Dr Vibhu Sharma has joined as the Chief Technology Officer of L&T Semiconductor. Dr Vibhu Sharma played a pivotal role as an innovator, strategist and business leader, and has extensive cross-industry experience and expertise in med-tech, Industry 4.0, cybersecurity, circular economy business models, and energy-efficient systems at various international corporations.
He has a distinguished track record in the semiconductor industry, particularly in the variability-resilient and system cybersecurity technology innovation. Dr Sharma’s research has been recognised internationally for making outstanding contributions to the field of ultra-low energy, cyber-secure, and variability-resilient micro-architectures. He invented the world’s record-low energy consumption memory design at imec, Belgium.
His inventions and design techniques became part of various products, namely ultra-low power MCUs for hearables and security coprocessors for NFC-enabled payment transactions and automotive in-vehicle cybersecurity at NXP, Netherlands. Dr Sharma’s technology evangelism efforts have been recognised as contributions made to EU-ENISA Cybersecurity and Resilience of Smart Cars 2016 and provisions of end-to-end cybersecurity for the connected systems, EU Cyber Act. In addition, he held the position of International Investment Committee Member of FITR 2020 (World Bank Sponsored Innovation Infrastructure Fund).
Dr Sharma holds several first-inventor patents and has authored high-impact publications and a book on Ultra Low Energy SRAM Design, published by Springer NY, 2013. He holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from imec/KU Leuven, an MS in Electrical Engineering from the State University of New York, and an MBA (Downing College) from the University of Cambridge, UK.