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Sachin Dangayach

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Managing Director at Applied Materials
📍 Santa Clara, California, United States

Sachin Dangayach is the Managing Director of AI at Applied Materials, where he leads a team developing AI-driven systems for semiconductor manufacturing. With over 20 years of experience and more than ten patents filed, he bridges business, engineering, and research needs. He completed the CTO Program at UC Berkeleys Haas School of Business.

He holds several patents, including one for a method of inducing "Dynamic activation sparsity in neural networks" to improve AI performance and power efficiency.

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Experience
20 Years
Current Role
Managing Director
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Santa Clara, California, United States
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AI in Manufacturing
He leads an AI team focused on shaping the future of semiconductor manufacturing by optimizing complex fabrication processes and augmenting engineering workflows.
Materials Discovery
His work and his team's focus centers on developing intelligent systems that accelerate materials discovery for the semiconductor industry.
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Career

Work history

1-2026
Managing Director
Applied Materials
1-2024 - 1-2026
Senior Director
Applied Materials
7-2022 - 1-2024
Director
Applied Materials
1-2020 - 6-2022
Deputy Director
Applied Materials
1-2015 - 12-2019
Senior Solutions Architect
Applied Materials
In the press

Media appearances

Transforming Industries with AI: Enterprise Success Stories – Panel at CDO Vision San Francisco 2026 (featuring Sachin Dangayach, Managing Director – Data Science, Applied Materials). Featured in AIM Media House – Vision
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Education
6-2024 - 6-2025
CTO Program
University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
2001 - 2005
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.)
University of Rajasthan
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