Manish Bhatia EVP of Global Operations, Micron
Formerly EVP of silicon operations at Western Digital after being Sandisk EVP of WW operations
This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on October 17, 2017 at 2:19 pmMicron Technology, Inc. appointed Manish Bhatia as EVP of global operations.
He will report to Sanjay Mehrotra, president and CEO.
Bhatia will be responsible for driving end-to-end operations, including the company’s global manufacturing fab footprint, back-end assembly and test operations, supply chain planning and fulfillment, procurement, quality and IT teams. This new global operations organization aims to enhance company’s agility and responsiveness to meet customer requirements through a tighter coordination and alignment of these business functions.
He has over 22 years of engineering and operations experience, including the last 17 years in the semiconductor industry. He most recently served as the EVP of silicon operations at Western Digital Corporation. Prior to that, he held several executive roles at SanDisk Corporation and was the company’s EVP of WW operations when it was acquired by Western Digital.
Prior to SanDisk, his career included positions at Matrix Semiconductor, McKinsey & Company and Saint Gobain Corporation.
“Manish brings extensive executive experience and a deep understanding of the critical operational needs for successfully driving a complex semiconductor business,” said Mehrotra. “Manish’s leadership will help us elevate our operations to best-in-class performance and enable Micron to capitalize on our technologies and product solutions.”
Bhatia earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a master’s degree in business administration from MIT’s Sloan School of Management, which he attended as a Leaders for Manufacturing fellow.
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