Gary Chi
Director of Technical Marketing at Voltraware Semiconductor Co., LTD.- Claim this Profile
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Voltraware Semiconductor Co., LTD.
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Taiwan
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Semiconductor Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director of Technical Marketing
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Aug 2019 - Present
The ASIC: Code named "Volta", a 68 pin 0.15um eQFN Analog Front End with over 200 built-in registers for programming and NVMs for calibration/trimming. The Purpose: Volta supports the Tx side delivery of wireless power to the needs of the load on the Rx side with use cases which could not have been possible in the past. The Alliance: Volta is the result of consolidating WiTricity's best-of-breed “know how” in magnetic coupled wireless power transfer & packing them into an ASIC Our Business: Volta is housed in Voltraware to support customer HW/FW design-in, commercialization and carry forward the next generation IC designs Our Advantage: Voltraware is a licensee of WiTricity - the exclusive global licensor of foundational MIT patents and of University of Auckland wireless power patents Please visit www.voltraware.com Show less
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jjplus
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Taiwan
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Wireless Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Chief Marketing Officer
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Dec 2017 - Aug 2019
Responsible for the company's emerging wireless power technology planning, business development and startup • Speaking to the industry on wireless power technology and applications in seminars and public venues. • Directed company's direction in market focus, technology planning and executed strategic business development. • Participated as a key strategist and advisor in the acquisition of key IPs of wireless power in the form of ASIC and firmware. • A key member in the establishment of subsidiary that holds the above-mentioned IPs and turning it into a semiconductor startup. Show less
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Emporia
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Taiwan
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Consultant
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2010 - 2017
A focused, aggressive and determined business leader with hands-on global IT market experience and entrepreneurial stamina to drive business expansion, motivate employees by eliminating doubts, and cultivate profitable B2B relationships built on respect, loyalty, and trust. A patient listener together with easygoing sense of humor to smoothly interact within a team environment, inspire and instill pride to bring out the best in everyone, and mobilize them to make the company a major player in the industry. VALUE PROPOSITION High-profile executive driving business expansion in the world • Proven track record who continuously succeeds in establishing worldwide sales channel from zero to multimillion-dollar business. • Vastly experienced marketer in delivering strong sales, marketing and business development programs in the international markets. • Exceptional communicator interfacing and build relationship directly with C-level executives. Entrepreneurial leader from product inception to business fruition • Extensive experience in product marketing, project management, manufacturing, sales, marketing and after-sales service. • Proficient problem-solver who created and implemented business plans for startup or new products for quick expansion into international markets. • Creative thinker who initiates, structures, and negotiates profitable B2B relationships in the sales channel. Bilingual and multi-culturally insightful with a solid technical background • Countless visits to North & South America, EU, China, North East & South East Asia Middle East, Australia & NZ with in depth local knowledge. • Proven capabilities in establishing close working-relationship with global supply chain partners with minimum language, cultural and technical barrier. • A world business traveler who gains the edge in navigating through diverse cultural environments at ease, qualifying business partners and winning initiatives against top competitors. Show less
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JPC Connectivity
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Taiwan
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Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Chief Brand Architect & Vice President
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2005 - 2009
Created MetStyle! - a digital life brand of Celesta Inc., a subsidiary of JPC (TAIEX:6197) with products of trendy mobile accessories and designer notebook bags & protective sleeves. Startup by leveraging one of JPC’s purchasing specialist and an internal graphic designer. The branding concept and identification design was completed in 3 months, product line was ready in 9 months JIT for launch in the Taipei Computex show, then the following year appeared in the Cebit Hannover Germany and the CES Las Vegas USA. In 2006, MetStyle! received Gold Award - Communication given by the internationally acclaimed iF Design Award from the competition pool of 1244 projects from 23 countries. MetStyle products made their way on the shelf space in US, Europe, China, Japan, South East Asia & Australia and received rave reviews in the magazines and websites from 9 different languages. • Architected the complete brand concept and business model and supported the branding and its business requirements. • Searched, reviewed and qualified all out-sourced supply chain partners including product design, packaging, OEM & ODM manufacturers in Japan, Taiwan and China and negotiated all business terms. • Recruited and established internal departments including Design, PM, Purchasing and Sales from the initial headcount of 2 and increased to 12. • Deployed the system for BOM, Approved Vendor List and the associated Vendor Quality Assurance requirements, Demand & Forecast. • Lead the Sales and PM team to appoint distributors in different countries of the world and to attend trade shows in Europe and US. • Provided oversight to the sales force and all distributor presentations; established, managed and maintained all c-level relationships. • Controlled all Brand identification related designs and monitored the brand integrity at trade shows, retail shops and advertisements. • Business started from zero and grew to US$12M annually in 1.5 years with a NPM of 55% . Show less
