Intel Foundry sees a major leadership shake-up as three senior vice presidents retire amid internal restructuring in its manufacturing division.
Intel is undergoing a major leadership reshuffle within its manufacturing arm, Intel Foundry, as three senior executives prepare to retire. Corporate vice presidents Kaizad Mistry and Ryan Russell, both from the Technology Development Group, and Gary Patton, head of the Design Technology Platform, will exit the company.
All three played critical roles in Intel’s process node and design platform roadmap. Mistry and Russell were closely involved in technology development, including lithography and node scaling strategies. Patton, a veteran of IBM and GlobalFoundries, led design enablement efforts in developing Process Design Kits (PDKs), IP libraries, and tool validation pipelines for external foundry customers.
Their departures coincide with Intel’s structural reorganisation of its Technology Development Group. Dr. Ann Kelleher, Executive Vice President leading fabrication technology since 2020, will retire in late 2025. Her responsibilities are being split between Naga Chandrasekaran and Navid Shahriari.
Chandrasekaran, a former Micron executive, will head front-end process development and high-volume manufacturing as EVP of Technology and Operations. Shahriari, now overseeing back-end operations, will lead Intel’s strategy in assembly, advanced packaging, and test key components of its chiplet integration roadmap.
The reorganisation aligns with Intel’s push to deliver its “5 nodes in 4 years” plan, while responding to cost pressures. The company recently paused expansion plans in Europe and the US and indicated that its 14A (1.4 nm) process node may be shelved if external demand fails to materialise.
Intel is also targeting a 15% reduction in global workforce, expecting to end 2025 with around 75,000 employees, down from 105,000 in 2023. The leadership shake-up is expected to reshape the direction of Intel Foundry as it competes for third-party customers in a tightening semiconductor market.
