WORKS ON ARM - Key Persons
Ami joined Arm in November 2023 and is responsible for leading the company's global marketing organization. Ami has more than 20 years of industry experience in technology marketing, product management, business development, strategy and investment research. She has a proven track record of success in building developer ecosystems and cultivating product and go-to-market strategies.
Prior to joining Arm, Ami held marketing and strategy leadership roles at Cumulus Networks and Cisco. Most recently, Ami served as Vice President of Marketing and Developer Products at NVIDIA where she was responsible for driving the data strategy for Generative AI and leading the company's product and technical marketing efforts for the data center portfolio.
Badani holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a B.S. in business from the University of Southern California.
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President and General Manager, Client Line of Business
Chris leads Arm's client line of business where he is responsible for defining the compute platform that shapes user experiences in the smartphone, the Metaverse, gaming, and laptop/tablet markets. Previously, he led the infrastructure line of business at Arm.
Prior to joining Arm, Chris served as SVP of Devices Products at Western Digital and was responsible for product management and product marketing across the company's $10B+ portfolio of hard drive and flash-based products for datacenter, client, mobile, automotive, and IoT.
Chris holds a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Drexel University and an MBA degree from the Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland.
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President and General Manager, Automotive Line of Business
Dipti leads the organization responsible for delivering Arm-based solutions that drive new opportunities in automotive.
Previously, Dipti served as Vice President and General Manager of the Product Management and Customer Enablement division in the IoT Group at Intel. At Texas Instruments, Dipti held several leadership positions and led the creation of the company's Sitara brand of Arm MPUs.
Dipti is on the Women's Leadership Council for the Global Semiconductor Association. She holds a BS in Computer Engineering from Texas A&M, an Executive MBA degree from the University of Texas, and is a graduate of the Executive Education programs at Stanford, Harvard, and Cambridge business schools.
Job Titles:
- Executive Vice President, Strategy and Ecosystem
Drew leads a series of strategic growth initiatives for Arm. He first joined Arm in 2017 as General Manager of the company's infrastructure business.
Prior to joining Arm, Drew was CEO of Acetti Software, a cloud virtualization start-up. At SanDisk, Drew was the Senior Vice President and General Manager for various business units developing data storage solutions for telecommunication, consumer electronic, automotive, and cloud companies. At NVIDIA, Drew was the General Manager for GeForce.
He has an MSEE from the University of Southern California and a BS in Engineering Physics from the University of the Pacific. Drew is also an avid pilot and open water swimmer.
Job Titles:
- Executive Vice President, Central Engineering
Gary leads Arm's central engineering team, which encompasses most of Arm's engineering functions.
He joined Arm in 1998 as a CPU designer, eventually progressing to engineering leadership as Vice President of Engineering for Media and CPU. His passion for excellence enables Arm to deliver a continued increase in its cadence of products, on schedule with industry-leading quality and performance. Under his leadership, Arm's engineering teams have doubled the number of products delivered in line with the growth of Arm and its expansion into new markets.
He started his career at Inmos working as a Design Engineer on analog and digital electronics. Gary holds a BEng degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
Job Titles:
- Chief Financial Officer
- Executive Vice President
Jason's career spans 30 years across all aspects of global finance and strategy, accounting, capital markets/treasury, IPO execution, and investor relations. He has extensive experience in scaling disruptive technologies within enterprise software/SaaS, e-commerce, local commerce, consumer hardware/IOT, and online residential real estate. He most recently served as senior vice-president and CFO at Splunk, a technology company specializing in application management, security, and compliance, as well as business and web analytics.
