Wolfspeed, a global leader in Silicon Carbide technology, announced that Joe Roybal has joined the company as the Vice President of Backend Operations. Mr. Roybal joins Wolfspeed from Texas Instruments and has over 20 years of operations and leadership experience.
“Joe comes to Wolfspeed with a wealth of knowledge in the fab, probe, and assembly/test operations and we look forward to his contributions as we continuously improve,” said Rex Felton, SVP of Global Operations. “His arrival complements our growing operations leadership team and will be a vital asset as we lead the industry-wide transformation from silicon to Silicon Carbide.”
This addition to Wolfspeed’s team of seasoned semiconductor manufacturing professionals, paired with the expansion of production capability for Silicon Carbide materials and devices in New York and North Carolina will support the company’s rapid growth.