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News Release from: X-Fab Sarawak
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 27 November 2002
Nelson takes the helm
The board of directors of 1st Silicon (Malaysia) has appointed Dr W John Nelson as Chief Executive Officer.
The board of directors of 1st Silicon (Malaysia) has appointed Dr W John Nelson as Chief Executive Officer Dr Nelson, who joined 1st Silicon as Chief Operating Officer in May of this year, has been acting CEO since September
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 18 Sep 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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He succeeds Claudio G Loddo.
Datuk Fong Joo Chung, Chairman of the Board of 1st Silicon, commented on the appointment, saying, "With the factory startup phase behind us, 1st Silicon's sights are now focused on strengthening its operational activities and expanding its customer relationships around the world.
Dr Nelson's combined successes in overseeing manufacturing operations and spearheading sales efforts, provide the combination of experience and knowhow necessary for the next stage of the company's growth".
"It is imperative that in today's competitive foundry market, we deliver customer driven products on time and of high quality", stated Dr W John Nelson.
"We will continue to develop long-term partnerships with our customer base and further explore opportunities to broaden our technology portfolio".
From 1999 until joining 1st Silicon in May of 2002, Dr Nelson was Chief Operating Officer of General Semiconductor, where he was responsible for day-to-day operations including worldwide manufacturing, sales, marketing and new-product development.
For seven years between 1990 and 1999, Dr Nelson was based in Taipei, Taiwan, and served in several executive positions, including president of General Semiconductor's Asia-Pacific operation.
Prior to leading General Semiconductor Taiwan's divestiture from General Instrument, Dr Nelson was president of General Instrument, Taiwan, and he also served as Vice-President and General Manager of General Instrument's Power Semiconductor Division.
During that time he also directed the construction of the company's manufacturing site in Tianjin, China, driving completion in less than two years.
From 1994 until 1996, Dr Nelson was based in New York as Senior Vice-President of Worldwide Operations of General Instrument's semiconductor division.
Dr Nelson's other experience includes positions as wafer fabrication operations manager at Unitrode and Fairchild Semiconductor, as well as various wafer-fabrication engineering posts at Analog Devices.
Dr Nelson earned both a Bachelor of Science degree with honours and a PhD in physics from the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland.
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