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John Walsh is the current COO at Graphcore. John has held various positions at different companies including Applied Materials, GLOBALFOUNDRIES, picoChip Designs Ltd, Qimonda, Altis Semiconductor, Siemens, and Infineon Technologies / ProMOS. John has a wealth of experience in semiconductor technology consulting, yield improvement, defect reduction, FDC data analysis, service products, big data concepts, semiconductor benchmarking, product engineering, assembly & test solutions, board product engineering, partner management, foundry management, contract negotiation, program management - product development, Asian cooperations, and yield and diagnostics management.

John Walsh has a PhD in Surface Science from The University of Manchester, an MSc in Surface Science and Catalysis from the University of Liverpool, and a BSc in Chemistry from University College Cork.

John Walsh reports to Nigel Toon, CEO & Co-Founder. They work with Jason Lu - CRO, President of China, Sophie Froment - Chief People Officer, and Alan Alexander - Chief Processor Architect. A direct report to John Walsh is and Jon Khazam - EVP, Strategy and Business Development.