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René Penning de Vries

René Penning de Vries is Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of NXP, the independent semiconductor company founded by Philips.

René is responsible for overseeing the product creation processes at NXP, focusing on the key areas of Innovation, Technology and Research. In this role, he is member of the NXP Management Team (MT), headed by Richard L. Clemmer.

René previously held the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Philips Semiconductors prior to the formation of NXP in 2006. He started working for Philips Research in 1984 before moving to Philips Semiconductors in 1987 and brings to his position at NXP a deep understanding of the design and technology needs of the semiconductor industry. His career evolved from various technical and managerial roles in CMOS development, into management of platform and design technology as well IP creation. Later, system technology and research have been added to his portfolio.

During his career, René worked and lived in the US, in Crolles, France and in Singapore, where he was Vice President of Technology in SSMC, a joint venture between Philips, TSMC and EDBi Singapore.

René holds an MSc in physics from the University of Nijmegen and a Ph.D. in device physics from the Technical University of Twente, the Netherlands.