Lubab Sheet-Davis is Vice President, Strategy & Innovation in the Office of the CTO (OCTO) at Lam Research, a global leader in semiconductor manufacturing. She brings together technology, people, and business in managing a portfolio of innovation programs and events. She serves as executive sponsor of Women@Fremont, an employee resource group focused on advancing early to mid-career women and leads inclusion & diversity across OCTO.
She joined Lam in 2007 in Strategic Development with a focus on technology and market analysis, mergers and acquisitions, and venture investments. She was a core team member of the $3B Novellus merger. Prior to joining Lam Research, Lubab was Sr. Director at SEMI, match-making start-up companies in emerging technologies and the equipment and materials industry. In 2000, she co-founded SemiSales.com, an e-commerce pioneer, serving as Vice President of Content. She started her career as an analyst at Rose Associates, developing forecasts in electronic materials.
She serves on the SEMI North America Advisory Board (NAAB), Silver Aqua advisory board, and is an Expert Advisor for the Gratitude Network. In 2019, she received the YWCA Silicon Valley Tribute to Women Award for outstanding achievements in the workplace and beyond.
Lubab holds a Bachelor of Science in Materials Engineering from San Jose State University and a Master of Business Administration from Santa Clara University.
She lives happily with her husband Jonathan in Mountain View and they enjoy traveling, trekking to remote places (she does)/golfing (he does), gardening and cooking. She is learning to become a bee-keeper.