Experience

Kulicke & Soffa

• Singapore
• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head Of Operations

  • Jun 2020 - Present

  Global Operations Management (NPI, Mfg Engineering, Manufacturing, Supplier Quality and MP Factory) with Direct Reports from US, China and SingaporeGlobal Suppliers Development and Quality Management for New Advanced Placement EquipmentLead New Production Introduction Function for New Advanced Placement Technology - Driving DfX (Manufacturability, Cost, Quality)Lead Manufacturing Operations Function to Establish Agile and Scalable Mfg Technical WorkforceSetup New Factory Expansion with Mfg Capability to Scale Up to Annual Equipment Revenue of >USD$300M End to End Operations Accountability Including Strategic Directives and Budgets Show less

• Senior Manager, Operations Engineering

  • Sep 2016 - Present

  Full Spectrum of End to End Management of Semiconductor Equipment from Design Conceptualization to Mass Production to Product Sustaining and ImprovementsDevelop Concurrent Engineering Model for High Mix Low Volume & Engineered-to-Order Advanced Packaging EquipmentDrive Design for Excellence (DFX) to Optimize Product Cost through Processes Re-Engineering, Industrial Best Practices Adoption and Design Standardization Full Accountablity in COGS Management & OPEX Oversight of Equipment OperationsDevelop Strategic Roadmap to Drive Industrial 4.0 Transformation in Equipment OperationsEnabling Worldwide Matrix Organization of New Product Introduction, Supplier Quality Engineering, Failure Analysis Engineering, New Supplier Sourcing Team to Achieve Agile Operations Across Multiple Geographical Sites Show less

• Manager, Equipment Manufacturing

  • Mar 2014 - May 2019

  Factory Management of Manufacturing Lines in Singapore and United States FacilitiesEstablish ISO 6 Cleanroom Manufacturing Facilties in Singapore Dual Role in Production and Operation Engineering Management from 2016 to 2019Full Direct Cost Oversight on Manufacturing Plant

• Staff Engineer, Application (Wire Bonder & Die Bonder)

  • Jan 2013 - Mar 2014

  Leading Cross Functional Team of Wire Bonding and Die Bonding Process Engineers in Process Development of Customers' NPI Semiconductor DevicesLead Project Manager for Customer Buyoff of Wire Bonders and Die BondersProvision of Technical Support on Post Buyoff Equipment for Offsite and Onsite ResolutionHeading Organisational Wide Initiatives for Equipment Operations

• Senior Engineer, Application (Wire Bonder)

  • Jan 2012 - Jan 2013

  Lead a Team of Application Process Engineers in Developing of Wire Bonding Process to Customer Devices (LED, SCIP, BGA, Singulated Devices Etc)Responsible for Customer Buyoff to Ensure Timely Shipment of Wire Bonding Equipment

• Project Engineer, Customer Fulfillment Team

  • Sep 2009 - Jan 2012

  Project Management of Precision Parts and Coordination of Customer Specific Request for Wire Bonding Machines