Shih-Jye Cheng has served as one of our directors and chief executive officer since our inception. He was our deputy chairman from our inception to May 2004 and became our chairman in May 2004. He has also served as a director and president of ChipMOS Taiwan since 1997, the chairman of ChipMOS Taiwan
since June 2003, the chairman of ThaiLin since 2002 and a director of Syntax-Brillian Corporation since
December 2005. He was the chairman of ChipMOS Shanghai from 2002 to June 2005, the chairman of
Chantek from 2002 to November 2005, the chairman of ChipMOS Logic from January 2004 to November 2005, the chairman of Advanced Micro Chip Technology Co., Ltd. from 2003 to April 2004 and a director of Ultima Electronics Corp. from 2000 to June 2003. He was a division head of the back-end operation of Mosel from 1992 to 1997. Mr. Cheng has a master's degree in business administration from Saginaw Valley State University.
Dr. Chin-Shyh Ou
Deputy Chairman and Director
Dr. Chin-Shyh Ou joined the National Chengchi University as an associate professor in 1993 and then became professor in 1997. In 1998, he joined National Chung Cheng University as a professor and the chairman of the Department of Accounting. He led the project to establish the executive MBA program and Graduate Institute of Accounting and Information Technology of National Chung Cheng University in 1999. Since June 2007, he has served as a director of ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC. Mr. Ou holds several professional licenses and qualifications, including U.S. Certified Public Accountant and Certified Internal Auditor. Mr. Ou holds a master's degree in Public Policy and Management from Carnegie Mellon University, and a Ph.D. in Business Administration (Accounting) from the University of Minnesota.
Shou-Kang Chen
Director/Chief Financial Officer
Shou-Kang Chen was appointed on June 23, 2005. He has served as our chief financial officer, investor relations officer and head of the finance division of ChipMOS Taiwan since 2002. He was the head of our strategy development department from 2000 to 2001. He was the department head of the quality lab of ChipMOS Taiwan from 1998 to 2000. Mr. Chen holds a bachelor's degree in mining and petroleum engineering and a master of science degree and a Ph.D. degree from the graduate school of mining, metallurgy and material science of National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan.
Antonio R. Alvarez
Director
Antonio R. Alvarez has served as one of our directors since July 2005. Mr. Alvarez has been the
president and chief executive officer, and a director of Leadis Technology Inc. since November 2005. He
was senior vice-president and general manager of the memory products division of Cypress Semiconductor
Corporation from 1998 to July 2005, and senior vice-president of research and development from 1991 to
2001. He holds master's and bachelor's degrees in electrical engineering from Georgia Institute of
Technology, where he is a member of the advisory board of the Electrical Engineering Department. He is a
member of the Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers.
Rong Hsu
Director
Rong Hsu has served as one of our directors since July 2005. Mr. Hsu has been the vice president of Spatial Photonics Inc. since
May 2006. He was a founder of eLCOS Microdisplay Technology Group where he was the president from April 2001 to December
2005, senior director of operations at Aurora Systems Co. from 1999 to March 2001, director of manufacturing for micro-display systems and testing at S-Vision Co. from 1996 to 1999, manager of manufacturing at nCHIP Co. from 1991 to 1996, research
engineer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory from 1988 to 1991 and senior engineer at Intel Corporation from 1982 to 1988.
He has a doctorate degree in material engineering from the University of Maryland, a master's degree in material science from Brown University and a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from National Taiwan University. He is a founding member and senior advisor of the Chinese American Semiconductor Professional Association.
Dr. John Yee Woon Seto
Director
Dr. John Yee Woon Seto serves as an Independent Director. He was previously a member of ChipMOS's Board of Directors from August 2000 to May 2004. He served as the executive vice president of the business group of Mosel Vitelic Inc. from 1995 to 2005, and before that he was the vice president of the memory business group. He was the senior vice president of operation and strategic planning of Vitelic Corporation U.S.A. He was a director of Mosel Vitelic Inc. from 1999 to 2008. He served on the board of directors in a number of companies, such as ProMOS Technologies Inc. and Ultima Electronics Corp. He has served as the president and CEO of International Capture Tech Co LTD since 2006. He holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from University of California at Berkeley.
Chao-Jung Tsai
Director
Chao-Jung Tsai has served as one of our directors since November 2004. Mr. Tsai was a director of ChipMOS Taiwan from January 2001 to December 2005, as a representative of Siliconware Precision,
where he has been a director since June 2005 and served as a supervisor from June 2002 to June 2005. He
has also been a supervisor of Phoenix Precision Technology Co. Ltd. since June 2005. He was previously
president of Grand Cathay Securities Co., Ltd. and assistant vice president of China Trust Commercial Bank
Co., Ltd. Mr. Tsai received his bachelor's degree in statistics from National Cheng Kung University and
master's degree in management of technology from National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan. He holds
Taiwan CPA and CFA licenses.
Hsing-Ti Tuan
Director
Hsing-Ti Tuan has served as one of our directors since August 2000. Mr. Tuan currently is the
executive vice president and the deputy chairman of ProMOS Technologies Inc. Mr. Tuan has served as a
director of ProMOS since 1997. He has been the president of Mosel Vitelic Corp., USA since 1994. He was
the acting president of Mosel from November 2004 to December 2005 and previously served as the
executive vice president of their research and development division. He was also the vice president of Mosel Vitelic Inc. from 1992 to 1996. Mr. Tuan also serves as a director of Mosel and SyncMOS Technology
International. Mr. Tuan holds a master's degree in electrical engineering from Utah State University and a
bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan.
Yeong-Her Wang
Director
Yeong-Her Wang has served as one of our directors since July 2004. He has been a professor in the
Department of Electrical Engineering of National Cheng Kung University since 1992. He was also an associate dean of the College of Engineering between 1999 and 2003, chairman of the Department of Electrical Engineering between 1996 and 1999, associate director of the Department of Electrical Engineering between 1993 and 1996 and director of the Electrical Factory, College of Engineering of National Cheng Kung University between 1995 and 1996. Mr. Wang holds Ph.D., master's and bachelor's degrees from National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan.