Company
February 23, 2026
Ayar Labs today announced the appointment of Sankara Venkateswaran as Vice President of Silicon Engineering. Sankara brings more than 26 years of silicon engineering and product development expertise working across mobile, compute, networking and infrastructure markets, including roles at Intel, Qualcomm, and Atheros. At Intel he served as VP of Foundational Networking Silicon Engineering, where he led the development of Ethernet controllers and networking SOCs for hyperscale and enterprise customers. Throughout his career, Sankara has specialized in building disciplined execution systems and predictable development cycles for complex, multi-year silicon programs.