Seungil Kim has served as our Vice President, Quality and Reliability Assurance (QRA) since March 2005.Mr. Kim is responsible for Chartered’s quality control and reliability assurance management initiatives, for continually enhancing the company’s global standards of quality excellence in operational and business best practices across its fabrication facilities and regional offices worldwide. Mr. Kim brings more than 20 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, and has held management positions in QRA, sales and marketing, and fab operations. Before joining Chartered, he was senior advisor of QRA with United Microelectronics Corporation in Taiwan. Prior to that, Mr. Kim spent 15 years with Hynix Semiconductor in the United States and Korea. His last position was president and CEO of Hynix Semiconductor Manufacturing America and was responsible for the region’s activities, including manufacturing, QRA, engineering and facilities management. Previously in Korea, he served as senior vice president of Hynix Semiconductor Manufacturing Division and vice president of corporate quality and reliability division. He started his career with IBM Corporation in East Fishkill, New York, as a senior associate engineer responsible for semiconductor product quality assurance testing. Mr. Kim holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago.