Oct. 13: Walton Lecture features insights from Micron senior risk manager | WSU Insider

September 29, 2025 By Sue McMurray, Carson College of Business Collin Sower, senior risk manager of Micron Technology, will present “Quantifying Global Operational Risks at Micron” from 5–6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 13, in Todd 216 on the Pullman campus. The presentation is the 33rd annual Walton Lecture for the Carson College of Business, free to the public. Sower has more than 25 years’ experience in the facilities department and another five years in risk management at Micron Technology, a global semiconductor memory company headquartered in Boise, Idaho. Sower’s extensive knowledge of facilities systems that support semiconductor manufacturing is a natural bridge toward identifying risks to the manufacturing process within Micron. During the lecture, he will discuss a risk identification method he developed that has been accepted by insurers as a viable way of addressing risks with limited resources of people, time, and money. Collin Sower As the leader in innovative memory solutions, Micron is the only company manufacturing today’s major memory and storage technologies: DRAM, NAND, and NOR. By providing foundational capability for creations like AI and 5G across data center, the intelligent edge, and consumer devices, Micron provides innovation across health care, automotive, communications, and other industries. Micron, a Fortune 500 company with offices in more
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