Speaker

Mike is currently the Senior Director of Talent and Organization Development at Applied Materials, a semiconductor capital equipment manufacturer headquartered in Santa Clara, California. He has extensive experience in high tech organizations and several functions including Manufacturing, R&D and Human Resources. He currently focuses on organization development and has been involved in startups, mergers & divestitures. He has traveled extensively to Europe and Asia and has lived abroad on an expatriate assignment in Dresden, Germany. His current focus has been developing talent pipelines for critical technician roles. He has a Masters in Education, MBA and Ph.D. in Human and Organizational Systems from Fielding Graduate University. He is also currently an adjunct professor at San Jose State University in their Business School.