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Diversity & Inclusion: Do What’s Right, Not What’s Easy: Insights with CS Chua
CS Chua with Infineon Singapore's "Cultural Inclusiveness Fosters Talents" Team Q: D&I has been a broad and increasingly important topic that most companies have been paying attention to. What does it mean to you personally? Infineon is a global company that...
Our Journey to a Culture of Belonging
GF Singapore employees attending GlobalWomen conference in Saratoga Springs, US, in 2019 GlobalFoundries celebrates diversity, equity and inclusivity, and is proud to employ a multi-cultural and multi- generational workforce across our global locations, made up of...
Fronting & Supporting Women in STEM
ASMPT (www.asmpacific.com) is a Hong Kong-listed leading global supplier of hardware and software solutions for the manufacture of semiconductors and electronics. Globally headquartered in Singapore, our equipment and solutions help customers organise, assemble and...
Passing it Forward with Youths for Youths — SAY Youth Ambassador Interviews
The Semiconductor Active Youth (SAY) Ambassador Programme is a one-year programme meant to create a robust pipeline of young talent for the semiconductor industry, working in close partnership with both Institutes of Higher Learning (Polytechnics and Universities) and...
Navigating Unchartered Territories in my Semiconductor Industry
Selina Ooi, Head of GEO Sales, South Asia and India, STMicroelectronics started her career with STMicroelectronics as a Process Engineer after graduating with First Class Honors in Bachelor of Engineering, majoring in Communications and Electronics. Her interest in...
Executive Spotlight — Say Wee Toh
Say Wee Toh, Head of Human Resources for the Filter Solutions Group at Skyworks sharing Skyworks’ Global Connected Community Activities In an exclusive interaction with SSIA, Say Wee, Toh, Skyworks Filter Solutions Singapore’s newly appointed Head of Human Resources...
Executive Spotlight — Dr Nick Cheng, VP of Engineering, Skyworks
Nick Cheng, Vice President of Engineering at Skyworks Solutions Inc. graduated with a PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1999, joining Skyworks the same year as an RFIC design engineer and currently manages two...
Applied Materials Is Committed to Building a Future-Ready Workforce
Tan Lee Sar, Managing Director, HR Business Partner Regional LeadLee Sar leads the HR teams in delivering organization and talent strategy and initiatives to enable the overall Applied Materials business in the region. She brings over 14 years of HR experience in the...
Allyship for an Inclusive Workplace
Diverse and inclusive cultures are providing companies with a competitive edge over their peers, concluded The Wall Street Journal in their ranking of S&P500 companies for diversity and inclusion. This makes a strong case for promoting diversity, equity, and...
Focus on a Growth Culture to Foster Talent
Applied Materials (Applied) in Southeast Asia is home to a diverse and global workforce – we hail from 18 countries and many of us helm regional and global roles. As a company, we invest in the professional development of all our team members at every stage of their...
Wisdom of a Servant Leader
Servant leadership has been a leadership term that has been around since the 1970s when Robert K. Greenleaf first coined the phrase in his essay "The Servant as a Leader." It was and remained a simple, elegant but powerful concept that significantly impacts when you...
With the Right Advice, You Can Put Your Possibilities to Work
SSIA is a key partner of Workforce Singapore’s volunteer Career Advisors (vCA) initiative, which provides individuals (especially mature workers) with peer-level support and career guidance as they navigate professional pathways to advance their careers or transition...
Voices of semiconductor young talents – the building blocks of our Smart Nation
Singapore’s Smart Nation initiative is about harnessing technology to stay ahead as a global city, and to improve lives and livelihoods. In the nationwide effort, backed by government, corporations and citizens, the semiconductor industry plays a crucial role. We put...
Wisdom of a Decision-Maker – Biases that Maybe Tripping Up Your Decision Making
In today's uncertain and volatile environment, leaders have to make a proliferation of good decisions to ensure the business continues to succeed and move forward. What sets a good leader apart is their ability to make significant decisions with speed and accuracy....
Ee Sze Khoo: “In our field, we need innovation”
Innovation with impact: Ee Sze Khoo and her team are the brains behind MediaTek’s transceivers,found in devices from cellular phones and IoT trackers to TVsIn the world of technology, Ee Sze Khoo is fewer than six degrees of separation away from you. MediaTek’s RF...