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    Manfred Horstmann serves as General Manager and Senior Vice President at GlobalFoundries (GF), overseeing European fabs, including GF\u2019s 300mm manufacturing facility in Dresden. He also leads the GlobalFoundries Engineering Services (GFES) teams in Singapore, Penang, Bangalore, and Malaysia, supporting GF\u2019s global manufacturing operations.<\/p>\n

    Since 2020, he has transformed the Dresden Fab cluster into Europe\u2019s largest 300mm wafer facility, achieving a two and a half output increase in less than three years, boosting productivity and strategically optimizing operations. He and his team led the development and production of a highly differentiated technology portfolio (55nm-22nm) for applications in fast growing markets such as automotive, MCUs, display drivers, audio amplifiers, security chip cards, radio frequency (RF) and 5G technology.<\/p>\n

    With over 27 years of experience in multiple leadership positions in spanning research, technology development, product engineering, and large-scale operations, Mr. Horstmann has held leadership roles at Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Motorola, and IBM in Germany and the United States.<\/p>\n

    Mr. Horstmann holds over 100 patents, has authored more than 200 scientific papers and serves on advisory boards for Forschungszentrum J\u00fclich and Nanoelectronic Materials Laboratory. Mr. Horstmann earned his Diploma and PhD in Physics from Rheinisch-Westf\u00e4lische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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