Erica Rodriguez Pompen is the head of global communications at Micron Technology, one of the largest semiconductor companies in the world and the only U.S.-based manufacturer of memory. In her role, she leads all internal and external communications that touch on every aspect of the company across the 18 countries where Micron operates.

Pompen joined Micron in 2018 from Text100, where she was SVP of the agency’s North American public relations practice and global head of products and services. Prior to that she held a number of management roles in San Francisco, Hong Kong and Amsterdam, which spanned consulting, business development and operations. During her tenure, Pompen gained deep experience in leading cross-functional, cross-border teams, and building award-winning campaign strategies that drove brand awareness, thought leadership and engagement.

Pompen started her career as a research analyst at John Hancock Financial Services, before becoming a client services director at a diversity recruiting and consulting startup. She later joined Applied Communications, a public relations firm renowned for its quantitative research-based approach and ground-breaking expertise in competitive communications, where she mastered the art of playmaking.

Pompen has served on the executive boards of local schools and Hong Kong’s Community Business Leadership Team, an organization dedicated to harnessing the power of business to drive social change. She has also mentored and advised a number of minority-led start-ups in the U.S. and Asia. 

Pompen earned a bachelor of science in communication from Boston University and is an alumnae of INROADS, a program aimed at removing career barriers for people of color. Pompen has lived in five countries and is proud to call herself a third-culture kid and mother of two third-culture kids.