Katrina Mikhaylich
Chief Technologist | From Research to Execution in Semiconductor Process & Materials | CMP & Surface Engineering | Advanced Packaging | Industry Leader (NCC AVS CMPUG Chair)
- Role
- Chief Technologist at Tech Core Pva
- Location
- Fremont, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Katrina Mikhaylich
Product strategy and technology leader with 25+ years driving roadmap definition, product execution, and customer adoption across leading semiconductor capital equipment organizations• Proven ability to align technical innovation and customer needs with business strategy, deliver differentiated products, and guide cross-functional teams from concept through commercialization• Recognized for building strong customer partnerships, leading global teams, shaping Voice Of Customer into product vision, and influencing investment decisions through data-driven market and technology insights• Deep domain expertise in semiconductor processes, spanning 2.5D/3D packaging, hybrid bonding, BSPDN, chiplet integration, CMP, wafer cleaning, Etch adjacent processes, metrology, inspection, and advanced process control• Innovation-focused leader with a portfolio of 180+ issued U.S. patents and published applications• Recognized keynote and invited speaker at industry conferences; co-author of two published book chapters
Experience
Chief Technologist
Mar 2026 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US
Leading technology strategy and product innovation for advanced semiconductor cleaning solutions, with a focus on next-generation PVA-based brush platforms.• Driving innovation in wafer cleaning performance, defectivity reduction, and process integration across CMP and post-CMP applications • Partnering closely with customers and ecosystem stakeholders to enable adoption of new materials and architectures across advanced logic, memory, and packaging • Key focus areas include: PVA brush design and fluid delivery innovation; defectivity reduction and yield improvement; integration with CMP and wet cleaning modules; and technology commercialization
Education
University of Southern California
Ph.D, Physical Chemistry
1991 — 1998
Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology of Russia
M.Sc., Chemical Engineering
1985 — 1991
Skills
- Pvd
- Xps
- Metrology
- Semiconductors
- Thin Films
- Semiconductor Industry
- Program Management
- Silicon
- Afm
- Design of Experiments
- Etching
- Semiconductor Process
- Engineering
- Characterization
- Process Integration
- Cvd
- Pecvd
- Ellipsometry
- Jmp
- Plasma Etch
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