Getting ready for the challenges of Silicon Photonics

  Dr. Ruby Yan

  Vice president for global business center, Guangzhou Zen Semiconductor Corporation, China     

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Speaker's Biography: 

Ruby Yan is an experienced semiconductor executive leading marketing and sales at ZenSemi, China’s first 12-inch advanced MEMS smart sensor and specialty process wafer manufacturer founded in 2021. The company focuses on 55–180nm process platforms covering MEMS sensors, analog chips and ASIC solutions.

Ruby draws on 15 years of industry experience at GlobalFoundries, where she most recently served as Business Line Executive, driving growth in sensing, display and security businesses. Her deep background enables strong collaboration between GlobalFoundries and ZenSemi, supporting the development of advanced semiconductor products and enhancing supply chain capabilities for the China market.

As a Master Inventor, Ruby holds more than 30 granted patents and over 70 professional publications. She is an active promoter of diversity and inclusion, having founded GlobalFoundries’ ASIA@Europe ERG Group. She was recognized in the 2023 Women Engineers You Should Know list by the Society of Women Engineers and provides advisory support to Fraunhofer Institute, SEMI and tech startups.