Delivering Predictability for the Capital Projects Underpinning a $1 Trillion Market
ABSTRACT
Catherine Hunt Ryan, President, Bechtel Manufacturing & Technology Inc., presents the biggest obstacles to the fab capacity expansion needed for the semiconductor market to reach $1 trillion. She shares strategies to increase certainty of outcome in new capital projects that address construction workforce development, designing to maximize offsite manufacturing, and a programmatic view of the project supply chain. Delivering today’s semiconductor fabs is all about proactively managing the complexity that comes from the scale of these investments.
BIOGRAPHY
Catherine Hunt Ryan is the President of Bechtel’s Manufacturing & Technology business, with responsibility for the worldwide markets of design, construction, and project delivery for semiconductors, electric vehicles, synthetic materials, and data centers.
Catherine has two decades of EPC industry experience in energy, infrastructure, and water sectors. At Bechtel, she has held key project development, project management, and executive leadership roles.
Before leading the Manufacturing & Technology business, Catherine was the chief financial officer (CFO) of Bechtel Group, Inc., responsible for leading the finance organization, which includes Bechtel Enterprises and the corporate planning, treasury, tax, and shared service functions.
Catherine joined Bechtel in 2007, initially working in Bechtel Enterprises, the company’s project development, investment, and financing services group.
Catherine transitioned to Bechtel Energy in 2013 and was the project controls and commercial lead of the Sabine Pass Liquefaction project. She became the CFO of the Energy business in 2016 and became the CFO of Bechtel Group in 2018.
Before joining Bechtel, Catherine worked at the World Bank’s Infrastructure Economics and Finance unit with a focus on contract design and economic regulation for private investment in power and water utilities.
Catherine earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Stanford University, and a master’s degree in public policy from Harvard Kennedy School. She is on the board of the Bechtel Group as well as educational institutions including the Stanford Construction Institute and Beauvoir School.