Nancy Fares has served as a director of SkyWater Technology Foundry since January 2022 and as a strategic advisor and board member with Olarm, an application-based home security provider since July 2018. Ms. Fares previously served as vice president software product management at Qualcomm, Inc. from August 2016 to December 2018. Prior to joining Qualcomm, she held senior leadership positions at NXP Semiconductors N.V., Foravest, LLC, Micralyne Inc. and Texas Instruments Incorporated.
Ms. Fares holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Dallas, a Master of Science degreeĀ in telecommunications from Southern Methodist University and an Executive Master of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin.
The board selected Ms. Fares to serve as a director because of her strategic roles with leading semiconductor companies, her strategic advisory and board member experience and her history of building shareholder value.