AMKOR - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Member of the More Board of Directors
Mr. Liao was appointed to our Board of Directors in June of 2019. Mr. Liao served as a senior executive at Lam Research, a semiconductor processing equipment company, as Chairman of Lam Asia Pacific Operations (Taiwan, China and Southeast Asia regions), where he was a major contributor to the global product development, strategic planning, growth and success of Lam's multi-billion dollar Asia Pacific business. Prior to joining Lam, Mr. Liao held engineering management and technology leadership positions at Integrated Device Technology in Santa Clara from 1988 to 1993 and Intel Corporation in Livermore and Santa Clara from 1984 to 1988. Mr. Liao holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan and a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics from Case Western Reserve University.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Member of the Compensation Committee
- Member of the More Board of Directors
- Compensation Committee
- President and Chief Executive Officer, Comcast Cable
David N. Watson has been a director of Amkor since August 2014. Mr. Watson is currently serving as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Comcast Cable. Prior to his current role, Mr. Watson served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Comcast Cable, where he was responsible for day-to-day operations of the cable division, including sales and marketing of cable video, high-speed Internet and voice services, as well as oversight of the three operating divisions and Comcast Spotlight, the advertising sales unit. Before joining Comcast Cable in 1991, he served for seven years with Comcast Cellular Communications, Inc., first as Senior Vice President of sales and marketing and later as President. Previously, he headed sales and marketing efforts at Bell Atlantic Mobile and Metrophone.
Member of the Compensation Committee
Job Titles:
- Director
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Member of the More Board of Directors
- Member of the Nominating and Governance Committee
- Nominating and Governance Committee
Mr. Alexander was an original member of the advisory board of Actua Corporation (formerly named ICG Group, Inc.), a multi-vertical cloud technology company. Mr. Alexander joined Actua full-time in September 1997 as Managing Director and was appointed President in January 2009 where he served until December 2017. During his tenure at Actua, Mr. Alexander served in many senior management roles including as CEO of WiseWire Technologies, which was acquired by Lycos; CEO of ICG Europe; CEO of Traffic.com, which was acquired by Navteq; and CEO of Channel Intelligence, which was acquired by Google.
Mr. Alexander has served on the boards of directors for GovDelivery, Procurian, and Bolt. Mr. Alexander has also served as the Co-Chairman of the Philadelphia National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE),and is Chairman of the Management & Technology Executive Board at the University of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Alexander holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.
Member of the Nominating and Governance Committee
Job Titles:
- Chief Sales Officer
- Executive Vice President
- Member of the More Corporate Management Team
- Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Marketing
Farshad Haghighi was appointed as our Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Marketing in October 2021 and named Chief Sales Officer in August 2022. Prior to assuming his current position, Mr. Haghighi served as our Corporate Vice President of West Region Sales since 2018. Previously, Mr. Haghighi served as Corporate Vice President of U.S. Fabless Sales from 2011 to 2018, Senior Vice President of Western Sales from 2010 to 2011, and in various other sales management and engineering positions since joining Amkor in 1994. Mr. Haghighi has over 35 years of industry experience in semiconductor process and manufacturing engineering, sales and sales management, including with National Semiconductor Corporation and Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation. Mr. Haghighi holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from San Jose State University.
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer
- Member of the More Board of Directors
- Member of the More Corporate Management Team
- President
Giel Rutten joined Amkor in 2014 and served as Executive Vice President of Advanced Products until 2020. Mr. Rutten has more than 30 years of experience in the global semiconductor industry. Before joining Amkor, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Ledzworld, an LED technology company, and also served as Senior Vice President for the Business Unit Home in NXP. Mr. Rutten first joined Philips Semiconductors in 1984 and took on various key management positions in the areas of general management, marketing, operations and engineering in Europe, Asia and the United States. Mr. Rutten holds a Master's degree in Physics and Chemistry from the University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Member of the More Board of Directors
- Nominating and Governance Committee
Gil Tily was appointed to our Board of Directors in May 2019, upon his retirement as Amkor's Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary. Prior to joining Amkor in 2007, Mr. Tily was a partner in the law firm of Dechert LLP where he worked for 28 years. Mr. Tily holds an A.B. in Politics from Princeton University and a J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.
Job Titles:
- Executive Chairman of the Board
- Executive Chairman of the More Board of Directors
- Member of the More Corporate Management Team
James Kim was appointed as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors in October 2009. Mr. Kim served as our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from September 1997 until October 2009. Mr. Kim founded our predecessor, Amkor Electronics, Inc., in 1968 and served as its Chairman from 1970 to April 1998. James Kim is the father of Vice Chairman Susan Kim.
James J. Kim, Executive Chairman, founded Amkor Technology in 1968. Since then, the company has grown to more than 30,000 employees worldwide, with a management team that represents some of the most experienced semiconductor professionals and visionaries in the industry. Today, Amkor is a strategic contract manufacturing resource for many of the world's leading semiconductor companies. We have developed unique expertise in high-volume manufacturing techniques and have diversified and expanded our operational scope by establishing production centers in strategic locations throughout Asia.
Job Titles:
- Vice President, Investor Relations
Job Titles:
- Executive Vice President
- Member of the More Corporate Management Team
- Executive Vice President, Business Units
Kevin Engel was appointed Executive Vice President, Business Units in February 2023. Prior to assuming his current position, Mr. Engel served as our Corporate Vice President of Flip Chip and Wafer Services Business Unit. Mr. Engel joined Amkor in 2004 as part of the acquisition of Unitive Electronics and has held various management positions within Amkor US and Taiwan. Prior to joining Amkor, Mr. Engel worked in engineering at National Semiconductor and has held various positions in the semiconductor manufacturing and packaging industry for more than 27 years. Mr. Engel holds a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering from Auburn University.
