Teams at Applied Materials

Lead and manage an optical engineering team to develop high-performance optical systems for semiconductor equipment. Own complex system projects from specification through design, supplier collaboration, integration, qualification, troubleshooting, and feasibility studies. Drive R&D, vendor strategy, customer technical engagement, mentoring, alignment strategies, error budgets, and system-level requirements and risk management.

Support FP&A and Gross Margin Leadership by performing cost and gross margin analysis, financial modeling, forecasting, and monthly/quarterly reporting. Build cost-tracking frameworks, dashboards, and executive presentations; partner with Operations and Engineering to integrate cost improvement tracks into forecasts and the annual operating plan.

Senior leader responsible for security and resiliency across the Americas: lead physical security, guard force, investigations, crisis management, business continuity, vendor management, and security technology projects. Serve as regional incident commander, embed security into business processes, drive performance metrics, and accelerate AI/LLM-enabled automations and analytics to improve threat intelligence, investigations, risk modeling, and operational efficiency.