Chris Yao

Head of camera system at poLight
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Taipei City, Taipei City, Taiwan, TW

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Erik Liao

During my years in Samsung, I saw Chris worked closely with Samsung LSI team and effectively coordinated with Samsung engineers. His solid communication and problem solving skills are highly appreciated. He also has excellent network in Taiwan and China imaging industry. I strongly and sincerely recommend Chris to any organization needing to grow in anything related to camera products.

Tristan Joo

I worked very closely with Chris while at Ofilm on my various N. America customer and partner camera module projects. Not only is Chris technically very knowledgeable and experienced with all things imaging as a senior engineer (be it image sensor, optics or camera module HW or SW) but he is also highly diligent, dedicated, responsible and dependable as well as excellent in communicating effectively between customers/partners in N. America and Ofilm's factory/engineering teams in China/Taiwan leveraging his fluency in English and Mandarin Chinese. His contributions were absolutely critical to our success and growth in Compact Camera Module (CCM) business. I'd be very glad to work with him again anytime and strongly recommend him to any companies in imaging / optical fields!

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Experience

    • Norway
    • Semiconductor Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Head of camera system
      • Nov 2021 - Present
    • China
    • Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Deputy Director of R&D Team
      • Aug 2018 - May 2022

      1. Managed and led a project team to drive the engineering development and implementation process for compact camera modules (CCM) and systems. 2. Conducted camera solution planning and technical research for non-mobile market. 3. Led and planned camera systems validation and testing at manufacturing sites. 4. Drove innovation and integration of new imaging and optics technologies. 5. Worked closely and efficiently with cross-functional teams on IoT camera modules/products. Achievements a. Successfully developed a dewatering solution for automotive camera and CCTV market. b. Successfully developed a mmWave + camera fusion product for CCTV market. c. Established long term three years technical and product roadmap of non-mobile camera market. d. Developed system-level webcam products superior to competitors’ and successfully won designs at tier one video equipment customers. e. Provided senior technical support for industry-leading AR OEM customers in the US and achieved 3 key design wins. f. Applied for 28 inventions and utility model patents. Show less

    • Hong Kong
    • Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Technical PM
      • Jun 2014 - Jul 2018

      1. Responsible for market promotion and technical support for CCM product line in Taiwan and Japan. 2. Proactively managed key customer project risks/issues and prevent impacts on the projects. 3. Prepared relative test reports, documents in project initial status. 4. Coordinated the interactions between the factory team and customers effectively. 5. Maintained good relationships with key customer accounts. 6. Supported sales teams closely to explore new customers and markets. Achievements a. Successfully explored customers in Japan and Taiwan, and increased the market share year over year. b. Self-educated the technology and architecture details of the fingerprint recognition modules. c. Achieved the company’s first dual-camera project delivery with an order of more than 500K units. d. Achieved the company’s first mass production project to implement the MES. e. Delivered 2017 Taiwan CCM business revenue of HKD$1.1B at 38% annual growth. f. Delivered 2016 Taiwan CCM business revenue of HKD$800M at 167% annual growth. g. Delivered 2015 Taiwan CCM business revenue of HKD$300M. Show less

    • South Korea
    • Semiconductor Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • FAE Manager
      • Oct 2010 - May 2014

      1. Managed an FAE team and led all aspects of Samsung CMOS image sensor technical support. 2. Built strong direct relationships with customer product management and R&D teams. 3. Coordinated and provided on-site technical support to key customers. 4. Spearheaded important image quality tuning support efforts at key customers. 5. Conducted imaging technical market surveys and reported projects progress to senior management. Achievements a. Developed expertise in image sensor evaluation process of mobile customers and CCM makers. b. Achieved sensor design win rate of 68% of the serviceable addressable market (SAM). c. Cultivated and deepened experiences in Samsung, Qualcomm and MediaTek image tuning tools. d. Established a technical cooperation bridge between Taiwan SoC suppliers and Samsung image sensors. e. Effectively positioned CMOS image sensor packaging products targeted at mainland China market. Show less

    • Sr. Hardware Engineer
      • Jun 2004 - Oct 2010

      1.Led digital camera products hardware design and debug. 2. Planned for functional, image quality, and related test items for multiple generations of products. 3. Designed compact camera modules (CCMs) for the mobile phone market. 4. Coordinated failure analysis and improvement process with the FA and QA teams. 5. Championed the company’s manufacturing transformation process. Achievements a. Experienced in digital camera products development process from concept to mass production. b. Established the world’s first white balance calibration and lens shading correction production line. c. Established the compensation method to improve the production yield 5% at least. d. Secured expertise in testing and validation of CMOS image sensors, optical lenses, and VCM actuators. e. Obtained expert knowledge in tier one mobile customer’s camera design rules, test specifications, and qualification requirements, etc. Show less

Education

  • Lunghwa University of Science and Technology
    Bachelor degree, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
    2000 - 2002

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