Mark N. Rogers - Chief Legal Officer, EVP, Secretary
Job Titles:
- Corporate Secretary
- Executive Vice President
- General Counsel
- Member of the More Corporate Management Team
- Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary / Amkor Technology, Inc.
Mark N. Rogers was appointed Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary in June 2019. Mr. Rogers has more than 25 years of corporate legal and transaction experience, including more than four years at ON Semiconductor, where he served most recently as Senior Vice President, Assistant General Counsel, Assistant Corporate Secretary and in other key legal roles. Mr. Rogers' work experience also includes more than 11 years with Insight Enterprises as Associate General Counsel and private practice with the law firms of Fennemore Craig and Quarles & Brady. Mr. Rogers holds an A.B from Brown University and a J.D. from New York University School of Law.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Member of the More Board of Directors
- Audit Committee
MaryFrances McCourt has been a director of Amkor since February 2018. From April 2022 to September 2023, Ms. McCourt served as the Chief Financial Officer of the University of Chicago ("UChicago"), where she oversaw the financial services, controllership, treasury and capital markets, human resources, information technology services, risk management, compliance, internal audit, and shared services functions. Prior to joining UChicago, Ms. McCourt was the Senior Vice President of Finance and Treasurer at UPenn and has served in similar management roles since joining UPenn in March 2016. At UPenn, Ms. McCourt led UPenn's cash and short-term investment and capital financing strategies, oversaw UPenn's financial functions, was responsible for the University's multi-year financial planning efforts, collaborated closely with UPenn Medicine leadership on its growth and financial planning, and managed the strategic and operational direction of a variety of functions, including the Comptroller's Office, financial training, global support services, research services, risk management and insurance, student registration and financial services, and the Treasurer's Office. Prior to joining UPenn, Ms. McCourt was the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Indiana University. Ms. McCourt has also served in financial management positions for Agilysis, Inc., a diversified enterprise focused on technology and enterprise system solutions. She earned her bachelor's degree magna cum laude from Duke University and an M.B.A. from Case Western University.
Job Titles:
- Chief Financial Officer
- Executive Vice President
- Member of the More Corporate Management Team
- Treasurer
Job Titles:
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Member of the Compensation Committee
- Member of the More Board of Directors
- Audit Committee / Compensation Committee
- Chairman of Bridge Investment Group Partners and Chairman and CEO of PMC Partners
- Executive Chairman of Bridge Investment Group Partners and Chairman and CEO of PMC Partners
Robert R. Morse was elected to our board in February 2013. Mr. Morse is currently serving as Executive Chairman of Bridge Investment Group Partners and its affiliates, a real estate fund manager, and as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PMC Partners, a private equity firm. Prior to that, Mr. Morse served in various positions with Citi and Salomon Smith Barney since the 1980s, including Chief Executive Officer of Citi's Asia Institutional Client Group and Global Head of Investment Banking. Mr. Morse is a graduate of Yale University, the Harvard Graduate School of Business and the Harvard Law School.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Audit Committee
- Member of the Compensation Committee
- Member of the More Board of Directors
- Member of the Nominating and Governance Committee
- Audit Committee / Compensation Committee / Nominating and Governance Committee
- Venture Partner at SCP Partners
Roger A. Carolin was elected to our Board of Directors in February 2006. Mr. Carolin is currently a Venture Partner at SCP Partners, a multi-stage venture capital firm that invests in technology-oriented companies, a position he has held since 2004. Mr. Carolin works to identify attractive investment opportunities and assists portfolio companies in the areas of strategy development, operating management and intellectual property. Mr. Carolin co-founded CFM Technologies, Inc., a global manufacturer of semiconductor process equipment, and served as its Chief Executive Officer for 10 years until the company was acquired. Mr. Carolin formerly worked for Honeywell, Inc. and General Electric Co., where he developed test equipment and advanced computer systems for on-board missile applications. Mr. Carolin holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Duke University and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School.
Job Titles:
- Executive Vice President
- Executive Vice President, Worldwide Manufacturing
Steve Shin was appointed as Executive Vice President, Worldwide Manufacturing in March 2021. Prior to assuming his current role, Mr. Shin served as Head of Corporate Manufacturing & Amkor's Corporate Procurement Center. Since joining Amkor in 2001, Mr. Shin has also served as Senior Vice President in Procurement, PC, IE, Facility and Logistics in Amkor Technology China. Mr. Shin has more than 30 years of experience in the electronics and semiconductor industry, and he holds a Bachelor's degree in Electronics Materials Science from the University of Inha in Korea.
Job Titles:
- Executive Vice Chairman
- Executive Vice Chairman of the More Board of Directors
Susan Y. Kim was elected to Amkor's Board of Directors in February 2015. Ms. Kim is a former Board Member of EB Games Corp. She is an active philanthropist who currently sits on the Board of Directors of the Catholic Foundation of Greater Philadelphia. In the past, she has served on numerous Boards of Directors including The National Constitution Center, The Philadelphia Orchestra, The Franklin Institute, The GESU School, and The Shipley School. Ms. Kim holds a B.A. in Sociology from Hamilton College. Susan Y. Kim is the daughter of Amkor's Executive Chairman, James J. Kim.
Job Titles:
- Lead Independent Director
- Managing General Partner
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Member of the More Board of Directors
- Compensation Committee / Nominating and Governance Committee
- Lead Independent Director Managing General Partner, SCP Partners and Chairman, CIP Capital, Inc.