President and COO
Polar Semiconductor
Bloomington, MN, United States
Surya Iyer is President & COO at Polar Semiconductor and previously held senior management and engineering positions at Cypress Semiconductor Corp. and Applied Materials, Inc. Surya is a recipient of the Twin Cities Business TCB100 award in 2025 and was recognized by the India Association of Minnesota with an Honorary Award for Science and Technology in 2025. Surya serves as the Chair of the Minnesota Governor’s Workforce Development Board, a member of the Governing Council for SEMI/FOA (a semiconductor industry association), a member of U.S. Department of Commerce’s NSTC Workforce Advisory Board (WFAB), a member of Innovation MN Advisory Board at the University of Minnesota, a member of the Smart Manufacturing group at SEMI Americas and is an adjunct Professor of Engineering at the University of St. Thomas. Surya attended Wharton, was a fellow at Stanford University, received his post-graduate degrees from Washington University in St. Louis, and an undergraduate engineering degree from IIT-Kanpur. He has 20 patents related to semiconductor processing and equipment design and over 25 peer-reviewed publications. Surya has served his community as Chair of City of Edina Energy and Environment Commission, member of the City of Edina Transportation Commission, and as Member of Board, President and Principal at School of India for Languages and Culture (SILC) in St. Paul.
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