2010/09/28

WIN Semiconductors Appoints Dr. Yu-Chi Wang Cheif Executive Officer

WIN Semiconductors is pleased to announce the promotion of Dr. Yu-Chi Wang to the position of Chief Executive Officer.

YC has been the General Manager of MMIC Business Unit of WIN Semiconductors since 2007.  While he led the MMIC Business Unit, he drove the revenue growth and new process development to meet the company’s business plan in the GaAs foundry service business segment.  Previously, he also held the positions of Director (2003) and Associate Vice President of Technology Development Division (2004) at WIN. He joined WIN Semiconductors as Section Manager of HBT Product Development Department in 1999.  Prior to that, he worked at the Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill, NJ, where he was a member of Technical Staff, involved in the compound semiconductor device design and process development for wireless and fiber-optic ICs.  He received his bachelor degree in physics from the National Central University, Chung-Li, Taiwan in 1989, and his Ph.D. degree in materials science and engineering from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ in 1998.  

In his new position, he is also acting for General Manager of, and is in charge of daily operation of MMIC Business Unit.  The appointment will become effective as of November 1, 2010.