Chairman
Charles Hsu, Ph.D.
Dr. Hsu was named Chairman of eMemory in 2009. He founded eMemory Technology Inc as its President in 2000 with the goal of providing the most innovative NVM IP technology. Today, this goal has resulted in over 300 companies implemented eMemory’s technologies and intellectual properties (IP) worldwide, and an aggregate amount of 2.6M NeoBit OTP incorporated wafers been fabricated through 95% of the worldwide foundries. Under Dr. Hsu’s inspiring leadership, eMemory has been achieving technology breakthroughs and awarded prizes one after another, and grow to be the biggest embedded NVM IP provider in the world. The success and popularity of eMemory quickly grew over the last 10 years as industry partners and customers realized the unparallel value of its technology innovation and excellent technical service.
Prior to founding eMemory, Dr. Hsu was appointed the Chairman of Institute of Electronics Engineering, NTHU, from 1998-2000, because of his outstanding academic and extra-curriculum achievements. He was a professor of Department of Electronics Engineering at NTHU from 1996-1998, and in the meantime also the director of Tzu-Chiang Institute and Incubation Center. Before becoming a professor, Dr. Hsu was an associate professor since 1992, a year he was invited by NTHU to return to Taiwan from the United States. Dr. Hsu joined IBM T.J. Watson Research Center in New York State, USA, and served as a researcher from1987 to 1992.
Dr. Hsu graduated from the National Tsing-Hua University (NTHU), Hsinchu, Taiwan, with a B.S. in electrical engineering and received his M.S and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He holds over 200 patents and published 120 papers in semiconductor device area, and receives renowned recognition for his extensive research and comprehensive inventions.
President
Rick Shen, Ph.D.
Dr. Rick Shen was appointed President of eMemory Technology in October 2009, succeeding Dr. Charles Hsu. Dr. Shen previously had served as eMemory’s Vice President in charge of operation and technology development since March 2008. In the position he oversaw the technology development and formed the customer service team. From 2005 to 2008, Dr. Shen served as director of technology & IP service. He supervised the company’s technology development migration from 0.7um to 90nm. His management won eMemory the reputation of the most efficient and reliable OTP partner in the world, and his effort was crucial to the company’s success in becoming the leader in embedded NVM IP industry.
Dr. Shen received his doctoral degree in electrical engineering from National Tsing-Hua University (NTHU), Taiwan. He holds 20 US patents and 20 more in pending, and published more than 30 technical papers.
Chief Technology Officer
Y.T. Lin
Mr. Y.T. Lin was appointed eMemory’s CTO in October 2009. Prior to this Y.T was promoted to Senior Vice President in 2008 while he had been serving as the company’s Vice President of the Product Development Division upon joining eMemory in 2000. Invited by Dr. Charles, Hsu, Y.T led the R&D team successfully develop eMemory's proprietary NeoBit, NeoFlash and NeoEE technologies, the ultimate embedded non-volatile memory (NVM) solutions for CMOS logic process applications. Before joining eMemory, he worked at Macronix in the Flash Design Department II as Department Manager from 1998 to 2000 and held several engineering leadership roles at Vanguard International Semiconductor Corp. (VIS) and Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute from 1990- to 1998. Y.T. holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering from National Tsing Hua University (NTHU), Taiwan.
Vice President of R&D Center
C.Y. Lin
Mr. C.Y. Lin was appointed Vice President of the intellectual property R&D Center in 2008. Prior to this he was director of the Product Development Division from 2005. C.Y. joined eMemory in 2000 and led the development of a number of eMemory’s core non-volatile memory (NVM) intellectual property (IP) designs. Before joining eMemory, C.Y. held several managerial positions in engineering with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Limited (TSMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor Corp. (VIS). C.Y. holds a master’s degree in physics from National Central University and is now a Ph.D. candidate in the Electrical Engineering Department of National Tsing Hua University (NTHU).
Vice President of Administration Center
Anita Chang
Ms. Anita Chang was appointed Vice President of the Administration Center in 2008. She held responsibilities of eMemory’s IT, legal, human resource, and public relations. Anita joined eMemory in 2000, and has been leading her team to build management structures and operation systems for corporate governance ever since. Prior to eMemory, Anita worked with the Food Industry Research & Development Institute and the Tze Chiang Foundation of Science and Technology where she was involved in several major government plans and industrial analysis projects. Anita holds a master’s degree in economics from National Taiwan University (NTU).