GSA adds four members to its Apac Leadership Council

SAN JOSE, USA: The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) has announced the addition of four new members to the GSA Asia-Pacific Leadership Council, which serves as advisors to the GSA Board of Directors on regional issues. The new members added to the council include:

* Dr. Youm Huh, chief executive officer, president and chairman of the board, Silicon Mitus Inc.
* Dr. Tetsuya Iizuka, chief executive officer and founder, THine Electronics Inc.
* Wayne Liang, founder and chairman, MStar Semiconductor Inc.
* Dr. Sung-Wook Park, executive VP and CTO, Hynix Semiconductor Inc.

“The addition of these extraordinary leaders to the Asia-Pacific Leadership Council extends the council’s diversity of knowledge and industry experiences. GSA is devoted to identifying the best and brightest global leaders who have a passion for this organization. I feel honored to have these outstanding leaders’ participation,” said Jodi Shelton, co-founder and president of GSA.

“I would especially highlight Dr. Iizuka san, our first Japanese representative on the council. His support will help us to achieve one of GSA’s major goals in 2011 and beyond of expanding mutual collaboration between Japan and the global semiconductor industry.”

Dr. Huh founded Silicon Mitus, Inc. in 2007. Prior to Silicon Mitus, he was the founding CEO of MagnaChip Semiconductor, a spin-off from Hynix which he led the separation process with private equity firms.

Prior to MagnaChip, Dr. Huh was executive vice president and general manager of System IC Business of Hynix Semiconductor. In 2005, he was decorated with the Silver Tower Medal from the Korean Government in recognition of his contribution to the industry. Dr. Huh presently serves as Vice Chairman of Korea Semiconductor Industry Association (KSIA).

Dr. Iizuka founded THine Microsystems in 1991 and also THine Electronics in 1992, the latter initially being a joint venture with Samsung Electronics. After closing an MBO deal from Samsung Electronics in 1998, he continued to take the responsible role to establish a global fabless LSI maker with its own brand ASSP.

He has been Chairman of the Japanese Semiconductor Ventures Association (JASVA) since its establishment in 2000. Prior to founding THine, Dr. Iizuka took a leading role in Toshiba as General Manager of the LSI Development Department of Toshiba's Semiconductor Device Engineering Laboratory.

Liang served several key positions in wafer foundry sales and marketing functions with companies such as TSMC, WSMC and Winbond Electronics prior to MStar. MStar, a fabless IC design company focused on the display and communication products, was founded in 2002 by Liang and several partners. He was VP of sales and marketing at WSMC before WSMC was merged with TSMC.

Dr. Park is responsible for Hynix company operations including the research, development, and manufacturing divisions. Dr. Park currently serves as a member of System IC 2010 government enterprise R&D committee, a member of Nanofab Center steering committee, and a member of the forum for new growth power at Federation of Korean Industries (FKI).

With the four new additions, GSA’s Asia-Pacific Leadership Council is now comprised of 20 members.