QuantumScape Corporation announced the appointment of current President, Dr. Siva Sivaram, as CEO, effective February 15, 2024. Co-founder and CEO Jagdeep Singh will continue to serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors. Dr. Sivaram, a semiconductor and data storage industry veteran, joined QuantumScape as President in September 2023.

He joined from Western Digital Corp., where he also served as President, leading corporate strategy and technology. His deep technical acumen and decades of experience taking complex emerging technologies into high-volume production, building factories, establishing partnerships and scaling manufacturing worldwide made him a natural fit for the role. Dr. Siva Sivaram joined QuantumScape as President in September 2023.

Previously, he served as President of Technology and Strategy at Western Digital, a leader in data storage. Prior to Western Digital, Dr. Sivaram was Executive Vice President of Memory Technology at SanDisk. Before that, he founded and headed Twin Creek Technologies, an American manufacturer specializing in novel solar cells and equipment, and held several leadership positions for global technology manufacturers, including Intel and Matrix Semiconductor ?

the pioneer in 3D semiconductors. Dr. Sivaram holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in materials science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the National Institute of Technology.