LIANG-CHOO HSIA - Corporate Board Profile

PHOTRONICS INC

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2013-02-22	Liang-Choo Hsia, was formerly Senior Vice President and Senior Technical Advisor at Global Foundries Inc.. He joined Global Foundries as a result of the acquisition of Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing where, for over ten years, he played a pivotal role in defining roadmaps for advanced node migration and oversaw the company’s participation in the Joint Development Alliance with IBM for advanced manufacturing to the 22/20nm nodes. He joined Chartered after serving for three years as Director of Technology Development of United Microelectronics Corporation in Taiwan. Prior to that, he spent over a decade with IBM as an advisory scientist in various divisions. Dr. Hsia has authored or co-authored over 100 papers and over 50 patents. He resides in Taiwan and has offices in Taiwan and Singapore. Dr. Hsia is Chairman of the Strategic Planning and Technology Development Committee and is a member of the Nominating Committee. Directors who are not employees of the Company each received an annual retainer of $30,000, in addition to a fee of $4,000 for each director's meeting attended in fiscal 2012. Grants of stock as part of the Directors' annual compensation are generally made on the first Board meeting of the Company's fiscal year. For fiscal 2012 each Director received a stock option award of 12,000 and a restricted stock award of 8,000 shares. The restrictions on the option awards generally lapse quarterly over the one-year service period. In fiscal 2012, the Chairman of the Strategic Planning and Development Committee received an additional annual retainer of $15,000 and the Vice Chairman received an additional annual retainer of $5,000. Liang-Choo Hsia's total compensation was $174,898.
2014-03-03	Liang-Choo Hsia, was formerly Senior Vice President and Senior Technical Advisor at Global Foundries. He joined Global Foundries as a result of the acquisition of Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing where, for over ten years, he played a pivotal role in defining roadmaps for advanced node migration and oversaw the companys participation in the Joint Development Alliance with IBM for advanced manufacturing at the 22/20nm nodes. He joined Chartered after serving for three years as Director of Technology Development of United Microelectronics Corporation in Taiwan. Prior to that, he spent over a decade with IBM as an advisory scientist in various divisions. Dr. Hsia has authored or co-authored over 100 papers and over 50 patents. He resides in Taiwan and has offices in Taiwan and Singapore. Dr. Hsia is a member of the investment committee, Semi Taiwan, he also serves as a Director on the Board of Everam, Inc. Taiwan, a mobile DRAM design house and on the Board of Sequia Microelectronics Corp., Taiwan, a design house for LED power supply chips. Dr. Hsia is Chairman of the Strategic Planning and Technology Development Committee and is a member of the Nominating Committee. Directors who are not employees of the Company each received an annual retainer of $30,000, in addition to a fee of $4,000 for each director's meeting attended in fiscal 2013. Grants of stock as part of the Directors' annual compensation are generally made at the first Board meeting of the Company's fiscal year. For fiscal 2013 each Director received a restricted stock award of 14,000 shares and members of the Executive Committee received an additional 14,000 shares. The restrictions on the awards lapse quarterly over the one-year service period. In fiscal 2013 the Chairman of the Audit Committee received an additional annual retainer of $40,000 and the Vice Chairman received an additional annual retainer of $20,000. In fiscal 2013, the other member of the Audit Committee received an additional annual retainer of $15,000. Members of the Audit Committee receive a per diem payment of $1,250 for travel in connection with the Audit Committee and for Board of Director assignments. The Chairman of the Compensation Committee received an additional annual retainer of $30,000 and the Vice Chairman of the Compensation Committee receives an additional annual retainer of $10,000. For fiscal 2013, the members of the Executive Committee received an additional annual retainer of $30,000.