Before his executive leadership roles, Jason spent more than 11 years leading various global finance teams at Amazon, and served as CFO of Amazon International. Jason has served as a member of the board of directors of Coupang, Inc., an e-commerce company, since April 2022. He holds a B.A. from the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington, where he currently serves on its Global Advisory Board.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Co - Founder and Partner of the Raine Group
Jeff Sine is the Co-Founder and Partner of The Raine Group, a global merchant bank focused on technology, media, and communications. Prior to founding Raine, he served as Vice Chairman and Global Head of Technology, Media & Telecom Investment Banking at UBS Investment Bank, was a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley, and was an attorney at Sullivan & Cromwell in New York and London. Jeff currently serves on the boards of many Raine portfolio companies and subsidiaries. He also serves on the boards of National Public Radio (NPR) (Vice-Chair), ITHAKA, Educational Testing Service (ETS) (Chair), American University and The Manhattan Theatre Club.
Karen Dykstra previously served as Chief Financial and Administrative Officer, and as Chief Financial Officer, of AOL, Inc., a web portal and online service provider. Prior to joining AOL, Inc., Ms. Dykstra was a Partner of Plainfield Asset Management LLC ("Plainfield"), where she served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Plainfield Direct LLC, Plainfield's business development company, and was also a director. Previously, she spent over 25 years with Automatic Data Processing, Inc., a provider of human capital management solutions to employers, serving most recently as Chief Financial Officer, and prior thereto as Vice President - Finance, Corporate Controller, and in other capacities. Karen is a director of VMware, Inc. and Gartner Inc., and former director of Crane Co., AOL, Inc. and Boston Properties, Inc.
Job Titles:
- Executive Vice President, Solutions Engineering
Kevork is leading the team that works closely with Arm's world-class partner ecosystem to develop and accelerate our technologies as we keep ahead of changing market needs.
His career spans 30 years in various semiconductor engineering and leadership roles. Before joining Arm, he was the Executive Vice President of MCU/MPU Engineering at NXP Semiconductors where he led the company's global architecture and IP & SoC design. Previously, he was the Senior Vice President of Engineering at Qualcomm where he managed the Snapdragon SoC and Technology teams and was responsible for delivering more than 100 SoCs in leading-edge technologies, enabling breakthrough products in mobile and consumer markets.
Kevork holds a BEng degree in Electrical Engineering from American University of Beirut and a MS in Electrical Engineering from Concordia University.
Kirsty joined Arm in 2002 and has held various leadership roles in the People group, including executive remuneration, reward, organizational effectiveness, and people services and systems. She became Arm's Chief People Officer in 2018. Her portfolio now extends to include people, workplace, and sustainability.
She is known for delivering a unique, progressive, and human working environment, ensuring that the Arm Core Beliefs are at the heart of how it feels to work at Arm, allowing everyone to thrive and contribute to their full potential.
Prior to Arm, Kirsty was HR Director for a start-up company, GF-X, and started her HR career at Accenture.
Kirsty graduated from Cambridge University and is a board director of Cambridge Ahead.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Chairman of the Board
- Founder, Representative Director, Corporate Officer, Chairman & CEO of SoftBank Group Corp
Masayoshi Son is the Founder, Representative Director, Corporate Officer, Chairman & CEO of SoftBank Group Corp. (SBG), a strategic investment holding company that invests in breakthrough technologies to create a more connected, empowered and joyful world. Founded in 1981 initially as a PC software distribution business, SBG and its portfolio of companies have expanded to cover a range of technologies, including advanced telecommunications, internet services, AI, smart robotics, and IoT.
Masa has overseen investments in some of the world's fastest-growing technology companies. In 2016, SBG acquired Arm, the world's leading semiconductor IP company. Since 2017, SBG has been investing as a "Vision Capitalist" to help extraordinary entrepreneurs transform industries and shape new ones with the power of AI through the SoftBank Vision Funds.
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President and General Manager, Infrastructure Line of Business
Mohamed Awad leads the infrastructure line of business at Arm where he is responsible for leveraging Neoverse's class-leading performance per watt to accelerate Arm's growth across Cloud, HPC, 5G, and the Edge. Previously, Mohamed led Arm's IoT line of business.
Prior to joining Arm, Mohamed spent 10 years in various leadership roles at Broadcom, including establishing the Mixed Signal Asic Products division and building its security and mobile payments business. Before Broadcom, Mohamed served in various leadership roles at Ember Corporation, Lucent Technologies, Nortel Networks, and Avici Systems.
