Manager Engineer

Personal Detail

Name: Ma Hong

Nationality: Singaporean

Sex: Male

E-Mail: ********@*****.***

Address: Blk277B, Compassvale Link,

#**-***, *********, ******

Tel: (HP): (65) 94884927

(H): (65) 67285886

Career Profile

Total 23 years semiconductor industrial experience since Jul, 1990.

# 8 years in production department, 10 years in R&D department & 5 year on

equipment supplier.

# 13 years management experience.

# 19 years experience on Logic, 10 years on Memory.

# Etch experience 23 years, clean experience 9 years, CVD/ECP experience

1.5 years.

# Strong knowledge on the interface of process & equipment, process &

integration.

# Total 34 worldwide patents (29 issued + 5 filed); 13 US patents (11

issued + 2 filed).

# Experience up to 2xnm tech node. Has exposure on MEMS, 2.5D/3D packaging

& LED as well.

Skill Summary

Technical Marketing: Expert

Business Development: High

Strategic Development: Expert

Innovation: Expert

Organization Development: Expert

People Development: Expert

Customer Management: Expert

Project Management: Expert

Operation Excellence: High

Technical Skill:

. Etch: Expert

. Clean: Expert

. Deposition: Entry Level

. Integration Knowledge: High

. Process Development: Expert

. Problem Solving & Decision Make: Expert

. Equipment Knowledge: Expert

. Technical Visionary: Expert

Professional Experience

2009 - now Lam Research Singapore Pte Ltd

Southeast CTO: Process BU Head reporting to regional VP

Leading 3 function groups: Etch (conductor etch, dielectric etch), Clean

(spin clean, bevel clean) & Deposition (CVD, ECP)

Responsible for:

. Technical assessment & strategy formulation for new applications / new

tools penetration;

. New market exploration;

. Field technical support for SEA.

2002 - 2009 UMC Ltd (Singapore)

FOP (Fab Operation) Etch/Clean Department Head

Responsible for production management (~100 people, 5 section managers).

Responsible for new technology transfer from Taiwan fab (~100 people, 5

section managers).

Technical consultation for Fab issues, DOE activities & patent training.

1999 - 2002 TECH Semiconductor Singapore Pte. Ltd. (Current

name: Micron Singapore)

ADT (Advanced Technology Development) Senior Process Engineer

Responsible for new DRAM technology transfer from Micron US fab;

Responsible for new process / hardware development.

1996 - 1998 Chartered Semiconductor Mfg. Ltd. (Current name:

Globalfoundries Singapore)

Fab3 Etch Process Engineer

Fab3 startup & 0.35/0.25um eDRAM transfer fromToshiba.

1990 - 1995 Huajing Electronic Group Corporation (Wuxi City,

Jiangsu Province, China)

Central Research Institute Etch Section Manager (since 1991)

Responsible for etch process team (10 people).

Education

1986 - 1990 Nanjing University

(Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, China)

Bachelor of Science / Semiconductor Physics

. Semiconductor Physics

. Semiconductor Material

. Semiconductor Manufacturing

. The Basis of Electronic Circuit

. The Basis of IC

. IC Design and Optimization

Career Key Milestone:

. Jul 1990, joined first company, an institute under largest

semiconductor company in China in 1990s.

. Mar 1991, promoted to process manager.

. 1991 - 1995, led several major projects. 6 paper were published in 3

China professional journals.

. 1996, joined Chartered Semiconductor Pte Ltd Singapore Fab3.

. 1999, joined TECH Semiconductor Singapore Pte Ltd ADT.

. 2000, brought first Lam 200mm Exelan etcher in Southeast Asia.

. 2001, first qualified & benchmark company on one tech node due to my

innovative process/hardware optimization work.

. 2002, joined UMC Pte Ltd Singapore.

. 2002, completed 12 DRAM process development projects within half year.

. 2002, brought 1st PSK strip within Asia Pacific Area. Help PSK on

process/hardware development. PSK grew to No 1 market share starting

from that breakthrough in UMC.

. 2003, contributed to first wafer yield out with my persistent on split

on my recipe developed.

. 2003, promoted to 1st 300mm RD etch process manager. Completed all the

process development within 3 months for 90nm tech node.

