Maxine Fassberg

Maxine Fassberg (; born c. 1953) is a South African-Israeli retired educator, engineer, and CEO. She immigrated from South Africa to Israel in 1975 and earned bachelor's and master's degrees in chemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. After teaching high school chemistry for a few years, she switched careers and began working for Intel as a lithography engineer in 1983. She spent the next 33 years in key positions in that company, including factory manager, plant manager, and general manager (CEO) of Intel Israel. She retired in December 2016. She was inducted into the Women in Technology International Hall of Fame in 2009 and was named one of the "10 most powerful women in tech" by CNN in 2010.

Early life and education Born in Johannesburg to Ashkenazi Jewish parents from Europe that migrated to South Africa, Fassberg initially immigrated to Israel with her family in the 1960s and lived in the country for about seven years before they returned to South Africa. She pursued higher education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, earning her B.Sc. in physics and applied chemistry in 1977, her diploma of education in 1978, and her M.Sc. in organic chemistry in 1979.

Career Teaching After earning her bachelor's degree, Fassberg began teaching high school chemistry at ORT Israel and Alliance Française high schools in Jerusalem. When her application for a school principal position was rejected, she decided to switch career tracks.

Intel

In 1982 Intel launched a recruitment drive to staff its new Fab8 plant – its first factory built outside the United States. After completing a one-year factory training program in Arizona, she returned to Israel to work as a Manufacturing Area Engineer from 1986 to 1987 and a Fab8 Group Leader from 1988 to 1990 and 1992 to 1993. the board of directors of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem,

Fassberg received an honorary doctorate from Ben-Gurion University in 2013.