Connecting MIT Students with Women Leading in Semiconductors

Amanda Stoll DiCristofaro | MIT.nano
May 12, 2022

Kim Vo ’98, SM ’99, a corporate vice president at Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), joined the semiconductor industry for three reasons. “First, it’s extremely cool technology; it’s cutting edge. The second is all the products we create: they touch everyone,” she recently said in a talk at MIT. “And the third reason is because just like at MIT, I get to work with some of the world’s smartest people.”

Vo revealed her motivation during her keynote presentation at the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) Women’s Leadership Initiative networking event, co-sponsored by MIT.nano and hosted at MIT on April 6. Called “Design the Solution,” the two-hour session brought together MIT female engineering students and women in leadership roles at GSA member companies to discuss career opportunities for women in hard technology.

“Events like this are unique in their importance and their mission,” said MIT Professor Asu Ozdaglar, head of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and deputy dean of academics at the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing. “It gathers talents and wisdoms of women leaders who have risen to the top ranks of the semiconductor industry. Their experiences provide inspirations and insights that are bound to propel the next generation of women leaders, scientists, and engineers.”

Complete article from MIT News.