CHARTERED APPOINTS DR. ARTHUR KUO TO HEAD AMERICAS REGION
SINGAPORE and MILPITAS, Calif. - December 2, 2003 - Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing (Nasdaq: CHRT and SGX-ST: Chartered), one of the world's top three dedicated semiconductor foundries, today announced the appointment of Arthur T.C. Kuo, Ph.D. as president for the Americas region. Dr. Kuo - an accomplished leader with a diverse background in sales, engineering, customer support and operations - oversees customer support activities and field engineering as well as day-to-day business operations for the region, which is the Company's largest region in terms of revenue. Dr. Kuo is based in Chartered's Silicon Valley office and reports directly to Mike Rekuc, senior vice president of worldwide sales and marketing.
"The breadth of Arthur's experience and his extensive knowledge of the semiconductor industry gives him a real insight into customers' needs and challenges, which will serve Chartered well as we continue to diversify our customer base and execute on our strategy of winning more 'first-source' business," said Rekuc. "Under Arthur's leadership, our Americas region will aggressively drive top-line growth as the Company continues to focus on returning to profitability."
Prior to joining Chartered,. Dr. Kuo held management positions at several companies including UMC-USA, where he most recently served as vice president of sales, customer engineering and services. Other previous management positions include sales manager for United Semiconductor Corporation, foundry manager for S3 Graphic Inc., and application manager for the semiconductor equipment group of Watkins-Johnson Corporation. Dr. Kuo began his career nearly 15 years ago as a process integration/development engineer at LSI Logic. Dr. Kuo received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from National Central University, Taiwan, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Syracuse University in New York.
Dr. Kuo assumes the role left vacant by the promotion of Rekuc in August.
About Chartered
Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, one of the world's top three dedicated semiconductor foundries, is forging a customized approach to outsourced semiconductor manufacturing by building lasting and collaborative partnerships with its customers. The Company provides flexible and cost-effective manufacturing solutions for customers, enabling the convergence of communications, computing and consumer markets. In Singapore, Chartered operates five fabrication facilities and has a sixth fab, which will be developed as a 300mm facility.
A company with both global presence and perspective, Chartered is traded on both the Nasdaq Stock Market (Nasdaq: CHRT) and on the Singapore Exchange (SGX-ST: CHARTERED). Chartered's 3,500 employees are based at 11 locations around the world. Information about Chartered can be found at www.charteredsemi.com.
