# Kumar Lalgudi

> at TSMC North America

Location: San Jose, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/kumarlalgudi

## Work Experience
### Senior Director, Design Flow Development @ TSMC North America
Jan 2014 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
Led Digital Design Methodology & Flow development on advanced process nodes. Transformed team of 60+ engineers into a high performing unit through reorganization, improved operations. Doubled innovation output and streamlined customer support. Enabled transformation of team from a single platform to a segment specific (Mobile, HPC, Automotive, ULV) platform solution provider.

### Engineering Director, ASIC Design Solutions, Intel Custom Foundry @ Intel Corporation
Jan 2009 – Jan 2014 | Hillsboro, OR
Established the ASIC Design Solutions team and grew it organically to a team of 65 engineers. Defined and implemented all operational aspects including response to customer RFQs, benchmarking for customer acquisition, design & signoff review, methodology definition, training, and COT customer support. Design Manager for Physical Design Implementation  of reticle limiting 22nm networking chip, complex testchips for critical customer IPs resulting in first-time successful Silicon.

### Product Development Team (PDT) Lead @ Intel Corporation
Jan 2007 – Jan 2009
PDT lead for the High Performance Computing Group, responsible for ensuring microprocessor ecosystem readiness. Implementation lead for two clusters on the microprocessor design team.

### Design Manager @ Intel Corporation
Jan 2004 – Jan 2007
Design manager on the Intel (R) Core i7 microprocessor responsible for design and implementation of the memory controller unit. Led a team of 20+ engineers and mask designers to deliver micro-architecture, logic, and physical implementation of the memory controller. Also led logic verification and design methodology for the Uncore cluster.


## Education
### MBA with Distinction
Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management
Jan 2009 – Jan 2011

### Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering
Yale University
Jan 1991 – Jan 1996

### B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Jan 1987 – Jan 1991


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kumar-lalgudi-178a5717

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