Mr. KC ANG
Chairman, SEMI SEA Regional Advisory Board, Senior Vice President of Global Fab Operations GlobalFoundries, Singapore
KC Ang is Senior Vice President and General Manager for GlobalFoundries Global Fab Operations. KC is the Co-Chair of the Manufacturing Council for Future Economy Council (FEC) Sub-Committee. He is also currently the SEMI SEA Regional Advisory Chairman and the Board Advisor to Singapore Semiconductor Industry Association.
KC joined GlobalFoundries in July 2009 and served in a variety of senior leadership roles for the company including head of Fab 1, customer engineering and corporate quality organizations.
KC has more than 30 years of foundry industry experience with a proven track record in manufacturing operations, fab start-up, and technology transfer. Prior to joining GlobalFoundries, he held senior leadership positions at Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, including senior vice president of sales and marketing with responsibility for global sales, marketing, services, customer support, and regional business operations; and senior vice president of fab operations. In that role, KC had responsibility for the manufacturing strategy and operational excellence across all of Chartered's fabs, including the ramp of Chartered's 300mm facility, Fab 7 - now GlobalFoundries' Fab7, following the integration of Chartered's operations into GlobalFoundries in January 2010. KC has held other fab operations roles in Chartered as well as SilTerra.
KC holds a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from National Taiwan University and a Master's degree in Engineering from University of Texas.
Presentation Title :
Building Resiliency & Sustainability in Semiconductor Industry
Semiconductor industry is experiencing exponential growth due increase demand of pervasive semiconductor and accelerated adoption of digital technologies brought on by the pandemic. There are also headwinds for the industry to overcome with the ongoing trade war, Ukraine/Russia conflict, inflation and supply chain challenges. In his talk, KC will share with you how we can overcome these challenges together by leveraging on the collective strengths of the SEA region's semiconductor strengths and expertise.