Ann-Marie Holmes facts for kids

Ann-Marie Holmes is an Irish Engineer. She works at Intel Ireland as a factory manager and a vice president. She is also on the board of directors for the American Chamber of Commerce in Ireland. Ann-Marie is known for encouraging more women in engineering and promoting diversity in technology companies.

Early Life and Education

Ann-Marie Holmes grew up in Roscommon Town, which is in County Roscommon, Ireland. She studied at Trinity College Dublin. In 1991, she earned a Bachelor's degree in Engineering and Maths. She is married to Paul and has two children, Cian and Ruth.

Ann-Marie's Career at Intel

After finishing college in 1991, Ann-Marie joined Intel as a process engineer. Intel is a very big technology company. She has worked in all four of Intel's main manufacturing facilities in Ireland. These are places where computer chips are made.

Starting Out at Intel

Ann-Marie started as a process engineer in a facility called Fab 10. Later, she became a Diffusion Group leader in Fab 14. In 2001, she moved to Fab 24 in Leixlip, Co.Kildare, as a transfer manager.

Becoming a Factory Manager

Ann-Marie kept working hard and moved up in the company. In 2012, she became a factory manager. In this role, she was in charge of making sure the factory produced computer chips very well. She also helped prepare the factory for new technologies.

Intel invested a lot of money, about $5 billion, into its facilities. After this, Ann-Marie became responsible for running the 14 nanometer (nm) process technology. This process makes very tiny and powerful computer chips.

Leading the Leixlip Site

Today, Ann-Marie is responsible for all the manufacturing at the Fab 24 site in Leixlip. Intel bought this site in 1989 and has invested over $15 billion there. This makes it the largest private investment ever in Ireland. She also manages more than 4,500 people who work at the Leixlip site.

Key Achievements

Ann-Marie Holmes has achieved many important things in her career.

Vice President at Intel

In 2016, she was named a vice president of Intel’s technology and manufacturing group. This is a very high position in the company. She was only the 8th Irish person and the 3rd Irish woman to reach such a senior role at Intel.

Fellow of Engineering

Also in 2016, Ann-Marie became a Fellow of Engineering. This is the highest award someone can get from Engineers Ireland. It shows that she is a top leader and a very skilled engineer. Ann-Marie has worked at Intel for over 27 years, spending her entire career there.