. 2004, designer of 90nm FSG BEOL scheme. No issues in 12i (2 of 3 top

issues at BEOL in Tainan mother Fab).

. 2004, worked in module integration group directly reported to Fab

director.

. 2004, overall black diamond project program manager, integration,

etch, manufacturing & other module coordinator (5 in 1) role to lead

team to achieve BEOL yield more than 90% at first run & maintained the

yield at all runs thereafter.

. 2005, full optimized process / hardware on AMAT DPS etcher for Al

corrosion issue. Avoid Capex loss to switch to other vendor.

. 2005, led team resolved biggest Fab crisis (Pad issue) & re-qualified

optimum pad loop within 3 quarters.

. 2005, led & grew a team from weakest to strongest within 1 year time.

3 section managers were well developed from my group & ready in 2

years time.

. 2005, initialized ultra dilute chemical clean project (pioneer in

worldwide) & fully implemented with $1.5M cost saving per month in

2008

. 2006, brought 1st AMAT e-Producer etcher in UMC for productivity

improvement.

. 2006, guided team re-developed unhealthy 65nm contact etch process

from RD & fanned back to mother Fab.

. 2007, brought 1st Lam C3 cleaner in Asia & gain yield 2% for 65nm tech

node.

. 2006-2007, was 2006/2007 top 10 inventor in UMC.

. 2008, Fab-wise patent consultant to bring Singapore Fab to be number

1 patent filed Fab among all the production Fabs within one year time.

. 2009, joined Lam Research Pte Ltd Singapore.

. 2009, technical market leading to 1st DV-Prime tool / 1st SOM chemical

into UMC Pte Ltd Singapore which created about $14M business up to

today.

. 2010 - 2012, Led 28nm BEOL Flex-EX penetration in UMC Tainan, finally

success in 2013.

. 2010-2013, created an effective cross-training platform to develop

multi skilled engineer (First in Lam).

. 2013, created an effective platform for manager successor growth

(First in Lam).

. 2013, committed 2 technical marketing projects to explore new

business. End with 14 projects kicked off with 8 projects completed

within one year (total business $40M with $15M revenue received in

2013).

. Developed a penetration model for mature Fab in Southeast to

systematically guide marketing activities & increase market

share (First in Lam).

. Developed a breakthrough working model to bring bevel etcher

opportunities $15M within half year time (First in Lam), 11 new

insertions achieved within one year. Experience was shared back

to corporate.

. Technical marketing effort to bring first bevel metal etcher in

SEA which to be shipped in Q2, 2014.

. 2014, developed a workable process contract to help customer consult &

manage their tool /process/ application for cost saving & productivity

improvement (First in Lam).

Personal Traits by Harrison Assessment (by score):

1. Analytical

2. Self-improvement

3. Self-motivate

4. Systematic

5. Collaborative

6. Frank

7. Persistent

8. Analyze pitfalls

Publications

6 paper

Patents

34 patents worldwide, 29 of them are granted.

11 in US, 6 in Singapore, 6 in China, 6 in Taiwan.

UMC 2006 & 2007 Non-CRD Top 10 Inventor.

Languages

English

Mandarin

Referees

Huajing Electronic Group Corporation:

Name: Zheng, Min (ex-boss)

Current Position/Company: Deputy GM / Daqo Solar China

Email:

Tel: (86-138********

Chartered Semiconductor Mfg. Ltd.:

Name: Zhou, Wenzhan (ex-colleague)

Current Position/Company: Technical Manager / TSMC Hsinchu

Email: *******@*****.***

Tel: (886-*********

TECH Semiconductor Singapore Pte. Ltd.

Name: Zhao, HaiJun (ex-colleague)

Current Position / Company: Chief Operating Officer / SMIC China

Email: ***********@*****.***

Tel: (86-189********

UMC Ltd (Singapore)

Name: Hsu, Michael (ex-boss)

Current Position / Company: VP / UMC 12 inch Fabs

Email: *******@***.***

Tel: (886-*********

Lam Research Singapore Pte Ltd

Name: Wong, Chris (colleague)

Current Position / Company: GM, CSBG / Lam Research Singapore

Email: ***********.****@***********.***

Tel: (65)85333978

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