Rangesh Raghavan

Rangesh Raghavan is corporate vice president and general manager for Lam Research India. In this role, he is responsible for the long term vision and strategies for Lam in India, and accountable for the operational execution and long term performance of the organization. Prior to this role, he was VP of Strategic Development at Lam Research Corporation in Fremont, USA where he was responsible for mergers, acquisitions, alliances, and investments, in addition to driving the long term corporate strategy for Lam globally.

Prior to joining Lam Research, he was vice president of Marketing and Strategy at Veeco Instruments. Mr. Raghavan’s employment experience includes KLA-Tencor, where he served in various marketing and applications roles for over 10 years, and PDF Solutions, a design-for-manufacturability consulting firm. He began his career at Texas Instruments in the Advanced Process R&D group as a thin films engineer, where his responsibilities later included process integration and technology transfer for both logic and memory technologies. Mr. Raghavan holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the National Institute of Technology in India and an MBA from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.