Management Board
Dr. Reinhard Ploss
- Member of the Management Board, Executive Vice President
- Head of Operations
born December 8, 1955
in Bamberg, Germany
married, 1 child
Reinhard Ploss joined Siemens/Infineon in 1986 as a process engineer for ion implantation in wafer manufacture at Munich, focusing on process development, yield and quality improvement. After about 1 year he assumed responsibility for ion implantation process technology and later also for epitaxy.
In 1992 he moved to Villach, where he was initially responsible for the transfer of the epitaxy process and later for the coordination of the product transfer. In 1996 he went back to Munich and took charge of the Power Semiconductor Business Unit with a focus on development and manufacturing. Additionally, he was appointed as President of eupec GmbH Co. KG in 1999.
Since 2000 he headed the Automotive & Industrial Business Group, which then encompassed power semiconductors, electric drives, automotive applications and the Microcontroller Business Unit. In 2005 Reinhard Ploss assumed responsibility for manufacture, development and operational management in the Automotive, Industrial and Multimarket Business Group.
June 2007, Dr. Reinhard Ploss became a member of the management board and is now responsible for Operations comprising central manufacturing Frontend and Backend, Test, Quality Management as well as Logistics.