Dr. Howard Yang – Chairman & CEO
Dr. Howard Yang has been Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Montage Technology since its inception. Prior to co-founding Montage Technology, he was Vice President at Integrated Device Technology Inc. In 1997, he co-founded Newave Semiconductor Corp. which was the first VC-funded IC design company in China and later successfully merged into Integrated Device Technology Inc. This deal was ranked China's top ten mergers in 2001. Prior to Newave, Dr. Yang held various positions at Shanghai Belling in Shanghai and National Semiconductor Corp., Chips and Technology Inc. and Pericom Semiconductor Corp. in Silicon Valley. Dr. Yang holds both MS and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Oregon State University. He also received the prestigious IEEE CAS Industrial Pioneer Award in 2002 for his pioneering contributions in China's IC design industry.
Stephen Tai – President & Acting Vice President of Engineering
Mr. Stephen Tai has been the President and acting VP of Engineering R&D of Montage Technology since its inception. Mr. Tai has over 10 years experience in IC architecture, design and engineering management. Prior to co-founding Montage Technology, he was the Director of Engineering R&D and a founding core team member at Marvell Technology Group. Prior to Marvell, he was a founding core team member at Sigmax Technology. Mr. Tai holds MS degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and BS degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Johns Hopkins University.
Bill Franciscovich – Vice President of Worldwide Sales
Mr. Bill Franciscovich joined Montage Technology in January 2007 as its Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Mr. Franciscovich has over 24 years of experience in semiconductor sales, marketing and manufacturing. Prior to joining Montage Technology, he was VP of WW Sales at Power-One Inc. and Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (IDT). During his eighteen-year tenure at IDT, he held various executive sales, product-line management and marketing positions. As Vice President of Worldwide Sales at IDT, Bill managed a direct team of over 200 sales people and field application engineers in the US, Asia and Europe. Prior to IDT, Franciscovich held sales positions with Zeus Electronics (now a division of Arrow Electronics) and Motorola Semiconductor. He holds a BS degree in Materials Science Engineering from Cornell University.
Kenneth Chew – Vice President of Operations
Mr. Kenneth Chew joined Montage Technology in March 2005 as its Vice President of Operations. Mr. Chew has over 20 years of experience in IC manufacturing and engineering project management. Prior to Montage Technology, he was the Director of Operations and founding core team member at Marvell Asia Pte Ltd in Singapore. Prior to Marvell, he held various engineering manufacturing and project management positions at Adaptec Singapore, and he was also a section leader in product engineering and test development engineering at Silicon Systems Singapore. Mr. Chew holds MS degree in Electrical Engineering from Nanyang Technological University of Singapore and BS degree in Electronics and Computer Engineering from University of Iowa.
Jack Gu--Vice President of Sales (China)
Dr. Jack Gu joined Montage Technology in January 2006 as its Vice President of Sales. Dr. Gu has over 20 years experience in sales, manufacturing and engineering management in the electronics industry. Prior to Montage Technology, he was a Board Director and Vice President at CEC-View Company Limited in Beijing. Prior to CEC-View, he was the Vice President of Marketing & Sales at Shanghai Belling. Dr. Gu holds both MS and Doctoral degrees in Management Science and Engineering from Shanghai Jiaotong University.
