Sonia Leon

Background

About Sonia Leon

30yrs+ of experience delivering Products/IPs (Mobile, Servers, Multimedia, DSP) to market with focus on Design Technology Co-optimization bridging the gap between system, architecture, design, TFM and silicon. A balance of technical-business acumen, strategy-execution. Expertise on full product development cycle from concept to revenue. • Technical Expertise: Combination of design breadth and depth in advanced silicon technologies across foundries (5nm), including architecture definition, product target setting, foundry selection, circuit design, memories, analog, chip integration, design methodology and tools and product qualification. • Leadership: Experience building and leading small and large virtual teams (5-100+), across geos, organizations and industry. Ability to develop high performing motivated teams with outstanding execution. Strong value system to do what is right for the business and the employees, leading with courage, integrity and passion. • Strategy: Strong integration skills to resolve highly complex horizontal and vertical inter-dependencies. A combination of intuition and detailed data to identify course of action and define global and point solutions. • Execution: Flawless proven record, with on-time delivery at the highest quality. Commitment to excellence (do it right the first time and on time). Constantly appointed by executives to resolve execution challenges. • Quality: Attention to details, robustness. Products go to market in spite of silicon immaturity challenges. Chips qualified with a one single metal only re-spin. IP blocks productized with no need of any silicon re-spins. • Teamwork: Cross-functional collaboration. Influence without authority. Do whatever it takes to enable the team. • People Development: Strong group organization skills, being able to build, motivate, mentor and develop highly competent, cohesive, and focused teams ready to tackle the toughest challenges and schedules.