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Vice President of Operations

PDF Solutions, Inc. is the leading provider of yield improvement technologies and services for the IC manufacturing process life cycle

Experienced in startup phase through public IPO. Now Senior Director of Engineering with over 12 years of operations and project management experience. Have led over 100 deep sub-micron test chip design projects used for engineering consulting engagements in the US, Europe, Japan, Taiwain, Singapore and Korea IDM and foundry. Currently responsible for the Global Field Services division with more than 100 employees worldwide in offices in Asia, US, and Europe supporting our consultants,clients and software customers. Specialties: Enginering Project Planning and Execution Staffing, Hiring, Strategic Planning China Offshoring Virtual Design and Engineering Teams Software Engineering Management Semiconductor Device Physics Electrical test and test chip design for advanced semiconductor processes