People and talent professionals in Semiconductors
Chip plants are written into the titles of this semiconductor group: TSMC's ESMC roles, Micron's Sanand packaging and manufacturing facility, a TSMC HR partner for FAB 15B and Tata Electronics' SemiFab and TSAT hiring. Three have held TSMC roles, two work at Micron, and others have worked at ASML, Marvell, Samsung Semiconductor and Tokyo Electron, so the group fits staffing a new fab abroad, relocating engineers or building chip company recruiting.
Professionals to explore
Cher Whee Sim
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, People Strategy, Technology and Workforce AI Transformation · Micron Technology
Cher Whee Sim has held a run of Micron Technology titles: Global Head, Talent Acquisition (2018-2019), Global Head, Talent Acquisition and Talent Mobility (2019-2020), Vice President, Global Talent Acquisition, Mobility and Immigration (2020-2024), Vice President, People Strategy, Technology & Talent Acquisition (2024-2026) and Vice President, People Strategy, Technology and Workforce AI Transformation since 2026, which suits questions on talent mobility and immigration at Micron.
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Claire Yin
LinkedInExperience: Former HR Business Partner Manager · TSMC
Claire Yin returned to TSMC as HR Business Partner Manager in 2025, after Talent Acquisition Manager at ASML (2021-2025). Claire's earlier TSMC roles were Section Manager of Talent Selection Section II, Recruiting Department (2016-2018 and 2019-2021) and HR Business Partner of FAB 15B (2018-2019), and Claire describes 12 years across HR business partnering and recruiting, a fit for HR partnering inside a fab.
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Eason Yu-Shun Chou
LinkedInExperience: Head of Global HR Business Partner for QIMES Group HR Operations Asia TSMC · TSMC
Since 2025, Eason Yu-Shun Chou has been Head of Global HR Business Partner for QIMES Group HR Operations Asia TSMC at TSMC. Eason's other TSMC titles were Head of Global HR Business Partner for QIMES Group ESMC TSMC (2025), Head of HR Business Partner & Talent Acquisition ESMC at TSMC (2024-2025), Senior Manager Global Talent Acquisition TSMC (2019-2020) and Department Manager Global Organization People Development TSMC (2018-2019), a fit for HR at overseas fabs.
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Lawrence Wong Chee Yoong
LinkedInExperience: Head of Talent Acquisition, AVP (SemiFab and TSAT) · Tata Electronics
For a semiconductor fab in Gujarat and test and assembly sites in Vemegal and Assam, Lawrence Wong Chee Yoong describes leading talent acquisition as Head of Talent Acquisition, AVP (SemiFab and TSAT) at Tata Electronics (since 2024). Lawrence was Head of Human Resources (CHRO-VSPL) at Vedanta Semiconductors Private Limited (VSPL) (2023-2024), and at Photronics was General Manager (2012-2015) and Front End Manager (2003-2012), a fit for staffing fab and assembly sites.
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Michael Walters
LinkedInExperience: Chief Human Resources Officer · Samsung Semiconductor
Chief Human Resources Officer at Samsung Semiconductor since 2024, Michael Walters was Head of Human Resources there (2020-2023), and was also Chief Human Resources Officer at Lyten (2023-2024) and Genoa Healthcare (2015-2020), and an Instructor - Human Resources at University of Washington (2008-2019). Michael is the person here for questions on the CHRO job at a chipmaker.
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Michelle Leong
LinkedInExperience: HRPartner (Talent Acquisition) · Tokyo Electron
Foundry and equipment hiring fits Michelle Leong, HRPartner (Talent Acquisition) at Tokyo Electron since 2025. Michelle was Deputy Talent Acquisition Partner at Systems on Silicon Manufacturing Company Pte Ltd (SSMC) (2023-2025), Corporate Talent Acquisition Partner at NCS Group (2022-2023), Principal Talent Acquisition at GlobalFoundries (2006-2022) and HR Officer (Singapore, Korea, Philippines) at Kulicke & Soffa (2005-2006).
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Monica Lin
LinkedInExperience: Former Senior Talent Acquisition Partner · ESMC
Getting new fab hires through relocation and their first weeks is the question for Monica Lin, Sr.Specialist lead of Onboarding at ESMC (since 2025), handling pre-boarding and onboarding of new joiners and partnering with mobility and immigration experts. Monica was Senior Talent Acquisition Partner at ESMC (2024-2025), Senior Recruiter at TSMC (2016-2023) and an HR Intern at Moxa (2015).
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Shahebaz Saiyed
LinkedInExperience: Head of Talent Acquisition (Micron India - Packaging & Manufacturing - Sanand Facility) · Micron Technology
Staffing a packaging and manufacturing site is the fit for Shahebaz Saiyed, Head of Talent Acquisition (Micron India - Packaging & Manufacturing - Sanand Facility) at Micron Technology since 2024, after Talent Acquisition Leader (Digital & Campus) at eInfochips (An Arrow Company) (2022-2024). Shahebaz was also Head of Talent Acquisition (2021-2022) and Talent Acquisition Manager (2013-2016) at Sophos, and Senior Human Resources Manager at Infostretch (2016-2021).
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Suzanne Keulen
LinkedInExperience: Global Head HR CoE Attract, Select & Onboard · ASML
At ASML, Suzanne Keulen became Global Head HR CoE Attract, Select & Onboard in 2026, and has also been Staffing Workstream Lead Central Transition Office (Additional Assignment) since 2025. Suzanne's other ASML roles were Global Head HR TA Innovation & Solutions (2021-2026), Global head of HR Onboarding (2018-2021) and Global program manager Quality of Hire (2015-2018), a fit for hiring and onboarding design questions.
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Tara Hsu
LinkedInExperience: Former Associate Vice President, Global Head of Talent Acquisition, Attraction & Mobility · Marvell Technology
Tara Hsu was Associate Vice President, Global Head of Talent Acquisition, Attraction & Mobility (2022-2026) and Senior Director, Global Head of Talent Acquisition (2020-2022) at Marvell Technology. Tara also held Principal Executive Recruiter, Global Technology at Nike (2020) and Director Head of Talent Acquisition (early stage fintech) at Happy Money (2019-2020), and describes having run a 76-person global organization that hired 1,671 people in a year.
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Choose the right perspective
Michael Walters and Cher Whee Sim hold the most senior titles and fit company-wide HR and talent strategy. Shahebaz Saiyed and Lawrence Wong Chee Yoong suit hiring for facilities in India, Eason Yu-Shun Chou and Claire Yin fab HR partnering, Suzanne Keulen and Monica Lin onboarding, and Tara Hsu scaling a recruiting team.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you recruit process and equipment engineers for a new fab in a region where few people have fab experience?
- 02What immigration and relocation support do engineers need when they move to help start up an overseas fab?
- 03How do you onboard large groups of fab technicians so they are productive on shift work within months?
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