Intel has announced the appointment of two Irish vice presidents in Eamonn McGovern and Seán O'Sullivan at their Kildare facility.
McGovern has been promoted from general manager of manufacturing quality and reliability to vice president of manufacturing, supply chain and operations, while general manager for corporate strategic procurement O'Sullivan has been appointed to the same role.
The appointments bring the number of Irish or Irish-based vice presidents at Intel to 11, with the pair joining Dr Ann B Kelleher, Ann-Marie Homes, Eamonn Sinnott, Joe McDonnell, Neil Philip, Dermot Hargaden, Paul Scully, John Healy and Rory O'Connor.
McGovern has been responsible for teams across Asia, Europe, Costa Rica and the US manufacturing sites from Intel's campus in Leixlip, and he has 35 years experience in the semiconductor industry, first at Fujitsu Microelectronics before joining Intel in 1991.
The Meath native has held a number of roles in product engineering, integration and quality & reliability in wafer fabrication as well as supply chain quality management, customer quality support and boards assembly.
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McGovern, who studied mechanical engineering at Dundalk IT, has also completed assignments in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon and Swindon.
As global head of corporate strategic procurement in Intel's manufacturing, supply chain and operations organisation, O'Sullivan has led indirect sourcing and procurement as well as an organisation of supply chain professionals spanning more than a dozen countries, with a charter to deliver strategic sourcing capabilities in IT, sales, consulting, contingent workforce, third-party logistics, transportation, employee benefits, and travel.
O'Sullivan is the first non-US national at Intel to lead the organisation, and prior to taking on his current role he was based in Arizona. He has various senior director positions including establishing a global sourcing centre of excellence and leading the IT and sales & marketing strategic sourcing functions.
Having grown up in Celbridge, O'Sullivan first joined Intel in 1997 as part of its materials team after working in the financial services sector with Irish Life & Permanent and Ulster Bank. He holds a degree in business studies from DCU, and a postgraduate degree in IT from Maynooth.
Intel this year pledged €12bn in ongoing investment to its Leixlip campus, doubling manufacturing space, after opting to locate two new semiconductor plants in Germany rather than Ireland.
Photo: Eamon McGovern.
