General Director, CoAsia SEMI Vietnam
Nguyen Thanh Yen received his B.Sc. degree in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering from Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam, in 2005, and his M.Sc. degree in Microelectronics Engineering from the National University of Singapore in 2012. Prior to joining CoAsia SEMI Vietnam in April 2020 as Principal Engineer and Head of Engineering—where he currently serves as General Director—he founded the LSI Business Unit at FPT Software, successfully building and managing a 130-engineer team within three years to deliver IC design services to global clients. From 2008 to 2014, he was with Infineon Technologies, developing high-performance mixed-signal circuits for AC/DC converters and automotive 32-bit MCUs. Earlier in his career, he worked at Active-Semi (now Qorvo) as an Analog Circuit Designer and later as Design Manager. He is an active member of the administrative group of the Vietnamese Semiconductor Engineers Community, comprising approximately 36,000 members. His current interests include supporting Vietnam’s semiconductor ecosystem through writing articles, conducting both online and offline workshops, and giving free training courses of "Chip design fundamental" to students who are willing to consolidate background understanding to build foundational IC design knowledge.