Kevin Speer

Technology Director of Silicon Carbide Business Unit

Microchip

Dr. Kevin Speer is the technology director of Microchip Technology’s silicon carbide (SiC) business unit. He leads the technology development for Microchip’s SiC power solutions including device design, applications, advanced packaging and materials.

Since 1999 Dr. Speer has published a range of SiC research spanning materials science to applications, including crystal growth, defect-related device degradation, SiC MOSFET and diode device design and processing, and advanced power packaging. Dr. Speer has held strategic technical marketing roles with SemiSouth Laboratories, Infineon, and Littelfuse. Prior to Microchip, Dr. Speer founded Speer Semiconductor, a business aimed at empowering stakeholders across the value chain through product development and road-mapping, customer outreach, strategy and investment diligence, and market analysis.

Dr. Speer holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) from the University of Arkansas, a Master of Science in engineering from Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from CWRU as a NASA Research Fellow.