A Pattern of Preemptive Disruption

Rene was appointed Chief Executive Officer and to the Arm Board in February 2022. Prior to being appointed CEO, Rene was President of Arm’s IP Product Groups (IPG) from January 2017. Under his leadership, Rene transformed IPG to focus on key solutions for vertical markets with a more diversified product portfolio and increased investment in the Arm software ecosystem. In addition to his role as CEO, Rene also sits on the boards of Arm China, AstraZeneca, and SoftBank Group.

Rene joined Arm in October 2013 as Vice President of Strategic Alliances and two years later was appointed to the Executive Committee and named Arm’s Chief Commercial Officer in charge of global sales and marketing.

Before joining Arm, Rene held several applications management, applications engineering and product engineering roles, including seven years at NVIDIA as vice president and general manager of its computing products business. Prior to NVIDIA, Rene held executive roles at Scintera Networks and Tensilica.

Rene is based in Silicon Valley, U.S., he also spends significant time in the major technology centers of the UK, Europe and APAC.

Rene earned his Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Clarkson University and is a graduate of the Stanford University Graduate School of Business Executive Education Program.

Mohamed Awad is Executive Vice President of Arm’s Cloud AI Business Unit, where he leads the company’s strategy and technology roadmap for cloud computing and AI infrastructure. Under his leadership, Arm is expanding its position as the compute foundation for the world’s most advanced AI data centers.

Mohamed and his team partner closely with leading hyperscalers, semiconductor companies, and developers to accelerate performance, efficiency, and scalability across a new generation of AI-driven systems.

Previously, he led Arm’s IoT business, working with the ecosystem to deliver intelligence and automation across a diverse set of applications. Before joining Arm, Mohamed spent a decade at Broadcom, where he established the Mixed Signal ASIC Products division and built its security and mobile payments business. Earlier in his career, he held leadership roles at Ember Corporation, Lucent Technologies, Nortel Networks, and Avici Systems.

Mohamed has been named inventor or co-inventor on multiple patents and holds a BS in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts.

Chris Bergey is Executive Vice President of Arm’s Edge AI Business Unit, driving the company’s strategy for delivering intelligent devices that run AI data processing, connectivity, and inference at the edge. His organization spans smartphones, AI PCs, XR and wearables, smart home systems, and other embedded and industrial devices. Computing and connectivity has shaped how we live today and now with AI, the industry has a once in a generation opportunity to redefine how we interact with technology every day. Chris and his team are at the forefront of uniting compute, connectivity, and AI innovation to enable on-device AI that transforms user experiences across mobile, gaming, consumer devices, retail, smart city, industrial automation, and more.

Previously Chris led Arm’s client business, shaping the future of consumer products such as smartphones, PCs and wearables. Before that, he ran Arm’s infrastructure business, helping to scale Arm’s presence in cloud and data center markets.

Chris has almost 30 years of broad experience in the semiconductor industry, from leading and working for industry leaders such as Broadcom, SanDisk/Western Digital and AMD, to successful startups in the high-speed communication and optical fields.

Chris holds a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Drexel University and an MBA degree from the Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland.

Jason’s career spans 30 years across all aspects of global finance and strategy, accounting, capital markets/treasury, IPO execution, and investor relations. He has extensive experience in scaling disruptive technologies within enterprise software/SaaS, e-commerce, local commerce, consumer hardware/IOT, and online residential real estate. He most recently served as senior vice-president and CFO at Splunk, a technology company specializing in application management, security, and compliance, as well as business and web analytics.

Before his executive leadership roles, Jason spent more than 11 years leading various global finance teams at Amazon, and served as CFO of Amazon International. Jason has served as a member of the board of directors of Coupang, Inc., an e-commerce company, since April 2022. He holds a B.A. from the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington, where he currently serves on its Global Advisory Board.

In her role as Chief People Officer, Charlotte oversees all aspects of Arm’s people, workplace, and sustainability strategies. Over the course of her career, Charlotte has shaped her experience across multiple sectors with rapid adaptation and change, and is passionate about building progressive, inclusive, purpose-led organizations. She thrives in seeking new ways of doing great things and inspiring others to think differently about the world of work while making it happen. 

Before joining Arm, Charlotte was Chief People Officer at OVO, one of the UK’s largest energy companies, focused on sustainability and renewable energy. In her role, she was responsible for people, property, and customer experience. Prior to OVO, Charlotte spent six years at Arm, latterly as VP of People, supporting teams in the Intellectual Property Group (IPG) globally. Before Arm, Charlotte held HR leadership roles at The Heinz Company and worked at Barclays. Charlotte holds an LL.B. with first class honors. 

Steve leads the team that works closely with Arm’s world-class partner ecosystem to develop and accelerate Arm technologies as we keep ahead of changing market needs.

His career spans more than 30 years in semiconductor architecture, SoC design, and engineering leadership. Before becoming Senior Vice President of Solutions Engineering, Steve served as Vice President of SoC Architecture at Arm, where he guided the design and integration of next-generation SoC platforms across Arm’s ecosystem.

Prior to joining Arm, Steve held senior engineering roles at Intel and NXP Semiconductors, where he led global teams delivering advanced automotive, edge, and high-performance SoCs. He spent over two decades at Qualcomm, where he helped define the architectural roadmap for Snapdragon SoCs and managed worldwide design teams responsible for key system IP and platform innovations across mobile and emerging compute markets.

Steve holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of California, San Diego.

Drew Henry is Executive Vice President of Arm’s Physical AI Business Unit, leading the company’s strategy for the technologies that power automotive, robotics, and autonomous systems. These markets sit at the intersection of AI and real-world physical movement, and under Drew’s leadership, Arm is delivering safe, power-efficient, high-performance computing solutions designed to address the unique challenges of physical AI. 

Drew also oversees Arm’s global ecosystem strategy, including AI and developer platforms that enable software innovation across the entire Arm compute landscape.

Since joining Arm, Drew has led major strategic growth initiatives across the company. As the founding general manager of the infrastructure business from 2017-2019, he guided the launch of Arm Neoverse, establishing Arm as a leading architecture for cloud and infrastructure computing.

Prior to Arm, Drew held senior leadership roles at NVIDIA, SanDisk and Silicon Graphics. He was also a founder and early-stage executive of two successful start-ups. Drew serves on the board of Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) and City Year Bay Area. He holds an MSEE from the University of Southern California and a BS in Engineering Physics from the University of the Pacific.