Stephen Rothrock
Founder, President & CEO
ATREG, Inc.

Biography
Stephen founded ATREG 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 23 years, his firm has completed 40% of all global operational wafer fab sales in the semiconductor industry, a total of 60 transactions.Recent global acquisitions and dispositions have involved ON Semiconductor, Allegro MicroSystems, Fujitsu, GLOBALFOUNDRIES, IBM, Infineon, Matsushita (Panasonic), Maxim, Micron, NXP, 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, establishing their global corporate services platform serving large multinationals, many of whom were leading technology companies. Stephen also served 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.

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Neill Reynolds
Chief Financial Officer
Wolfspeed, Inc

Abstract
Semiconductor powerhouse Wolfspeed is nothing short of an American success story in the semiconductor manufacturing world. The company made headlines back in 2019 when it announced the selection of the Marcy Nanocenter site near Utica, NY for the construction of their state-of-the-art 200mm silicon carbide greenfield fab, part of a broader $6.5 billion global capacity expansion effort. Built in record time, the Mohawk Valley facility was inaugurated and started production in April 2022. Since then, the company has announced the construction of The John Palmour Manufacturing Center for Silicon Carbide in North Carolina to help expand the company’s existing materials capacity by more than 10-fold. This February, they also announced the expansion of the company’s global footprint with the planned construction of a 200mm SiC device manufacturing facility in Saarland, Germany in partnership with ZF to support increasing customer demand as well as the company’s long-term revenue outlook of $4 billion in fiscal year 2027.

Biography
Neill Reynolds joined as Chief Financial Officer in August 2018. Neill is a seasoned finance executive who has led various financial functions at global technology companies. Most recently he served as Senior Vice President of finance, strategy and procurement at NXP Semiconductors N.V., where he led global teams in developing and executing strategic initiatives to expand profit margins and meet growth objectives. Previously, Neill held divisional CFO positions and served on management teams at General Electric, executing growth initiatives for global industrial and manufacturing businesses spanning multiple technology industries. With his extensive leadership experience and industry knowledge, Neill will help ensure the company will meet its growth objectives and return value to investors.