business growth and innovation across the business unit. Before holding that position, she was the Chief Talent Officer and led talent acquisition, development and engagement for Stanley Black & Decker’s 60,000 employees and transformed the entire company’s approach to creating a best-in-class employee experience. Before her career with Stanley Black & Decker, Ms. Raman held senior human resource positions at Samsung Electronics America and Avaya. Ms. Raman began her career as a software developer. Ms. Raman holds a bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology in Tamil Nadu, India, and a master’s degree in Human Resources Management from Rutgers University in New Jersey. Download Image
Ted Letavic Ted Letavic Ted Letavic is Corporate Fellow, the first to hold this position, introduced at the time of his appointment in 2022. The Corporate Fellow role was created in recognition of the importance of innovation to the future of the company. Mr. Letavic leads GF’s Silicon Photonics Technology Solutions team and provides innovation and technical leadership to GF Labs. Previously, Mr. Letavic was Vice President of Compute and Wired Infrastructure, where he played a central role in developing GF’s innovative silicon photonics technology, as well as the creation of compelling, differentiated technology value propositions for customers in the smart mobile device, personal computing, home and industrial Internet of Things (IoT), automotive, and communications infrastructure and data center markets. His career spans more than 30 years of roles involving semiconductor innovation. In addition to GF, Mr. Letavic has held technology leadership positions with Philips, NXP and IBM. He is a GF master inventor with over 60 U.S. patents granted. Mr. Letavic holds a Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Ed Kaste Ed Kaste Ed Kaste is Senior Vice President of Ultra-low Power Business at GF, a position he was appointed to in 2023. In this role, Mr. Kaste leads the company’s Ultra-low Power business that enables customers to deliver solutions for the end-markets GF serves: smart mobile devices, home and industrial Internet of Things (IoT), automotive, communications infrastructure and data center, and aerospace and defense. Previously, Mr. Kaste was Senior Vice President of Product Management, Vice President of GF’s Home and Industrial IoT business, and Vice President of GF’s FDX™ business. 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.
Kevin Soukup Kevin Soukup Kevin Soukup is Senior Vice President of Silicon Photonics Business at GF, a position he was appointed to in 2024. In this role, Mr. Soukup leads the company’s Silicon Photonics business that enables customers to transport enormous volumes of data through high-speed, power efficient electro-optical systems. Prior to his current role, he served as Chief Strategy Officer developing the company’s integrated strategy and ensuring that GF has the management systems in place to deliver. Mr. Soukup joined GF in 2011 and held positions of increasing responsibility in technology development and manufacturing operations for the next seven years. In 2018, Kevin transitioned to VP of Business Transformation and helped prepare GF for IPO in 2021. Before his career with GF, Mr. Soukup spent eleven years with Samsung Electronics’ semiconductor unit in engineering and operations management positions. Mr. Soukup holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Florida. He currently serves as a member of the board of directors of VueReal.
Dr. Bobby Yerramilli-Rao Dr. Bobby Yerramilli-Rao Dr. Bobby Yerramilli-Rao was elected to the board of directors in March 2022. Dr. Yerramilli-Rao has served as Chief Strategy Officer and Corporate Vice President, Corporate Strategy at Microsoft Corporation since 2020. Prior to Microsoft, he was Co-founder and Managing Partner of Fusion Global Capital, from 2011 to 2020. Dr. Yerramilli-Rao previously served as Corporate Strategy Director and Internet Services Director of Vodafone, from 2006 to 2010, where he was responsible for strategy and acquisitions related to digital services, serving on the company’s investment committee. Prior to his time at Vodafone, Dr. Yerramilli-Rao spent more than a decade at McKinsey, having been elected partner in 2000. He helped co-lead the telecom, media and technology practice. Dr. Yerramilli-Rao currently serves on the board of directors of Genome Therapeutics Ltd. He holds a Master of Arts degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cambridge and a Doctorate in Robotics from the University of Oxford. • Strategy & Investment Committee Chair
