Taylor Roundtree is an Associate Partner based in McKinsey’s Atlanta Office, and a leader in McKinsey’s Semiconductor Practice where he leads talent and workforce development in semiconductors. Taylor has deep experience across the semiconductor value chain, serving clients on topics from general strategy, operations and manufacturing improvement, talent and workforce sourcing, and commercial growth. Taylor also serves public sector clients specifically on semiconductor-related workforce / talent and economic development topics.

Taylor has led McKinsey’s work examining the effects of the US and European CHIPS Acts and resurgence of semiconductor manufacturing in the US and Europe. His work has primarily focused on the pending talent gaps, ways to expand supply of workforce talent to the industry that both public and private sector can deploy, as well as ways semiconductor players can increase retention and help to lower aggregate talent demand over the coming decade. He also has examined the pending supply chain changes as a result of the reshoring of semiconductor manufacturing to the United States. Taylor’s studies on the semiconductor talent gap in the United States and globally have been featured frequently in nation-wide and global publications including NBC, Bloomberg, the Financial Times, and the Observer.

Taylor earned a MPA from IU-Bloomington, a M.Eng in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M, and a BS in Chemical Engineering and BS in International Affairs from Georgia Tech. Prior to his work at McKinsey, Taylor held various development planning & capital project management roles at ExxonMobil in their Upstream Oil & Gas division.