David W. Reed is an independent director of Advanced Energy Industries, serving since 2022, and is a member of the Audit and Finance Committee. He brings significant senior management, operations, and international leadership experience in the semiconductor capital equipment and manufacturing industry, particularly in global operations and supply chain management.
Mr. Reed served as Chief Executive Officer of Vedanta Resources Ltd.'s semiconductor group from February 2023 until his retirement in March 2024. Prior to that, he retired from NXP Semiconductors N.V., where he principally served as Executive Vice President - Operations, responsible for NXP's internal and external manufacturing operations, supply chain, information technology, total quality, and procurement. He joined NXP in 2015, having served as General Manager at Freescale Semiconductor, Ltd. until its merger with NXP.
Mr. Reed joined Freescale Semiconductor in 2012 as Senior Vice President, Manufacturing Operations. Previously, he was Vice President and General Manager at GLOBALFOUNDRIES, and began his career at Texas Instruments in 1984, where he held multiple overseas and leadership assignments over 26 years. He has 37 years of extensive international experience with global execution of wafer fab, assembly/test, packaging, R&D, foundries, and joint ventures. He has served on several private boards, including SSMC Foundry, a joint venture between NXP and TSMC, as its chairman. Mr. Reed received an undergraduate degree from Austin College, an undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering from Texas A&M University, and an MBA from the University of Dallas.