Shom Ponoth

Executive Vice President and Head of Semiconductor Solutions @Emergence Ai

Irvine, CA, US
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WORK HISTORY

Nov 2025 — Present

Executive Vice President and Head of Semiconductor Solutions @Emergence Ai

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Building and leading Emergence’s Semiconductor Solutions practice, defining the product strategy for enterprise-grade agentic workflows across the semiconductor value chain.Mapping and operationalizing critical semiconductor data workflows.Developing data-to-insight pipelines that enable fabs and semiconductor organizations to accelerate decision-making, improve yield, and unlock predictive intelligence.Partnering with engineering, product, and industry experts to create reusable agents, workflow templates, and automation patterns specifically optimized for semiconductor operations.Driving Emergence’s go-to-market strategy for semiconductor offerings, aligning customer needs, platform capabilities, and long-term product vision.

EDUCATION

1992 — 1996

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

B.Tech.

1998 — 2003

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Ph.D.

1996 — 1998

Clarkson University

M.S.

SKILLS

Process IntegrationEngineeringMaterials ScienceFailure AnalysisSemiconductor IndustryCross-Functional Team LeadershipMicroelectronicsCharacterizationCmosIntegrated Circuits (Ic)TeamworkRNanotechnologyIntegrationProcess SimulationResearch and Development (R&D)Technical LeadershipSimulationsMaterialsIcSemiconductorsSemiconductor DeviceH-SpiceDesign of ExperimentsManufacturingR&DTestingPhysicsThin FilmsSilicon

ABOUT SHOM PONOTH

I am a technology and engineering executive with deep experience across AI platforms, agentic systems, and semiconductor innovation. I currently serve as EVP & Head of Semiconductor Solutions at Emergence, where I lead a new practice focused on transforming critical semiconductor workflows into intelligent, agentic data-to-insight systems.Previously, I served as Chief Product Officer, guiding the product strategy and evolution of CRAFT, Emergence’s natural-language-to-agent platform. Before that, as SVP of Engineering, I helped setup and manage the new organization as it spun out of Merlyn Mind.Earlier in my career, I built and led Merlyn Mind’s hardware organization and established its West Coast office. Prior to transitioning into AI, I spent a decade at IBM and five years at Broadcom as a semiconductor technologist, contributing to advanced R&D, device and interconnect development, and high-volume product launches.I have published 30+ papers, hold 140 U.S. patents, and am an ex-IBM Master Inventor. My passion is building teams and technologies that push industries forward.

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