LL has over 35 years in the semiconductor industries, from design engineering, platform technologies, marketing, business operations and chief executive for technology start-ups until a brief retirement in 2016. LL began his career at Intel that spanned 18 years on microprocessors, microcontroller architectures, network and communications technologies and as a general manager for Communication Infrastructure Group, He was a member of the Intel team that developed the original Universal Serial Bus (USB v1.0) technology and was involved in pioneering software defined networking (SDN) technologies. He was instrumental in setting up the first design center for 8-bit microcontrollers in Penang (1991) and subsequently initiated the second design center for advanced network processor design (2001) while managing several hundred millions USD business operations for Intel Corporation. He holds one US patent in Universal Serial Bus technology.
With varied interests, he has served on technical advisory, academic board, and a guest lecturer for the technopreneurship workshops by The International Science, Technology and Innovation Center for South-South Cooperation (ISTIC), under the auspices of UNESCO held in Africa, Middle East, South America and Caribbean countries in 2010-2017. He sits on the board of public listed and private companies, and non-profit organizations.. He is now serving a statutory body under the Penang State government, since 2017.
CK is a self-made serial techno-entrepreneur who comes with over 40 years of industrial and managerial experiences with wide diversity of industrial relevance, esp. in semiconductor, OSAT, EMS/ CM & own-designed product development
CK, over his career path, has served Intel (Penang) as IC Packaging Assembly Engineering Manager & Founding GM of Globetronics Technology , GM of Global EduManagement Corp , or GEM ( an education management corporation in Suzhou) , Senior Operation Manager of Freescale Semiconductor ( M'sia)and Vice President of Strategic Biz Development of NationGate Solution.
Currently, he is also the COO of BlueChip Venture Capital Fund who focuses in investing in local IC design companies in semiconductor industry.
Dato’ Seri Tan Eng Kee, a pioneering Malaysian entrepreneur, is the Co-Founder and CEO of Greatech Integration (M) Sdn Bhd. Since its establishment in 1997, he has driven Greatech's growth into a global leader in automation solution providers. With a career spanning over 30 years, Dato’ Seri Tan began his entrepreneurial journey at 23 in the tooling and molding industry. Today, Greatech holds a strong market presence across Southeast Asia, the USA, and Europe, with a market capitalization of approximately RM6.0 billion.
Under Dato’ Seri Tan’s visionary leadership, he is committed to positioning Penang as a world-class automation hub through various initiatives under Greatech, contributing significantly to Malaysia’s industrial advancement. His achievements in the industry are evident through his significant contributions, including serving as a Board Member of the Malaysia Semiconductor Industry Association (MSIA) for 2024, a Special Advisory Panel Member for the National Semiconductor Strategic Taskforce (NSSTF) by the Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry since March 2024, and Director of Penang Tech Centre since February 2024.
Kalai Selvan Subramaniam has more than 34 years of experience in the electronics/ semiconductor industry, holding leadership positions in Technology Start-Ups and Tier-1 Semiconductor MNCs.
His career began at Motorola Semiconductors, where he spent over a decade working in Austin, Texas and Singapore. Kalai then pioneered the IC design capabilities for embedded and security memory SoCs at a Malaysian startup called My-MS. Following this, he spent over ten years at Intel Corp. in Oregon and Penang, holding various leadership and management positions.
Kalai holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) and a Master of Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). He's a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and actively contributes to its Malaysian section and chapters.
Kalai served as Chair of the Malaysia IC Design Association (MICDA) and continues to participate in national electronics industry development forums and committees, particularly those focused on advancing the fields of semiconductor and electronics design. Kalai also lends his expertise by serving on the Industry Advisory Panels of several local universities.
LL has over 35 years in the semiconductor industries, from design engineering, platform technologies, marketing, business operations and chief executive for technology start-ups until a brief retirement in 2016. LL began his career at Intel that spanned 18 years on microprocessors, microcontroller architectures, network and communications technologies and as a general manager for Communication Infrastructure Group, He was a member of the Intel team that developed the original Universal Serial Bus (USB v1.0) technology and was involved in pioneering software defined networking (SDN) technologies. He was instrumental in setting up the first design center for 8-bit microcontrollers in Penang (1991) and subsequently initiated the second design center for advanced network processor design (2001) while managing several hundred millions USD business operations for Intel Corporation. He holds one US patent in Universal Serial Bus technology.
With varied interests, he has served on technical advisory, academic board, and a guest lecturer for the technopreneurship workshops by The International Science, Technology and Innovation Center for South-South Cooperation (ISTIC), under the auspices of UNESCO held in Africa, Middle East, South America and Caribbean countries in 2010-2017. He sits on the board of public listed and private companies, and non-profit organizations.. He is now serving a statutory body under the Penang State government, since 2017.
Kalai Selvan Subramaniam has more than 34 years of experience in the electronics/ semiconductor industry, holding leadership positions in Technology Start-Ups and Tier-1 Semiconductor MNCs.
His career began at Motorola Semiconductors, where he spent over a decade working in Austin, Texas and Singapore. Kalai then pioneered the IC design capabilities for embedded and security memory SoCs at a Malaysian startup called My-MS. Following this, he spent over ten years at Intel Corp. in Oregon and Penang, holding various leadership and management positions.
Kalai holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) and a Master of Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). He's a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and actively contributes to its Malaysian section and chapters.
Kalai served as Chair of the Malaysia IC Design Association (MICDA) and continues to participate in national electronics industry development forums and committees, particularly those focused on advancing the fields of semiconductor and electronics design. Kalai also lends his expertise by serving on the Industry Advisory Panels of several local universities.
Has more than 38 years of experience working in the industry with 25 years’ experience working at Intel Corporation in a variety of engineering and management positions.
Worked at various sites in USA, Germany, Japan, Malaysia and India.
Senior Member of IEEE.
Holds 18 US patents and recipient of 1st Ford Total Quality Excellence Award.
Bachelor and Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Technological University, Houghton.
Vice President of Business Development & Application Engineering
Has more than 38 years experience in the technology sector. He has deep knowledge of Cloud, AI, Data Center/Server technology, Power Electronics, and Mobile Technology (LTE/5G).
He has extensive experience in multinational corporations across regions, including the USA/Canada, EMEA, China, APJ (including Taiwan, Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asia), and India. He led teams to provide Xeon hardware and software support for board makers and end users, particularly in the APJ/China market.
Previous Experience: Intel Corporation, Nortel
Sreejith Sukumaran Vice President & Head of India Operations
