Meet LBC's Founder, Laurent Bosson: 

Laurent Bosson is a retired senior manager with 47 years of worldwide management experience. He has 25 years experience in senior management including: Executive VP in charge of WW RD & Manufacturing operations, CEO of ST Microelectronics Americas ('92 to '96) and from 1996 - 2010 Chairman Of the Board for the same subsidiary.

Laurent has extensive wide range of operational experiences, including production, maintenance, product engineering and manufacturing engineering, sites and operations.

Laurent energized 18000 employees worldwide (EU, USA, ASIA) in 2 R&D centers and 7 manufacturing technical centers, a complex and demanding global organization sharing resources and knowledge across themselves and Countries.

Having completed multiple wafer fabrication facilities projects and built high performing teams responsible for sites start up in North America, Europe and Asia; Laurent is proven and recognized as an effective leader in high-tech industry, understanding the real meaning of diversity.

He lead a team of process engineers, manufacturing & facilities experts executing the successful transfer, with Automotive customers qualifications, of manufacturing operations from Europe/USA to Asia.

Laurent leads the silicon R&D International Alliance with NXP & FREESCALE for 300mm wafer size for nano technologies up to 45 nm. At the end of this Alliance, he participated to the negotiations, which turned to conclude, between ST& IBM, the agreement to cooperate in the development of silicon technology CMOS Logic 32&22 nm nodes, as well as developing Differentiated Technologies together

Laurent is an open mind leader who has the distinction of being among an elite group of executive that actually worked on the facilities floor. He started his career as production worker, then progressing through skilled trades via evening University and on to engineering and Executive Management.

Laurent's many assignments, starting as worker, progressing on to the executive level coupled with his passion for People and Technologies, gave him a unique perspective and background as agent of Individual/Cultural changes.

Consulting Projects in Europe/USA/Asia-Pacific:

-  Consultant, supporting wafer fab operations: consolidation/expansion/upgrade projects in Asia

-  Associated with two agencies: Decision (France) and Future Horizon (UK) on a study for 450mm semiconductor Manufacturing in Europe in 2012

-  Converted Semiconductor 12” wafer fab, to Solar Thin Film manufacturing (200MW) in Sicily, Italy. This was a joint venture Enel (Italy), Sharp (Japan) and STMicroelectronics.  Built operations and teams from the ground up, including operations/products qualification to met Shareholders requirements. The joint venture required integration of complex demanding fast track timeline and diversify cultures 2010 - 2012

- Key Advisor to CEO of an Equipment startup company in Grenoble France: Brokered a partnership with a Japanese company, worldwide leader in wet bench equipment. Supported CEO to conclude RD agreement with French National Semiconductor RD center, and secured participation in the MEDEA European 450mm wafer size semiconductor project.

-  Advisor to CEO of an Energy conservation company in Paris, France: Developed strategies to enlarge company business. Trained teams to get the company ready to provide facilities services and support to semiconductor manufacturing sites.

-  Key advisor to CEO of USA Enterprise Resource Planning software company for SC industry:  Developed plans to enlarge customer base with two European semiconductor IDM’s.

- Chairman of the Board – STMicroelectronics America 1996 – 2010

- Board member/co-founder of Tronics MEMS Inc.  2008 – current

-  Board member Numonyx 2007 – 2011 (joint venture Intel/ST purchased by Micron Technology in 2011)

Links:

Laurent Bosson From Topsoil to Silicon (eetimes)

Ecco la fabbrica del sole dei big (Solar Project in Italy)

Laurent Linkedin

Benefits and Measures to Set Up 450mm Semiconductor Prototyping and to Keep Semiconductor Manufacturing in Europe (This study was assigned in December 2010 by the European Commission, the final report was published Feb 16, 2012)