2015-03-02	Liang-Choo Hsia, was formerly Senior Vice President and Senior Technical Advisor at Global Foundries. He joined Global Foundries as a result of the acquisition of Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing where, for over ten years, he played a pivotal role in defining roadmaps for advanced node migration and oversaw the companys participation in the Joint Development Alliance with IBM for advanced manufacturing at the 22/20nm nodes. He joined Chartered after serving for three years as Director of Technology Development of United Microelectronics Corporation in Taiwan. Prior to that, he spent over a decade with IBM as an advisory scientist in various divisions. Dr. Hsia has authored or co-authored over 100 papers and over 50 patents. He resides in Taiwan and has offices in Taiwan and Singapore. Dr. Hsia is a member of the investment committee, Semi Taiwan, he also serves as a Director on the Board of Everam, Inc. Taiwan, a mobile DRAM design house and on the Board of Sequia Microelectronics Corp., Taiwan, a design house for LED power supply chips. Dr. Hsia is Chairman of the Strategic Planning and Technology Development Committee and is a member of the Nominating Committee. Dr. Hsia brings an in depth knowledge and wealth of experience in the industry to the Board.
2016-02-29	Liang-Choo Hsia, was formerly Senior Vice President and Senior Technical Advisor at Global Foundries. He joined Global Foundries as a result of the acquisition of Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing where, for over ten years, he played a pivotal role in defining roadmaps for advanced node migration and oversaw the company’s participation in the Joint Development Alliance with IBM for advanced manufacturing at the 22/20nm nodes. He joined Chartered after serving for three years as Director of Technology Development of United Microelectronics Corporation in Taiwan. Prior to that, he spent over a decade with IBM as an advisory scientist in various divisions. Dr. Hsia has authored or co-authored over 100 papers and over 50 patents. He resides in Taiwan and has offices in Taiwan and Singapore. Dr. Hsia is a member of the investment committee, Semi Taiwan, he also serves as a Director on the Board of Everam, Inc. Taiwan, a mobile DRAM design house and on the Board of Sequia Microelectronics Corp., Taiwan, a design house for LED power supply chips. Dr. Hsia is Chairman of the Strategic Planning and Technology Development Committee and is a member of the Nominating Committee. Dr. Hsia brings an in depth knowledge and wealth of experience in the industry to the Board.
2017-02-13	Liang-Choo Hsia, was formerly Senior Vice President and Senior Technical Advisor at Global Foundries. He joined Global Foundries as a result of the acquisition of Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing where, for over ten years, he played a pivotal role in defining roadmaps for advanced node migration and oversaw the companys participation in the Joint Development Alliance with IBM for advanced manufacturing at the 22/20nm nodes. He joined Chartered after serving for three years as Director of Technology Development of United Microelectronics Corporation in Taiwan. Prior to that, he spent over a decade with IBM as an advisory scientist in various divisions. Dr. Hsia has authored or co-authored over 100 papers and over 50 patents. He resides in Taiwan and has offices in Taiwan and Singapore. Dr. Hsia is a member of the investment committee, Semi Taiwan, he also serves as a Director on the Board of Everam, Inc. Taiwan, a mobile DRAM design house and on the Board of Sequia Microelectronics Corp., Taiwan, a design house for LED power supply chips. Dr. Hsia is Chairman of the Strategic Planning and Technology Development Committee and is a member of the Nominating Committee. Directors who are not employees of the Company each received an annual retainer of $40,000, in addition to a fee of $4,000 for each directors meeting attended in fiscal 2016. Grants of stock as part of the Directors annual compensation are generally made at the first Board meeting of the Companys fiscal year. For fiscal 2016 each Director received a restricted stock award of 12,000 shares. The restrictions on the awards lapse quarterly over the one-year service period. In fiscal 2016, the Chairman of the Strategic Planning and Development Committee received an additional annual retainer of $15,000 and the Vice Chairman received an additional annual retainer of $10,000. In fiscal 2016, the Chairman of the Nominating Committee received an additional annual retainer of $20,000 and the Vice Chairman received an additional annual retainer of $10,000. The Director Compensation Table shows Liang-Choo Hsia received $81,000 in fees earned or paid in cash and $145,560 in stock awards, totaling $226,560.
2018-02-26	Liang-Choo Hsia was formerly Senior Vice President and Senior Technical Advisor at Global Foundries. ... Dr. Hsia is Chairman of the Strategic Planning and Technology Development Committee and is a member of the Nominating Committee of the Board. ... Liang-Choo Hsia received $85,000 in fees and $136,200 in stock awards for a total of $221,200.