Joël Hartmann

Ex EVP Mfg & R&D, STMicroelectronics

Joël Hartmann is a senior European semiconductor manufacturing and R&D executive with over four decades of experience in the industry, most notably serving as Executive Vice President of Digital Front-End Manufacturing and Smart Power + Digital Technology R&D at STMicroelectronics. During his ten-year executive tenure at ST, Joël managed worldwide Digital and Smart Power R&D and held direct operational responsibility for the company’s major European manufacturing fabs in Crolles and Rousset, France.

Earlier in his career, Joël spent two decades at CEA-Leti, a leading European microelectronics research center.

He joined STMicroelectronics in 2000 to serve as General Manager of the Crolles2 Alliance—a landmark semiconductor R&D partnership with NXP and Freescale Semiconductor. He later co-led the Semiconductor Research and Development Center in Fishkill, NY, within the IBM ISDA Technology Alliance for advanced CMOS process development.

He holds 15 patents, has authored 10 publications in semiconductor technology, and was elected to the French Academy of Technologies in 2018. In 2019 he received the European Semi Award for his contribution to FDSOI technology. Joël holds a degree in Physics from the École Nationale Supérieure de Physique de Grenoble (ENSPG).