Ann-Marie Holmes facts for kids

Ann-Marie Holmes is an Irish Engineer who works at Intel Ireland. She is a factory manager and also a vice president at the company. She helps lead the American Chamber of Commerce in Ireland. Ann-Marie is a big supporter of getting more different kinds of people, especially women, into technology and engineering jobs.

Ann-Marie's Early Life and School

Ann-Marie grew up in Roscommon Town, which is in County Roscommon, Ireland. She loved learning about how things work.

In 1991, she finished her studies at Trinity College Dublin. She earned a special degree in Engineering and Maths. Ann-Marie is married to Paul and they have two children, Cian and Ruth.

Her Journey at Intel

After finishing college, Ann-Marie joined Intel in 1991. She started as a process engineer. This means she helped make sure the manufacturing process worked smoothly.

She has worked in all four of Intel's main factories in Ireland. These factories are where computer chips are made. She started in Fab10 and then moved to Fab14. There, she became a leader for a team that worked on a process called Diffusion.

In 2001, she became a transfer manager in Fab24. This factory is located in Leixlip, County Kildare.

Becoming a Factory Leader

Ann-Marie kept working hard and moving up at Intel. In 2012, she became a factory manager. Her job was to make sure the factory produced the best results. She also helped get the factory ready for new and advanced technologies.

Intel later invested a huge amount of money, about $5 billion, into its factories. Ann-Marie is now in charge of a very important process called 14 nanometer technology. This technology makes tiny, powerful computer chips.

She is responsible for all the manufacturing at the Fab 24 site. Intel bought this site in 1989. Since then, they have put over $15 billion into it. This makes it the largest private investment ever in Ireland. Ann-Marie also manages more than 4,500 people who work at the Leixlip site.

Major Achievements

In 2016, Ann-Marie was named a vice president of Intel's technology and manufacturing group. This was a very big deal! She was only the 8th Irish person to get such a high role at Intel. She was also just the 3rd Irish woman to achieve this.

In the same year, she became a Fellow of Engineering. This is the highest award you 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 her entire career, which is over 27 years!