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Shuttle
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Taiwan
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Computer Hardware Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Vice President Of Worldwide Sales
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1996 - 2005
Responsible for the overall revenue of Shuttle Inc., (TAIEX:2405), one of the world's top 10 computer motherboard and add-on card manufacturers with sales channel consists of the following: • overseas branch offices (Shuttle Brand): US, Germany, France, Italy, China and Japan • distributors (Shuttle Brand): Canada, Korea, Russia, South East Asia countries, Middle East countries, Australia & NZ. • direct-accounts (ODM): Compaq (US), Packard Bell/NEC (France), Digitron (Brazil) During my 9-year tenure at Shuttle the annual turnover grew from US$40M to US$200M and the workforce from 200 to 1200: • Joined Shuttle the 1st year as VP- Product Marketing to establish and recruit the PM department, supported overseas branch offices with PM’s product roadmap and initiated the 1st NPI meeting. • Turned over my responsibilities in PM to the director that I hired and moved to VP - Worldwide Sales to oversee the branch offices in sales while developing, from the very beginning, the rest of the world distribution channels. • Participated in the 5-person IPO team consisting of the Chairman, CEO, CFO and the VP - R&D and presented “Shuttle’s global competencies, now & future” to Taiwan’s OTC , and later TWSE, for the review and approval of Shuttle’s public listing. • Added responsibilities after the company’s public listing included Speaker of the Company and VP - ODM. • Liaised with the c-level executives of NatSteel Electronics, initiated and executed the plan for Natsteel investment in Shuttle for a business partnership. This strategic alliance transitioned Shuttle to become the ODM motherboard supplier for the tier one PC companies in the world and later secured a major design win at Compaq. • Initiated and orchestrated a major win at MediaMarkt - Europe’s largest retailer of consumer electronics by providing Shuttle’s small form factor PC as an ODM solution for Packard Bell/NEC with Bull Electronics as the CEM partner. Show less
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OPTi Semiconductor
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San Francisco Bay Area
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Director of Sales - Asia Pacific
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1991 - 1996
Responsible for the Asia Pacific sale of audio controller product line of OPTi Inc. - a NASDAQ listed semiconductor company and one of the major producers of core logic chipsets and audio controllers. Worked in OPTi's Taiwan branch office reporting to the Global Sales VP in Silicon Valley. • Joined OPTi as a Junior Sales Engineer and started the sales of SCSI controller chips to Taiwan’s card manufactures. • Promoted to Sales Manager and assigned to be the only person to start the audio controller chipsets sales to sound card manufactures in Taiwan and HK/China. • Initiated a strategic alliance with Yamaha, Analog Device & Cirrus Logic for the joint promotion of bundled audio, synthesizer and Codec chipsets to selected manufactures with marketing fund support to increase OPTi’s market share versus Creative Labs and the ESS based sound cards. • Secured major accounts: Acer (Taiwan), NEC (Japan), Fujitsu (Japan) for the on-board audio design win and promoted to Director of Sales - APAC. • Toured in US and Europe in support of OPTi’s OEM sales by representing Asian manufacturers to provide audio-on-board motherboards and sound cards for design win at IBM, HP in US and Siemens, Fujitsu ICL in Europe. • Received “Salesman of the year” award in OPTi’s worldwide sales conference, at the time, responsible for generating approximately 1/3 of company’s revenue. Show less
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JPS Microsystems
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Toronto, Canada Area
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Firmware Engineer
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1990 - 1991
• Developed HP/Epson/IBM/Diablo printer emulation firmware using C and Motorola 68000 assembly language. • Developed HP/Epson/IBM/Diablo printer emulation firmware using C and Motorola 68000 assembly language.
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Motorola Information Systems
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Toronto, Canada Area
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Design Engineer
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1987 - 1990
• Developed Hardware & Firmware using Motorola 6809 microprocessor for an automated test station for the production line testing of data communication products. • Developed Hardware & Firmware using Motorola 6809 microprocessor for an automated test station for the production line testing of data communication products.
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Education
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University of Toronto
Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Electrical Engineering -
University of Toronto
Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Electrical Engineering