John Kent

John Kent is responsible for leading SkyWater’s technical vision and strategy for developing technology roadmaps, design enablement capabilities, and partnerships to facilitate successful silicon for SkyWater customers. His 40 plus years of experience in the semiconductor industry include demonstrated successes in technology development, operations, and leadership positions.

Mr. Kent’s prior experience includes vice president of Foundry IP; Customer Design Enablement at GLOBALFOUNDRIES, executive-level positions with KLA-Tencor in the Wafer Inspection Group, and technology development leadership positions at Rambus and AMIS (now ON Semiconductor). Previously, for more than two decades, he held a variety of positions at IBM Microelectronics with responsibilities for the development of various technologies, including a focus on DRAM/embedded DRAM process development.

Mr. Kent holds a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from Michigan State University. He is also the Vice-Chair of the Idaho State University Foundation in Pocatello, Idaho.