Senior Vice President and General Manager, Singapore Site, GlobalFoundries Singapore

Tan Yew Kong is Senior Vice President and General Manager of GlobalFoundries (GF) Singapore site. In this role, he oversees all operations across GF Singapore’s site, leading a workforce of almost 5,000 employees and aligning the organization’s efforts in support of GF’s business objectives.

Prior to this, Mr. Tan was General Manager of GF’s Fab 7 (300mm manufacturing operation) and GF GIGA+ Fab (200mm manufacturing operation) in Singapore, where he managed operations to achieve greater levels of performance measured by quality, yield, cost, delivery and customer satisfaction metrics.

A 29-year veteran of the semiconductor industry, he holds a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.