CORTEX-M0 - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Chief Marketing Officer
- Technology Leader
Ami is an accomplished technology leader with over 20 years of experience in marketing, product management, business development, strategy, and investment research. Currently, she serves as the Chief Marketing Officer at Arm, where she leads the global marketing organization, driving company and product positioning, brand awareness, thought leadership, and developer engagement.
Before joining Arm, Ami was the Vice President of Marketing and Developer Products at NVIDIA, where she contributed to the company's threefold growth and helped it reach a market cap of three trillion dollars. She was instrumental in driving the data strategy for Generative AI and leading the product, developer ecosystem, and marketing efforts for the data center portfolio, the fastest-growing business segment.
Ami also held various roles at Cumulus Networks (acquired by NVIDIA), Instart Logic (acquired by Akamai Technologies), Cisco, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, among others.
She holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a B.S. in business from the University of Southern California.
In her role as Chief People Officer, Charlotte oversees all aspects of Arm's people, workplace, and sustainability strategies. Over the course of her career, Charlotte has shaped her experience across multiple sectors with rapid adaptation and change, and is passionate about building progressive, inclusive, purpose-led organizations. She thrives in seeking new ways of doing great things and inspiring others to think differently about the world of work while making it happen.
Before joining Arm, Charlotte was Chief People Officer at OVO, one of the UK's largest energy companies, focused on sustainability and renewable energy. In her role, she was responsible for people, property, and customer experience. Prior to OVO, Charlotte spent six years at Arm, latterly as VP of People, supporting teams in the Intellectual Property Group (IPG) globally. Before Arm, Charlotte held HR leadership roles at The Heinz Company and Barclays, and worked in the FMCG and financial services sectors.
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, Operations
Eric leads end-to-end execution of operational activities across multiple products and solutions, focused on enabling continued growth, at scale, across key markets. Eric is an industry veteran with decades of experience growing and optimizing technology businesses, driving multiple corporate acquisitions, and overseeing the development of engineering and product organizations.
Prior to Arm, Eric was CEO at Fungible, until it was acquired by Microsoft Corp. in 2023, where he led the organization to focus on product market fit and shipping silicon and systems. Eric also served as senior vice president and general manager at Inphi Corporation where he led the company's multi-hundred-billion-dollar PAM4 DSP business and has held senior leadership roles at Marvell Technology, Cavium, Inc. and Broadcom Inc.
Eric holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and has completed executive education courses at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
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.
Job Titles:
- Chief Financial Officer
- Member of the Board
Karen Dykstra has served as Chief Financial Officer of several global technology and services companies. Ms. Dykstra was most recently Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of VMware, a cloud computing and virtualization technology company, prior to its acquisition by Broadcom, Inc. She 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 at 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, where she 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, previously as Vice President - Finance, Corporate Controller, and in other capacities.
Ms. Dykstra has substantial experience serving as a director of public company boards. She currently is the Lead Independent Director of Gartner, Inc., and has served as a director of VMware, Inc., AOL, Inc., Boston Properties, Inc., and Crane Co.
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.
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.
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
- CEO of Globalstar Inc
- Director of Globalstar Inc
Paul E. Jacobs, Ph.D. is the CEO of Globalstar Inc., a satellite operator and service provider. He is also the chairman of Virewirx, formerly known as 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 Globalstar Inc, 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
Arm CEO, Rene Haas, takes you behind the boardroom door with technology's most inspiring leaders in his new podcast series, Tech Unheard.
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, AstraZeneca, and SoftBank Group.
Rene joined Arm in October 2013 as Vice President of Strategic Alliances and two years later was named 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
- 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 Engineering 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
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. In 2024, Spencer was named by the Financial Times in its annual list as one of the world's top 15 in-house legal leaders.
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.
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.
Young Sohn is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur whose passion is building businesses and fostering emerging technologies that have the potential to transform the world for the better. Young is the chairman of the Board of HARMAN, senior advisor at Samsung Electronics, member of the Board of Directors at Cadence and founding managing partner of Walden Catalyst. Recently, Mr. Sohn served as corporate president and chief strategy officer of Samsung Electronics, where he led strategy for global innovation, investment, new business creation, and led the company's $8 billion acquisition of HARMAN International.
Prior to joining Samsung, Mr. Sohn worked in Silicon Valley building and scaling businesses in core technologies including semiconductors and storage where he served as chief executive of Oak Technologies, Avago (then known as Agilent), and Inphi. In addition, under his leadership as CEO or board member, he took PLX Technologies, Synnex Technologies, and Inphi public. Mr. Sohn co-founded the Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC), the world's largest startup competition for entrepreneurs addressing global challenges.
Mr. Sohn holds a BS in electrical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and an MS from the MIT Sloan School of Management.