MCA built a durable Silicon Valley niche by doing the unfashionable work: learning the machines, materials and markets well enough to make complicated technology worth talking about.

After nearly two decades translating semiconductor complexity into customer language, Nancy Kelly is giving GlobalFoundries one voice for a consequential new chapter.

The Synopsys CMO built her career at the seam between engineers and everyone else. Her method is simple to state and hard to practice: translate the technology, measure the result, and stay curious enough to rewrite the story.