Mohamed has been named inventor or co-inventor on multiple patents throughout his career and holds a BS in Computer Science, from the University of Massachusetts.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Chairman and CEO of XCOM Labs
- Director of Dropbox, Inc
Paul E. Jacobs, Ph.D. is the chairman and CEO of XCOM Labs, which he founded in 2018 to develop high performance wireless technologies and applications. Prior to XCOM, Dr. Jacobs served as CEO and executive chairman of Qualcomm Inc., where he spearheaded the company's efforts to develop and commercialize fundamental mobile technology breakthroughs that fueled the wireless internet and smartphone revolutions. During his tenure as CEO, Qualcomm's revenue quadrupled and its market capitalization doubled. Dr. Jacobs is a prolific inventor with over 80 U.S. patents granted or pending in the field of wireless technology and devices.
Dr. Jacobs currently serves as director of Dropbox, Inc. and FIRST. He earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, M.S. in Electrical Engineering, and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley. He founded Berkeley's Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation. Dr. Jacobs is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President and General Manager, IoT Line of Business
Paul leads the IoT line of business at Arm where he and his team are working alongside the Arm ecosystem to bring compute to a diverse set of applications, unlocking value with intelligence and automation.
Previously at Arm, Paul has led the client line of business, shaping the future of consumer products, as well as the security, IoT, and wireless businesses.
Prior to joining Arm, Paul led the low-power wireless division of CSR, a fabless semiconductor business (now part of Qualcomm). Paul started his career in engineering consultancy, working with leading global brands to develop innovative products and services. He holds an MEng from Durham University.
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer
- Member of the Board
Rene was appointed Chief Executive Officer and to the Arm Board in February 2022. Prior to being appointed CEO, Rene was President of Arm's IP Product Groups (IPG) from January 2017. Under his leadership, Rene transformed IPG to focus on key solutions for vertical markets with a more diversified product portfolio and increased investment in the Arm software ecosystem. In addition to his role as CEO, Rene also sits on the boards of Arm China and SoftBank Group.
Rene joined Arm in October 2013 as Vice President of Strategic Alliances and two years later was appointed to the Executive Committee and named Arm's Chief Commercial Officer in charge of global sales and marketing.
Before joining Arm, Rene held several applications management, applications engineering and product engineering roles, including seven years at NVIDIA as vice president and general manager of its computing products business. Prior to NVIDIA, Rene held executive roles at Scintera Networks and Tensilica.
Rene is based in Silicon Valley, U.S., he also spends significant time in the major technology centers of the UK, Europe and APAC.
Rene earned his Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Clarkson University and is a graduate of the Stanford University Graduate School of Business Executive Education Program.
Job Titles:
- Chief Architect
- Executive Vice President
- Arm Fellow
Richard is responsible for the long-term evolution of the Arm architecture and has led its development for more than 20 years, beginning with Armv6. He is currently leading development on Armv9 to ensure its specialized processing unlocks new markets and opportunities across the full spectrum of compute.
In his early days at Arm, Richard worked on Arm720T, Arm940T, and Arm1136EJF-S. Prior to Arm, Richard worked for Analog Devices on fixed-function DSP, and at Inmos/ST on the Transputer.
Richard is an Arm fellow, has a BA in Electrical and Information Sciences from the University of Cambridge, and holds 107 patents in the field of microprocessors.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Senior Advisor at SoftBank Investment Advisors
Ron Fisher is a Senior Advisor at SoftBank Investment Advisors. Ron joined SoftBank in the US in 1995 and was the founder and Managing Partner of SoftBank Capital. Ron joined the Board of SoftBank Group in 1997 and was Vice Chairman from 2017 - 2022. Ron has more than 40 years of experience of working with high-growth and turnaround technology companies. Prior to joining SoftBank, Ron was the CEO of Phoenix Technologies Ltd., the leading developer and marketer of system software products for personal computers, from 1990 to 1995. Ron joined Phoenix from Interactive Systems Corporation, a UNIX software company that was purchased by the Eastman Kodak Company in 1988. At Interactive Systems he served for five years as President, initially as COO and then CEO. Ron earned an MBA from Columbia University, New York, and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa.
