Thursday, November 17, 2022
 

Greenfield vs. Brownfield – How Global Government Incentives Could Tip The Fab Balance

13:30
Overview Of The Global Semiconductor Manufacturing Asset Market
  Stephen Rothrock, Founder, President & CEO, ATREG, Inc.
Overview Of The Global Semiconductor Manufacturing Asset Market
Stephen Rothrock

Stephen Rothrock
Founder, President & CEO
ATREG, Inc.

Stephen Rothrock

Abstract
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Biography
Stephen founded ATREG [ www.atreg.com] in 2000 to help global advanced technology companies divest and acquire infrastructure-rich manufacturing assets, including wafer fabs (front- and back-end) as well as MEMS, solar, display, and R&D facilities. Over the last 20 years, his firm has completed 40% of all global operational wafer fab sales in the semiconductor industry, a total of 100 transactions representing a value of over $5 billion. Recent global acquisitions and dispositions have involved Allegro MicroSystems, Fujitsu, GF, IBM, Infineon, Matsushita (Panasonic), Maxim, Micron, NXP, onsemi, Sony, Qualcomm, Renesas, Texas Instruments, and VIS to name just a few.Prior to founding ATREG, Stephen established Colliers International’s Global Corporate Services initiative and headed the company’s U.S. division based in Seattle, Wash. Before that, he worked as director for Savills International commercial real estate brokerage in London, UK, also serving on the UK-listed property company’s international board. He also spent four years near Paris, France working for an international NGO. Stephen holds an MA degree in Political Theology from the University of Hull, UK and a BA degree in Business Commerce from the University of Washington in Seattle, USA.

13:50 Panel discussion

Panel Discussion

Moderation Stephen Rothrock, Founder, President & CEO, ATREG, Inc.
Stephen Rothrock

Stephen Rothrock
Founder, President & CEO
ATREG, Inc.

Stephen Rothrock

Biography
Stephen founded ATREG [ www.atreg.com] in 2000 to help global advanced technology companies divest and acquire infrastructure-rich manufacturing assets, including wafer fabs (front- and back-end) as well as MEMS, solar, display, and R&D facilities. Over the last 20 years, his firm has completed 40% of all global operational wafer fab sales in the semiconductor industry, a total of 100 transactions representing a value of over $5 billion. Recent global acquisitions and dispositions have involved Allegro MicroSystems, Fujitsu, GF, IBM, Infineon, Matsushita (Panasonic), Maxim, Micron, NXP, onsemi, Sony, Qualcomm, Renesas, Texas Instruments, and VIS to name just a few.Prior to founding ATREG, Stephen established Colliers International’s Global Corporate Services initiative and headed the company’s U.S. division based in Seattle, Wash. Before that, he worked as director for Savills International commercial real estate brokerage in London, UK, also serving on the UK-listed property company’s international board. He also spent four years near Paris, France working for an international NGO. Stephen holds an MA degree in Political Theology from the University of Hull, UK and a BA degree in Business Commerce from the University of Washington in Seattle, USA.

Panelists
  • Patrick Leinenbach, Senior Vice President, Automotive Electronics, Robert Bosch GmbH
  • Patrick Leinenbach

    Patrick Leinenbach
    Senior Vice President, Automotive Electronics
    Robert Bosch GmbH

    Patrick Leinenbach

    Biography
    During his 24-year career at the company, Dr. Leinenbach has held positions all over the world in France, Germany, and China where he served as General Manager at Robert Bosch Automotive Products as well as General Manager at Robert Bosch Electronics Trading in Suzhou in 2015. In 2017, he became Senior Vice President and Technical Plant Manager at the company’s Reutlingen, Germany plant as well as part of the Board of Management of Robert Bosch Semiconductor Manufacturing at the Dresden, Germany plant. In 2022, he became Senior Vice President in charge of all manufacturing semiconductor supply chain operations. Dr. Leinenbach holds a PhD in Physics from the national German research institution Forschungszentrum in Jülich, Germany.

  • Alexander Gorski, Executive Vice President, Back-End Operations, Infineon Technologies AG
  • Alexander Gorski

    Alexander Gorski
    Executive Vice President, Back-End Operations
    Infineon Technologies AG

    Alexander Gorski

    Biography
    Alexander is responsible for Infineon Technologies AG’s global back-end operations cluster which combines all in-house and external manufacturing. The in-house manufacturing footprint consists of 11 sites located all around the world. In his role as Cluster Head, he is also in charge of package innovation, test technology development as well as manufacturing automation and digitalization. Previously, Alexander was a Board Member of Infineon Technologies AG’s Power & Sensor Systems Division. Serving different global markets in power management and sensor systems, such as computing, consumer, industrial, and automotive, the division holds a leading position in a variety of applications. In his role as Division Chief Operating Officer, Alexander has overseen global operations as well as technology, innovation, and software. Before re-joining Infineon in November 2016, Alexander served for almost a decade as a Member of the Management Board and Group COO at Conergy, a leading global renewable energy company focused on solar. During his tenure, he was instrumental in helping the company transition from a solar component manufacturer into a fabless and asset-light project development and turnkey EPC company.Alexander started his professional career in the semiconductor industry at Siemens Semiconductor, later carved out as Infineon Technologies. During his time with Siemens and later Infineon, he served in several management positions in operations, supply chain, and key account management. Alexander holds an MBA from the University of Regensburg, Germany.

  • Abdelkarim Moharram, Manager, Business Development, Semiconductors, Manufacturing & Technology, Bethtel Corporation
  • Abdelkarim Moharram

    Abdelkarim Moharram
    Manager, Business Development, Semiconductors, Manufacturing & Technology
    Bethtel Corporation

    Abdelkarim Moharram

    Biography
    Abdelkarim’s experience is derived from the planning, development, and delivery of megaprojects in the energy, chemical, marine, infrastructure, nuclear, and manufacturing sectors. He is currently focused on growing the portfolio of capital projects for Bechtel’s Manufacturing & Technology business. He initially joined Bechtel’s corporate venture capital group focused on evaluating and investing in technologies with the purpose of designing and building multi-billion assets faster, safer, and more sustainably.Abdelkarim holds a BSE from Duke University. Through an appointment by the Governor of Virginia, he serves on the Board of Trustees of GENEDGE (part of the National Institute of Standards & Technologies) as well as an advisory committee member for the congress-supported Virginia Manufacturers for Strategic Industries.

14:20 Q&A