Michael KC Chen

- Managed L6 PCBA supply planning for compute, storage and ML products.

WW fabless startup insight & strategy, ASIC channel management - Supported WW ASIC service partners (9) channel management ($1.3B, 500+ products), analysed complex dataset to produce business summary/billing forecast/tape-out pipeline for management reporting, worked with internal planning/sales and partners’ sourcing teams to drive supply prioritisation (FY22 +12%, FY23 +5% increased supply) - Deep-dived WW fabless startup sector by analysing 200+ yearly venture funding data to investor and application-level insight for executive (director & SVP) reporting; worked with sales team to engage new customers - Led integrated planning and branding of “Innovation Zone” at TSMC Technology Symposiums, hosted 100+ emerging customers to showcase their product demos across diverse applications in AI, automotive, HPC, IoT and Communication - Participated in due-diligence review meetings for Emerging Fund, studied business tractions, financial outlook, and technical differentiation of 5 potential targets to support ~$15M investment decisions

Channel Account Manager, GC Reseller sales-channel Operations; revenue management, market insight and supply-demand analysis - Managed Apple Greater China (GC) largest e-commerce account (AUM US$5bn), conducted sell-through and inventory analysis to drive demand alignment and order negotiation & billing (+30% iPhone/+80% accessories YoY) - Oversaw GC regional Mac portfolio, performed product competitive analysis, led FY20/FY21 NPI go-to-market and quarter strategies execution, presented business cases to prioritise supply for GC markets to yield +10% YoY growth - Analysed clients’ P&L & inventory to assess demand for N-1 products, computed YoY billing/sell-through comparison to support demand signal to achieve YoY +10% growth across product lines on FY21 peak sales event planning - Designed FY19/FY21 fall iPhone launch pre-order plan, implemented end-to-end operations flow to ensure defect-free product launch and generated +200% pre-order growth and 16 million website traffic on client’s website - Received PAC Operations FY20H2 “Above and Beyond” award (7/600+ staff) for leading GC Q2/Q3 client promotion supply planning & management update and driving e-commerce channel supply strategies during COVID-19 disruption

Senior Process Engineer, R&D Division; managed process development, cost reduction and productivity projects - Led a team of three junior engineers to analyze process flows and bill of materials, saved US$1mn per year by streamlining material usage and dual sourcing - Reduced project delays by 20% by establishing R&D change management workflow, built a cloud-based platform to administer change activities for a 200-people department - Improved product electrical performance by 30% by implementing solutions utilizing big-data analysis, worked with 20+ engineers across five departments to refine process conditions - Expedited technology transfer to produce high-performance chips for computing and mobile applications for 10+ global customers contributing US$10bn revenue

Senior Project Engineer, assignee of TSMC (Overseas secondment); managed industry collaboration and project evaluation - Delivered feasibility study and strategy proposal to TSMC Senior Director and Vice President, collaborated with finance department to perform ROIC analysis for a US$5bn capital expenditure for pilot-R&D line - Represented in development machine procurement by leading technical negotiations in Request for Quotation meetings to drive higher tool capability and maturity, defined three sets of technical specification for procurement - Coordinated three (US/EU/JP) OEMs’ development of 450mm project, resolved joint-development bottlenecks through cross-organizational communication and prepared project updates for management meetings - Represented TSMC to manage overseas project in international consortium of 100 industry engineering experts

Process Engineer, Operation; oversaw production capacity, process improvement and product quality - Increased production volume by 500% within 12 months, created test matrices and validation plan to meet production demand and ensure chip quality - Conducted process and hardware optimization to achieve US$3mn production improvement, promoted solution as best known method company-wide - Increased production volume by 100% on critical stage for N45/N40 & first BSI CMOS technologies, created test matrices and validation plan to meet production demand and ensure chip quality

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