A Pattern of Preemptive Disruption

Rene was appointed Chief Executive Officer and to the Arm Board in February 2022. Prior to being appointed CEO, Rene was President of Arm’s IP Product Groups (IPG) from January 2017. Under his leadership, Rene transformed IPG to focus on key solutions for vertical markets with a more diversified product portfolio and increased investment in the Arm software ecosystem. In addition to his role as CEO, Rene also sits on the boards of Arm China and SoftBank Group.

Rene joined Arm in October 2013 as Vice President of Strategic Alliances and two years later was appointed to the Executive Committee and named Arm’s Chief Commercial Officer in charge of global sales and marketing.

Before joining Arm, Rene held several applications management, applications engineering and product engineering roles, including seven years at NVIDIA as vice president and general manager of its computing products business. Prior to NVIDIA, Rene held executive roles at Scintera Networks and Tensilica.

Rene is based in Silicon Valley, U.S., he also spends significant time in the major technology centers of the UK, Europe and APAC.

Rene earned his Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Clarkson University and is a graduate of the Stanford University Graduate School of Business Executive Education Program.

Kirsty joined Arm in 2002 and has held various leadership roles in the People group, including executive remuneration, reward, organizational effectiveness, and people services and systems. She became Arm’s Chief People Officer in 2018. Her portfolio now extends to include people, workplace, and sustainability.

She is known for delivering a unique, progressive, and human working environment, ensuring that the Arm Core Beliefs are at the heart of how it feels to work at Arm, allowing everyone to thrive and contribute to their full potential.

Prior to Arm, Kirsty was HR Director for a start-up company, GF-X, and started her HR career at Accenture.

Kirsty graduated from Cambridge University and is a board director of Cambridge Ahead.

Tamika leads Arm’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) strategy, focusing on building high-performing teams, an inclusive environment, and DEI-enabled business results.

Tamika previously led DEI at Nike, Inc., Mercedes-Benz USA, Target Corporation, and Deloitte. She has also advised dozens of senior leaders and organizations on how to advance their DEI initiatives.

Tamika serves on the advisory boards of the Sanger Leadership Center, SemperVirens Venture Capital, Mathison, and Talenya, Ltd. She holds a BBA from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Will leads sales, field engineering, and partner enablement at Arm, helping some of the world's most innovative organizations leverage the newest technologies to ready themselves for the next wave of digital transformation. From IP to AI, Will's unique insight has helped the world's technology leaders transform their products and operations.

Will joined Arm in 2004 and has held a number of leadership roles, including General Manager of Arm's Physical Design group. Before joining Arm, he worked in product management positions at Celoxica, Infineon Technologies, and Loughborough Sound Images. He serves on the board of EnPro Industries and holds a BEng from Sheffield Hallam University, UK.

Dipti leads the organization responsible for delivering Arm-based solutions that drive new opportunities in automotive.

Previously, Dipti served as Vice President and General Manager of the Product Management and Customer Enablement division in the IoT Group at Intel. At Texas Instruments, Dipti held several leadership positions and led the creation of the company’s Sitara brand of Arm MPUs.

Dipti is on the Women’s Leadership Council for the Global Semiconductor Association. She holds a BS in Computer Engineering from Texas A&M, an Executive MBA degree from the University of Texas, and is a graduate of the Executive Education programs at Stanford, Harvard, and Cambridge business schools.

Chris leads Arm’s client line of business where he is responsible for defining the compute platform that shapes user experiences in the smartphone, the Metaverse, gaming, and laptop/tablet markets. Previously, he led the infrastructure line of business at Arm.

Prior to joining Arm, Chris served as SVP of Devices Products at Western Digital and was responsible for product management and product marketing across the company’s $10B+ portfolio of hard drive and flash-based products for datacenter, client, mobile, automotive, and IoT.

Chris holds a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Drexel University and an MBA degree from the Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland.

Richard is responsible for the long-term evolution of the Arm architecture and has led its development for more than 20 years, beginning with Armv6. He is currently leading development on Armv9 to ensure its specialized processing unlocks new markets and opportunities across the full spectrum of compute.

In his early days at Arm, Richard worked on Arm720T, Arm940T, and Arm1136EJF-S. Prior to Arm, Richard worked for Analog Devices on fixed-function DSP, and at Inmos/ST on the Transputer.

Richard is an Arm fellow, has a BA in Electrical and Information Sciences from the University of Cambridge, and holds 107 patents in the field of microprocessors.

Kevork is leading the team that works closely with Arm’s world-class partner ecosystem to develop and accelerate our technologies as we keep ahead of changing market needs.

His career spans 30 years in various semiconductor engineering and leadership roles. Before joining Arm, he was the Executive Vice President of MCU/MPU Engineering at NXP Semiconductors where he led the company’s global architecture and IP & SoC design. Previously, he was the Senior Vice President of Engineering at Qualcomm where he managed the Snapdragon SoC and Technology teams and was responsible for delivering more than 100 SoCs in leading-edge technologies, enabling breakthrough products in mobile and consumer markets.

Kevork holds a BEng degree in Electrical Engineering from American University of Beirut and a MS in Electrical Engineering from Concordia University.