Erica Rodriguez Pompen is the vice president of external communications at Arm, the AI compute foundation for the world, providing high-performance, power-efficient computing platforms that are essential to the future of AI. As a senior advisor to Arm’s executive bench, Pompen leads a global team, overseeing strategy, content, and engagement across all of Arm’s external communications.

Before joining Arm in December 2024, Pompen was the global head of communications at Micron. There, she established new capabilities across corporate, policy, product and tech, internal, and issues-related communications, building a truly integrated function and world-class team during a time of significant transformation for the company and the semiconductor industry.

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 management roles in San Francisco, Hong Kong, and Amsterdam, which spanned consulting, business development, and operations at Text100. 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.

She started her career as a research analyst at John Hancock Financial Services before becoming a client services director at a start-up firm consulting with multinationals on employer branding to attract top diverse talent. 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 earned a Bachelor of Science degree in communication from Boston University.

Driven by curiosity, a passion for connecting with others, and delivering great work with impact, Pompen has also served as an executive board member to local schools, a mentor, and an advisor to start-ups in the U.S. and Asia. She has lived in five countries and is proud to call herself a third-culture kid and mother of two third-culture kids.