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DR. LIH SHYNG TSAI (RICK) currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of MediaTek Incorporated, a global fabless semiconductor company that enables 1.5 billion connected devices a year; a market leader in developing innovative systems-on-chip (SoC) for mobile device, home entertainment, connectivity and IoT products. He served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd., Taiwan’s Largest integrated telecom service provider from January 2014 to December 2016. Under his leadership, Chunghwa telecom launched its 4G mobile broadband services in May 2015, the first in Taiwan, effectively propelling Taiwan’s 4G penetration at the fastest rate worldwide. Dr. Tsai also took a lead role in promoting high-speed fiber broadband services and developing new businesses such as ICT, IoT and multimedia convergence as company’s future growth drivers. He was elected by FinanceAsia as one of the three best CEOs in Taiwan in 2016.

From August 2011 to January 2014, Dr. Tsai concurrently served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TSMC Solar Ltd., a provider of high-performance solar modules, and TSMC Solid State Lighting Ltd., a company providing integrated LED Lighting solutions, both of which were wholly-owned subsidiaries of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSMC).

In December 1989, Dr. Tsai joined TSMC as an engineering manager and rose through the ranks over the following years. He held key executive positions such as Fab Director, EVP of Operations, EVP of Worldwide Sales and Marketing, President and COO. From July 2005 to June 2009 he served as President and CEO of TSMC. Then he became President of New Businesses till July 2011. During this period, Dr. Tsai also assumed the position of President of Vanguard International Semiconductor, a TSMC affiliate, from late 1998 to early 2000. Dr. Tsai received his B.S. in Physics from National Taiwan University and Ph.D. degree in Material Science and Engineering from Cornell University, USA.

DR. LIN, a former ITRI Executive Vice President, served nearly 20 years in ITRI pioneering and promoting optoelectronic infrastructure, computer peripherals and MEMS technologies. He founded and co-founded Opto−Electronics & System Lab and Materials Research Lab during his service in ITRI. In 2001, after early retired from ITRI, Dr. Lin founded Asia Pacific Microsystems, Inc. (“APM”) and since then appointed as an Honorary Chairman & Founder of APM. APM is one of the largest MEMS companies in Taiwan providing competent MEMS foundry and state-of-the-art technology to fulfill the niche feature IDM and Fabrication. Before the experience in ITRI, Dr. Lin started out with his teaching position in National Cheng Kung University as a Visiting Associate professor in 1976 and in 1977, he started his tenure at Department of Electrical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University where he worked for 10 years as associate professor, professor and head of the department.

Dr. Lin’s achievement is acknowledged in many significant awards received throughout the years of 90’s. Dr. Lin received his Bachelor and Master degrees in Electrical Engineering from National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Osaka University in Japan and has more than 100 papers published.