Micron Appoints Manish Bhatia as EVP of Global Operations

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GlobeNewswire 16-Oct-2017 8:00 AM
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BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 16, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Micron Technology, Inc., (Nasdaq:MU) announced the appointment today of Manish Bhatia as executive vice president of Global Operations. He will report directly to Sanjay Mehrotra, president and CEO.
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EVP of Global Operations, Micron
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Bhatia will be responsible for driving Microns end-to-end operations,including the companys global manufacturing fab footprint, back-end assembly and test operations, supply chain planning and fulfillment, procurement, quality and IT teams. This new Global Operations organization aims to enhance Microns agility and responsiveness to meet customer requirements through a tighter coordination and alignment of these critical business functions.
Bhatia has over 22 years of engineering and operations experience, including the last 17 years in the semiconductor industry. He most recently served as the executive vice president of Silicon Operations at Western Digital Corporation. Prior to that, Bhatia held several executive roles at SanDisk Corporation andwas the companys EVP of Worldwide Operations when it was acquired by Western Digital. Prior to SanDisk, Bhatias career included positions at Matrix Semiconductor, McKinsey &Companyand Saint Gobain Corporation.
"Manish brings extensive executive experienceand a deep understanding of the critical operational needs for successfully driving a complex semiconductor business," said Sanjay Mehrotra, president and CEO of Micron. "Manishs leadership will help us elevate our operations to best-in-class performanceand enableMicron to capitalize on our leading-edge technologies and product solutions."
Bhatia earned bachelors and masters degrees in mechanical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a masters degree in business administration from MITs Sloan School of Management, which he attended asa Leaders for Manufacturing fellow.
Photography of Bhatia is available on Micron.com: https://www.micron.com/about/news-and-events/media-relations/media-kits/bhatia-media-kit
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