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Atiq is a seasoned technologist with over 30 years of technical leadership experience in product R&D. Prior to joining Ampere, Atiq was VP and GM of product architecture at Intel, where he led the architectural definition and development of Intel’s computing products for the data center, PC, workstation, and ultramobile markets. Over the course of an extensive career at Intel, he contributed in a number of technical and leadership roles in architecture, design and software development; served as GM of Intel’s cable networking operation; and led the acquisition and integration of a large public company. Before joining Intel, Atiq was a member of the team that developed the 32000 family of microprocessors at National Semiconductor.

Atiq received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering from Yale University. He holds 6 US patents in computer architecture and was awarded an Intel Achievement Award for pioneering work on the Pentium Pro processor.

Atiq Bajwa Chief Technology Officer & Chief Architect

Atiq Bajwa

Chief Technology Officer & Chief Architect

Rohit brings over 25 years of experience from Intel where he developed microprocessors, graphics, media and supercomputing processors and platforms, and holds 8 microprocessor design patents. Notable projects that he worked on or led include Intels first 8 and 10 core XeonTM  microprocessors for data center and enterprise servers and IntelsTM  first multi-core phone and tablet SOCs based on the ATOMTM  core. He led silicon and platform development teams across the world, bringing products successfully to market. He was appointed a vice president in 2013. 

Rohit has a MSCE from the University of Texas at Austin and a BSCE from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.
                

Rohit Vidwans - Chief Engineering & Manufacturing Officer

Rohit Vidwans

Chief Engineering & Manufacturing Officer

Jeff Wittich is the chief product officer at Ampere. Jeff has extensive leadership experience in the semiconductor industry in roles ranging from product and process development to business strategy to marketing. Prior to joining Ampere, he worked at Intel for 15 years in a variety of positions throughout the company. Most recently, he was responsible for the Cloud Service Provider Platform business, driving global market reach, product customization, and ultimately defining the products and platforms being used across the cloud worldwide. While at Intel, Jeff also led a product development team responsible for 5 generations of Xeon processors. He received an Intel Achievement Award for his work in developing the Custom CPU program.

Jeff has an MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame.

Jeff Wittich

Chief Product Officer

DawnDee is a strategic finance executive with over 30 years of experience in finance operations, planning, reporting, and SEC compliance. She initially joined Ampere as the Chief Accounting Officer, building out the accounting team and leading the efforts for IPO readiness resulting in confidential filings with the SEC.

Prior to joining Ampere, DawnDee spent over 20 years at Intel, where she held various roles across Corporate and Operations Finance. As the Corporate Accounting Controller and Vice President , DawnDee led the global core accounting operations responsible for driving efficiency efforts for record to report, implementation of global policy and automation of core processes. At Intel, she also spent more than 10 years in SEC compliance, implementing and managing disclosure controls, leading direct interaction with the SEC for issue resolution, including ownership of SEC comment letter responses. 

Prior to Intel, DawnDee was at PricewaterhouseCoopers in their Portland, Oregon office, serving both public and private clients.

DawnDee is a Certified Public Accountant in Oregon and holds a B.S. in Business Administration with an Accounting Emphasis and a minor in Japanese Language from Oregon State University.

DawnDee Hankel

Chief Financial Officer

Kara Tatman is corporate secretary and assistant general counsel at Ampere. Prior to joining Ampere, Kara was a partner at Perkins Coie LLP, where she advised on securities offerings, corporate governance practices, disclosure matters, and mergers and acquisitions.  Before her legal career, Kara held financial analyst roles at Intel and Target Corporation.  

She holds a J.D. from the University of Arizona and a B.S. from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business.

Kara Tatman

General Counsel

Sandra is chief information officer of Ampere and leads IT and Facilities with responsibility to scale Ampere’s work environments, including the IT platforms and tools that ensure our employee productivity across our worldwide offices. Sandra began consulting with Ampere in early 2021. She has played a critical role in bringing technology solutions to businesses for over two decades as a technology executive, playing roles in digital marketing, product development and in general management. While at Eastman Kodak, she led the consumer digital imaging services business, and prior to that, she was the CIO of Intel, where she had responsibility for Intel’s e-business solutions worldwide.

Sandra has earned a masters of science in human development from the University of Delaware, has completed post-graduate work in communications and human development from the University of Pennsylvania, holds a masters of fine arts from Pacific University, and completed the executive graduate business program at Stanford University.

Sandra Morris - Chief Information Officer

Sandra Morris

Chief Information Officer

Kate joined Ampere in July 2021 to lead and grow the People & Culture Global Business Partnering function. She has twenty-five years experience as a human resource practitioner and leader in the technology industry. 

Prior to Ampere, Kate served as the senior director of global HR for the Data Platforms Group at Intel. During her twenty-year Intel career she led global programs and teams across various domains including organizational development, training, employee engagement, employee relations, manager/leader development, executive coaching, and employer marketing & communications. 

Kate graduated from the University of Oregon with an MBA and holds a BA from the University of the Pacific.

Kate Himes

Chief People Officer

Bob is the VP of sales at Ampere, responsible for all sales/revenue-generating activities at Ampere.  He brings 30 years of experience in the technology industry, holding several sales leadership roles at Intel.  Before retiring from Intel, Bob ran Intel’s Global Inside Sales organization,  a team of over 250 sales professionals.  Prior to the HQ role, Bob was based in Houston, TX, running Intel’s largest Data Center Group (DCG’s) customer - HPE - leading the server, storage, networking, go to market, and co-selling business for eight years.  Bob also worked in Intel Capital as a senior fund/deal manager (invested in four early start-up companies) and was an integration manager (acquired a company/integrated them into Intel).  Bob spent the majority of his 20-year career within Intel’s Sales Organization, holding roles such as field sales engineer, sales manager, end-user sales, and major account sales leader.

Bob has a Bachelor of Science IM/IE from Purdue University.

Bob Hoogenboom

Chief Revenue Officer

Shiv brings extensive experience in system software, instruction set architecture, SoC and platform architecture. Prior to joining Ampere, Shiv spent 24 years at Intel, where he served as the leader for Intel’s Windows OS Division, chief technology officer for the Software & Services Group and most recently as Intel’s chief Windows architect. He holds 52 patents in the area of system software and platform architecture.

Shiv received his PhD in Computer Science & Engineering from The Ohio State University, where he sits on the advisory board for the department of Computer Science.

Shiv Kaushik

Ampere Senior Fellow

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