President and Chief Executive Officer

Experience

Rafael Sotomayor is president and chief executive officer at NXP Semiconductors. As a member of NXP’s executive management team since 2020, Rafael has been instrumental in defining and implementing NXP’s strategy to be the leader in intelligent edge systems in automotive and Industrial & IoT. Prior to being appointed president, Rafael was executive vice president and general manager of Secure Connected Edge. Rafael has 30 years of semiconductor industry experience. He joined NXP in 2014, holding a number of business line general manager roles across the company’s Mobile, Industrial and IoT segments.

Prior to joining NXP in 2014, Rafael was vice president of marketing at Broadcom in the wireless connectivity business, and prior to that, he was at Motorola and Intel.

Education

Rafael holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, an MSEE from Georgia Tech and a BSEE from Purdue University.

Citizenship

United States

Languages Spoken

English, Spanish

Tenure

2014 - Present