Dr. Roawen Chen is senior vice president of global operation and manufacturing technologies of Qualcomm Incorporated in San Diego, California. In this role, Roawen is responsible for Qualcomm’s worldwide semiconductor operations as well as all manufacturing engineering functions to support $30B annual revenue, the largest one in fabless semiconductor industry. He employs strategies to drive operational efficiency through Qualcomm’s global supply chains and oversees advanced silicon and package technology development to support Qualcomm’s product roadmap. Additionally, Roawen has overseen Qualcomm’s product/test engineering, quality/reliability, global procurement, and fingerprint-sensor business unit. Previously Roawen also served as COO at Qualcomm CDMA Technologies (Qualcomm’s semiconductor division).
Prior to Qualcomm, Roawen was vice president of manufacturing operations at Marvell Semiconductor in Santa Clara, California. Additionally, Roawen held a variety of leadership roles, including vice president and general manager of the Mobile Communication business unit and Connectivity business unit, during his tenure in Marvell. Before Marvell, Roawen has also held technical and business positions at Intel and TSMC-US.
Roawen earned a bachelor’s degree in Physics from National Tsing-Hua University in Taiwan, a master’s degree in Materials Science from University of California, San Diego, and a doctorate in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley. Roawen was also a graduate of the Stanford Graduate School of Business Emerging COO Program.