JASON CHEW
Summary
A results-driven senior leader with 15 years in frontend and backend semiconductor industry experience, specializing in strategic planning, industrial engineering, and operational excellence. Proven track record in driving global expansion strategies, and executing high-impact initiatives that drive profitability and long-term growth.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Head of Industrial Engineering Singapore
Skyworks
03.2024 - Current
- Led strategic fab expansion studies, tool transfers, and capacity modelling improvements, enhancing production scalability and operational efficiency
- Optimised OEE in bottleneck workstations, recovering >5% uptime and achieving >$2.5M in capital savings
- Drove AI automation initiatives for defect classification, improving UPH and reducing manpower needs
- Standardised capital approval processes and facility layout optimisation, reducing cross-fab moves and enhancing material flow
Senior Manager, Global Planning Strategic Scenario
Micron Semiconductor
04.2020 - 02.2024
- Led global expansion evaluations, securing a US CHIPS Act grant with a $40B investment proposal
- Drove long-term strategic planning, aligning leadership on market-driven growth strategies
- Optimized capital budgeting, improving forecasts and cost efficiencies
- Contributed to fab divestitures by assessing valuations and business impact, ensuring profitable transactions and execution success
- New Expansion Sites / Government Grant Reviews: Led the financial evaluation of global expansion sites, collaborating with external consultants to assess long-term requirements, political stability, labor costs, utility availability, and government incentives
- Directed scenario and financial analyses for the US CHIPS Act application, stress-testing financial viability to determine optimal investment levels
- The proposed $40B investment in US semiconductor manufacturing was integral to the successful grant award
- Long-Term Strategic Planning & Supply Chain Collaboration: Spearheaded the development and execution of the company’s long-term strategic planning process, working cross-functionally to align leadership and drive consensus, ultimately delivering a comprehensive and profitable global strategy
- Partnered with market intelligence and global supply chain teams to conduct in-depth market analyses, identifying industry trends, product roadmaps, and capital investment opportunities to craft growth strategies that capture market share
- Led the deployment of business strategies across global divisions, providing guidance on technology introductions, NPI capacity, production ramp timing, capital expenditure projections, and cost-saving initiatives to ensure successful execution
- Contributed to the successful M&A transaction for the sale of fabs by assessing asset valuations and determining business impact, facilitating a profitable divestiture
- Capital Budgeting & Cost Optimisation: Collaborated with key stakeholders to forecast capital expenditures, enhancing visibility across the company’s financial planning processes
- Improved forecast accuracy through continuous modeling refinement
- Championed capital management and cost-reduction initiatives, identifying inefficiencies and optimizing investment decisions to realize substantial capital savings without compromising operational output
Manager, Global Planning Strategic Scenario
Micron Semiconductor
10.2018 - 04.2020
- Developed and executed optimal production plans across the global network, aligning short- and long-term strategies to market shifts
- Enhanced financial performance by maximizing capacity efficiency and driving cost reductions, consistently meeting and exceeding performance benchmarks
- Cost Reduction: Developed and implemented annual cost reduction strategies (10-15% YoY) for DRAM/NAND, focusing on maximizing scale, product synergy, and optimizing technology growth/cadence, while establishing capital limits to drive efficiency
- Capital Optimization: Proposed and successfully executed a capital reduction of over $1B, enhancing overall capital effectiveness while maintaining growth targets
- Identified inefficiencies and strategically assessed reduction opportunities to optimize capital allocation without compromising output
Senior Engineer, Global Planning Strategic Scenario
Micron Semiconductor
05.2015 - 10.2018
- Bridge between Supply Chain and Manufacturing Sites, providing insights on strategic optimisation plans through the analysis of demand signals and capability constraints to improve business processes, communication and response speed
Senior Engineer, Process Engineering and Equipment
Micron Semiconductor
06.2010 - 05.2015
- Led lithography process ownership, utilizing deep expertise in equipment and process management to ensure production adhered to specifications while driving continuous yield improvements
- Engineering Excellence: Authored an award-winning technical paper showcasing an innovative process approach that effectively addressed longstanding product yield losses, utilizing advanced data analysis to identify and implement improvement correlations
- Quality Assurance: Led critical quality initiatives, chairing cross-functional reviews to identify and eliminate misprocesses
- Implemented robust preventive safeguards based on root-cause analysis (5 Whys methodology), significantly improving process stability and product quality
Education
Master of Science - Business Analytics
National University of Singapore
01.2019
First Class Honours - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Nanyang Technological University
01.2010
Skills
- Strategic Planning
- Leadership
- Innovation
- Capital budgeting
- Adaptability
- Operational Excellence
- Supply Chain Optimization
- Data Analytics
- Program Management
- Stakeholder Management
Timeline
Head of Industrial Engineering Singapore
Skyworks
03.2024 - Current
Senior Manager, Global Planning Strategic Scenario
Micron Semiconductor
04.2020 - 02.2024
Manager, Global Planning Strategic Scenario
Micron Semiconductor
10.2018 - 04.2020
Senior Engineer, Global Planning Strategic Scenario
Micron Semiconductor
05.2015 - 10.2018
Senior Engineer, Process Engineering and Equipment
Micron Semiconductor
06.2010 - 05.2015
First Class Honours - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Nanyang Technological University
Master of Science - Business Analytics
National University of Singapore
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