Rafael Gonzalez
About Rafael Gonzalez
Rafael Gonzalez is a Senior Manager at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He has extensive experience in leadership roles at Intel Corporation and has held various positions in professional organizations.
Professional Role at Sandia National Laboratories
Rafael Gonzalez is currently serving as a Senior Manager at Sandia National Laboratories, a position he has held since 2019. Prior to this role, he was an R&D Manager at the same organization starting in 2015. Both roles are based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States.
Previous Roles at Intel Corporation
Before joining Sandia National Laboratories, Rafael Gonzalez had a long tenure at Intel Corporation. Starting in 2001, he served in multiple roles for over a decade, including Lithography Group Leader and Integrated Segment Defect Reduction Leader, both based in Santa Clara, California, United States. He was notably the Intel Latino Network President from 2012 to 2015 and participated in the Blueprint Program from 2012 to 2013.
Leadership Positions in Professional Organizations
Rafael Gonzalez has been actively involved in various professional organizations. He served as President of the NM Professional Chapter of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) in 2014. He also held the role of Vice President of Marketing at the National Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA) from 2013 to 2016.
Educational Background
Rafael Gonzalez holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Louisiana State University, which he completed in 1997. He also earned a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science degree from the University of Texas at El Paso, completed in 2001 and 2003 respectively. Additionally, he spent a year at Johns Hopkins University from 2015 to 2016.