Job Titles:
- Leader
- Member of the Board
Rosemary Schooler is a proven leader with over 30 years of experience in the global technology industry. She most recently served as corporate vice president and general manager of Data Center and AI Sales for Intel Corporation. During her 33-year career at Intel, Ms. Schooler managed and oversaw sales and corporate strategy for the company's IoT business. She also held vice president and general manager positions at a number of Intel start-up initiatives in the embedded/IoT, networking and storage businesses, including PnL, architecture, product development and customer success efforts. In her networking role, Ms. Schooler led industry transforming initiatives including Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and technologies such as Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK).
Ms. Schooler has supported industry efforts including ATIS and TIA as well as non-profits including the National Center for Women in Technology (NCWIT). She was previously an independent director for Cloudera and currently serves on the board for Zurn Water Solutions. Ms. Schooler earned a BS in ceramic science and engineering from Penn State University.
Job Titles:
- Chief Legal Officer
- Executive Vice President
- Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer at Arm
Spencer is Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer at Arm and leads each of the global legal, compliance, company secretary, government affairs and corporate development teams. Spencer has more than 20 years of industry experience and has served as lead counsel on many of the highest-profile M&A and investment transactions in the technology sector.
Before joining Arm, Spencer was Managing Partner and General Counsel at SoftBank Investment Advisors (SBIA), the investment manager of the world's largest technology-focused investment fund, SoftBank Vision Fund. Spencer has also served as a partner in the investment team at SBIA. Prior to SBIA, Spencer practiced as a technology-focused M&A and investment lawyer in the London offices of White & Case and Allen & Overy (A&O). He also spent time on secondment from A&O to Fenwick & West in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Spencer is based in the U.K. and spends a significant amount of time in Silicon Valley, U.S.
Spencer holds an LL.B. with first class honors and was named General Counsel of the Year at The Lawyer Awards 2023 and the British Legal Awards 2023.
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer
Tamika leads Arm's diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) strategy, focusing on building high-performing teams, an inclusive environment, and DEI-enabled business results.
Tamika previously led DEI at Nike, Inc., Mercedes-Benz USA, Target Corporation, and Deloitte. She has also advised dozens of senior leaders and organizations on how to advance their DEI initiatives.
Tamika serves on the advisory boards of the Sanger Leadership Center, SemperVirens Venture Capital, Mathison, and Talenya, Ltd. She holds a BBA from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Founder and Former CEO of Nest
Tony is an active investor and entrepreneur with a 30+ year history of founding companies and designing products that profoundly improve people's lives. He is the Principal at the Build Collective, an investment and advisory firm coaching deep tech startups. Currently, the Build Collective is coaching over 200+ startups innovating game-changing technologies.
Tony is the founder and former CEO of Nest, the company that pioneered the "Internet of Things." He was the SVP of Apple's iPod Division and led the team that created the first 18 generations of the iPod and the first three generations of the iPhone. Throughout his career Tony has authored more than 300 patents. In May 2016, TIME named the Nest Learning Thermostat, the iPod and the iPhone as three of the "50 Most Influential Gadgets of All Time." He is a NYT best selling author of BUILD: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making.
Will Abbey - Chief Commercial Officer, EVP
Job Titles:
- Chief Commercial Officer
- Executive Vice President
Will leads sales, field engineering, and partner enablement at Arm, helping some of the world's most innovative organizations leverage the newest technologies to ready themselves for the next wave of digital transformation. From IP to AI, Will's unique insight has helped the world's technology leaders transform their products and operations.
Will joined Arm in 2004 and has held a number of leadership roles, including General Manager of Arm's Physical Design group. Before joining Arm, he worked in product management positions at Celoxica, Infineon Technologies, and Loughborough Sound Images. He serves on the board of EnPro Industries and holds a BEng from Sheffield Hallam University, UK.