Tony Tsai was appointed vice president, quality and reliability assurance in October 2006, reporting directly to the president and CEO. In this role, Mr. Tsai leads Chartered's ongoing efforts in quality control management, operational best practices and business excellence throughout the company. Mr. Tsai has over 30 years of experience in driving quality in manufacturing operations. Before joining Chartered, he spent more than 10 years with Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation, where he last held the position of chief quality officer. Prior to that, Mr. Tsai was head of reliability and QA operations at Motorola Taiwan. He also held quality control and assurance positions in Bourns (Electronics) Taiwan and Precision Monolithic Incorporation, an analog IC testing company which has since been bought over by Analog Devices Inc. Mr. Tsai holds a Bachelor of Electronics Engineering from Tamkang University, Taiwan, and an Executive Master of Business Administration from the National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan.