LW Yong

LW has 40 yrs of work experience with more than 35 years in semiconductor industry and 4 years in the Fibre Optics industry. He is currently the Head of Wolfspeed R&D for Power modules in Asia. He has worked in different countries in numerous positions from President, CTO, GM, VP of QA, Engineering & Facilities from Wafer Fab to Test including companies like Amkor, Carsem, Motorola, ST Micro, Hitachi and Finisar. He has also played Strategic Roles representing multiple sites, working with global teams as well as in having in depth & hands-on Operations/Engineering, Quality management background. In addition, he has also collaborated and participated actively with suppliers, government agencies and local institutions in various projects including Grants & Pioneer incentives, technical competencies development Programs with local Universities and Polytechnics. LW is also a member in the Semi SEA Regional Advisory Board since 2016.