Kai Chee(Tony) Lai Email Address

Global Quality Senior Quality Engineering Manager

Micron Technology Inc. is into the Semiconductor Industry that mainly focuses on memory solutions and in the production of computer memory and computer data storage.

Tony has more than 17 years of working experience in Semiconductor Manufacturing industry. He is ASQ Certified Manager of Quality / Organizational Excellence (CMQ/OE) and Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB), experienced in handling multi-cultural team, across countries such as United States, Japan, Taiwan, China, India and other regions. Tony started his career as a Process Development & Transfer engineer, with long term overseas assignment at R&D site. Subsequently, Tony moved on to a global central role, as Fab Central Team Senior KEG engineer in Micron Semiconductor. In this role, Tony took up project and business process management, and constantly drives global activities under CMP & WET area(s), across the Factory network. Achievements include (and not limited to) global cost reduction, process area sharing on BKM, excursions prevention, issue resolutions, etc. Tony took the ASQ CSSBB certification and moved on to the Quality Organization from Year 2013, moving through the various functions within Global Quality organization, and establishing network gains on Statistical Process Control (SPC), Fault Detection (FD), Control Engineering and Defense Lines Strategies, Incoming Quality Check (IQC), subsequently building a team to cover Control Engineering, and branching out to include QMS (as Business Process Owner), FMEA/QCP, NPI Gate Owner for GQ, Reaction Plan standardization and much more. He is currently Global Quality Snr Manager of Quality Engineering, taking care of Control Engineering (SPC, FD, IOT), FMEA/QCP, Ctrl of Manufacturing, and QMS support for Micron Manufacturing sites. This is further aided by the latest qualification and learnings of ASQ CMQ/OE certification. Tony's experience and expertise, in managing a global team in cost, yield, quality and output activities, will put him in an excellent position to provide professional service in Semiconductor manufacturing. Specialties: Process Engineering, Quality Management, Technology and Process Transfers in Semiconductors, Project Management, Business Process Management, Lean Manufacturing, Statistical Analysis, Global Alignment & Benchmarking, Global BP, ISO9001, IATF16949, VDA6.3, AIAG-VDA FMEA