Andreas leads McKinsey’s capital-investment work for advanced industries in North America as well as our Center for Future Mobility on the West Coast. In his advisory work, Andreas serves a broad range of companies in the automotive sector, including car and truck manufacturers and their suppliers, as well as companies in the utilities and renewables space. He helps executives make strategic choices around product development while reducing material costs and optimizing the purchasing function. Andreas helps companies stay ahead of emerging trends, such as autonomous driving, connectivity, electric vehicles, and shared mobility.

Andreas holds a PhD in Operations Management and studied in Germany, France, the USA and Canada.

Armen Mkrtchyan is an Associate Partner in McKinsey’s Los Angeles Office and is a co-leader of McKinsey’s Center for Future Mobility on the West Coast.

At the Firm, Armen’s clients primarily include Automotive passenger and truck manufacturers and their suppliers. He also serves electronics and semiconductor players across the value chain both on operational and strategic topics.

Previously, Armen was the Founding Director of the Entrepreneurship and Product Innovation Center (EPIC) at the American University of Armenia and served as an Assistant Professor in the College of Engineering.

Armen has a PhD in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT and has worked on the development of various autonomous air and ground vehicles. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of North Dakota and has multiple publications in the area of control systems, test and simulation, product development optimization.

Andreas leads McKinsey’s capital-investment work for advanced industries in North America as well as our Center for Future Mobility on the West Coast. In his advisory work, Andreas serves a broad range of companies in the automotive sector, including car and truck manufacturers and their suppliers, as well as companies in the utilities and renewables space. He helps executives make strategic choices around product development while reducing material costs and optimizing the purchasing function. Andreas helps companies stay ahead of emerging trends, such as autonomous driving, connectivity, electric vehicles, and shared mobility.

Andreas holds a PhD in Operations Management and studied in Germany, France, the USA and Canada.

Armen Mkrtchyan is an Associate Partner in McKinsey’s Los Angeles Office and is a co-leader of McKinsey’s Center for Future Mobility on the West Coast.

At the Firm, Armen’s clients primarily include Automotive passenger and truck manufacturers and their suppliers. He also serves electronics and semiconductor players across the value chain both on operational and strategic topics.

Previously, Armen was the Founding Director of the Entrepreneurship and Product Innovation Center (EPIC) at the American University of Armenia and served as an Assistant Professor in the College of Engineering.

Armen has a PhD in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT and has worked on the development of various autonomous air and ground vehicles. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of North Dakota and has multiple publications in the area of control systems, test and simulation, product development optimization.

Dimitrios Damianos, PhD joined Yole Développement (Yole) as a Technology and Market Analyst and is working within the Photonics, Sensing & Display division.

Dimitrios is daily working with his team to deliver valuable technology & market reports regarding the imaging industry including photonics & sensors.

After his research on theoretical and experimental quantum optics and laser light generation, Dimitrios pursued a Ph.D. in optical and electrical characterization of dielectric materials on silicon with applications in photovoltaics and image sensors, as well as SOI for microelectronics at Grenoble’s university (France).

Chenmeijing Liang works as a Technology & Market Analyst within the Photonics, Sensing & Display Division at Yole Développement (Yole).

As part of the Imaging team, Chenmeijing contributes analyses of CIS markets, related technologies and market strategies of the leading semiconductor companies, as well as the quarterly reports.

Prior to Yole, she was engaged in the development of R&D projects: Chenmeijing was a member of Group PSA R&D department where she worked on Vehicle 3D Imaging projects. In addition, she assisted with various technical and commercial projects.

Syed is global lead for Accenture’s Semiconductor practice. He is responsible for Accenture’s semiconductor business across the semiconductor ecosystem including IDMs, fabless, equipment manufacturers, foundries and IP companies, Syed brings 20+ years of high tech and semiconductor experience in advising major semiconductor companies on growth strategy, M&A opportunities, go-to-market strategy, joint ventures, partnerships and service revenue models. Prior to Accenture, Syed worked at Motorola Semiconductor Products Sector and Freescale Semiconductor.

Enrico Rudnick started his recruitment career in 2001. Now the Managing Director of Central Europe for MRL Consulting Group, Enrico has 13 years of experience of recruiting all functional disciplines at all levels within our specialist market segments of “Semiconductors & Components” and “Capital Equipment”. As well as managing the entire team in Central Europe, driving the business development strategy alongside our CEO, Enrico is very much still involved in placing world-class talent at the highest level across the semiconductor and capital equipment market.

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Abstract

In a gloomy economic environment, the MEMS industry is holding up. Following the semiconductor industry, MEMS had its best year so far, but with a slower YoY growth than expected. Consumer and automotive are responsible for almost 80% of the $11.5B market in 2018, driven mainly by inertial, pressure, microphone, infrared, RF and optical MEMS. Big players are competing in their corresponding established markets, eating up each other’s share of the pie. Competition therefore is getting fierce with each player struggling for differentiation in order to dominate the market. Piezoelectric tech, sensor fusion, AI & edge computing take the MEMS industry by hand up to the next corner of the market labyrinth. Will they lead it out to new horizons and further growth? Join the webcast regarding the status of the MEMS industry to find out!

Biography

Dimitrios Damianos, PhD joined Yole Développement (Yole) as a Technology and Market Analyst and is working within the Photonics, Sensing & Display division. Dimitrios is daily working with his team to deliver valuable technology & market reports regarding the imaging industry including photonics & sensors. After his research on theoretical and experimental quantum optics and laser light generation, Dimitrios pursued a Ph.D. in optical and electrical characterization of dielectric materials on silicon with applications in photovoltaics and image sensors, as well as SOI for microelectronics at Grenoble’s university (France). In addition, Dimitrios holds a MSc degree in Photonics from the University of Patras (Greece). He has also authored and co-authored several scientific papers in international peer-reviewed journals.