Executive Management
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Shaw Hong, Chief Executive Officer
Shaw Hong is Chief Executive Officer of OmniVision and was one of the company's co-founders. He is responsible for the overall direction and vision of the company, continuously looking for new ways to grow and improve company revenues. Mr. Hong holds a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Jiao Tong University in China and an M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Oregon State University. |
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Raymond Wu, President
Raymond Wu is President and one of the co-founders of OmniVision. He was a member of the companys board of directors from May 1995 until August 2006. From May 1995 to July 1998, Mr. Wu led the sales and engineering departments. From July 1998 to October 1999, Mr. Wu was Vice President of Business Development, and from October 1999 to August 2006 he served as Executive Vice President. Prior to returning to OmniVision in December 2012, Mr. Wu served as President of EU3C Company, a consumer electronics company, from 2006 to 2012.As President of OmniVision, Mr. Wu is responsible for the overall direction of the company. His strong leadership skills, industry knowledge and experience extend from product and market development to engineering and sales. Mr. Wu holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Chung-Yuan University in Taiwan and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Wayne State University. |
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Anson Chan, Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance
Anson Chan joined OmniVision in July 2006 with more than ten years of experience in accounting and finance coupled with an additional five years in engineering. Appointed as Vice President of Finance in February 2007, Mr. Chan has played an integral role in leading and developing OmniVision's global finance team. Prior to joining OmniVision, Mr. Chan advanced to the position of Senior Manager during his nearly ten years with PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, where he dealt extensively with all finance functions, ranging from assurance and business advisory services to initial public offerings. While employed by PwC, Mr. Chan managed the OmniVision engagement team for nearly six years. Mr. Chan earned his MBA degree in business strategy and operations management at the University of Chicago, his B.S. in Economics at Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and his B.S. in Engineering at the Moore School at the University of Pennsylvania. |
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Y. Vicky Chou, Senior Vice President of Global Management and General Counsel
Vicky Chou was appointed as the Senior Vice President of Global Management and General Counsel in February 2012 after serving as Vice President of Global Management and General Counsel since August 2009. From June 2003 to August 2009, Ms. Chou was the Vice President of Legal and General Counsel. When she first joined OmniVision in February 2003, she was the Corporate Counsel of the Company. Prior to joining OmniVision, Ms. Chou was an attorney at Heller, Ehrman White & McAuliffe LLP. She worked extensively with the firm's clients on corporate securities, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital financing and other corporate and licensing transactions. Prior to joining Heller, Ehrman, she was also an attorney at Coudert Brothers LLP. Ms. Chou has a B.S. in Anthropology from Temple University, an M.B.A. from St. Joseph's University and a J.D. from Santa Clara University. |
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Hasan Gadjali, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development
Hasan Gadjali, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development, brings more than 20 years of combined business, products management and engineering experience to OmniVision. He returns to OmniVision after serving as Vice President of Sales and Business Development at 3DLabs Semiconductor from 2007 to 2011. Mr. Gadjali first joined OmniVision in 1999 and was promoted to Vice President of the Advanced Products Business Unit in 2005, where he became one of the main drivers behind developing many of the companys new entertainment, camera phone, and automotive markets.Prior joining our company, Mr. Gadjali held various senior design and technical positions at Winbond Electronics Corporation, Chromatic Research, Inc., Creative Labs, Inc., and Sharp Microelectronics. Mr. Gadjali holds a B.S.E.E. degree from the University of California, San Diego and an M.S.E.E. degree with an emphasis on image and video coding technology from San Diego State University. |
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Ray Cisneros, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Sales Operations
Ray Cisneros was named Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Sales Operations in February 2012 after serving as Vice President of Sales since 2006. Mr. Cisneros joined OmniVision in 2002 and began working in various areas of sales, including key account management, regional management and sales operations. Currently, Mr. Cisneros manages global sales, sales operations and corporate sales. In his ten years with OmniVision, Mr. Cisneros has been part of the team that helped build OmniVision to its current level of business. Prior to joining OmniVision, Mr. Cisneros held various senior management positions in the area of sales and marketing for companies in the fiber optics and semiconductor industries, including Sagitta, Inc., UMC and Novellus Systems, Inc. Earlier in his career, Mr. Cisneros served as a failure analyst and materials engineer at FMC Corporation. Mr. Cisneros holds a B.S. in Metallurgical Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from Golden Gate University. |
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Eugene Liaw, Vice President of Operations
Eugene Liaw joined OmniVision as Vice President of Operations in February 2006, bringing with him over 26 years of experience in semiconductor operations and engineering. Prior to joining OmniVision, Mr. Liaw served as Senior Director, Outsourcing Engineering and Operation, at ATI Technologies (now part of AMD) from 1997 to 2006. Prior to his service at ATI Technologies, Mr. Liaw held various management positions in operations and engineering, including three and a half years at SiS, six years at GigaBit Logic (now TriQuint Semiconductor), two and a half years at Ford Motor Company and three years at Codenoll Technology. Mr. Liaw holds a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Tamkang University in Taiwan, and an M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State University. Mr. Liaw has published more than 10 technical papers on semiconductor processes and devices. |
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Dr. Henry Yang, Chief Operating Officer
Dr. Henry Yang was appointed as OmniVisions Chief Operating Officer in February 2012, having served in multiple roles since joining OmniVision in 1996. Dr. Yang, who possesses a deep understanding of product engineering and operations, became OmniVisions Vice President of Engineering in 2007, prior to which he was Director of Engineering. In both roles he focused on sensor design, circuit improvements and project management, in addition to playing a key role in the many successes of the companys engineering teams over the past 11 years. He holds B.E., M.E. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the TsingHua University in China. |
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Dr. Howard E. Rhodes, Chief Technical Officer
Howard E. Rhodes was appointed as the Chief Technical Officer in February 2012 after serving as OmniVisions Vice President of Process Engineering since August 2005. Dr. Rhodes first joined the company as the Sr. Director of Process Engineering in 2004 and received the Walter Kosonocky Award for his published work on CMOS imaging in 2005. Prior to joining OmniVision, Dr. Rhodes worked at Kodak Research Labs where he was in charge of process development and process integration for high speed visible and IR sensitive CCD products. After Kodak, Dr. Rhodes joined Micron Technology where he was named a Principle Fellow in 1998 and later was appointed as Microns Director of Imager Engineering. He also holds 216 patents and 20 publications. Dr. Rhodes earned his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Solid State Physics from the University of Illinois. |
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John Li, Vice President of System Technologies
John Li has been with OmniVision since 1997, previously serving as an engineering manager, director and senior director of applications for OmniVision's worldwide applications group. Mr. Li was appointed to Vice President of System Technologies in August, 2009. In this role, he manages worldwide applications and the company's optics division. His responsibilities include system and new technology development, customer support, oversight of future product definition, and focuses on the development of wafer level camera modules. Mr. Li graduated from the Electrical Engineering Department of Fudan University in China. |
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Cooper Wu, Vice President of Product & Manufacture Engineering
Cooper Wu joined OmniVision in 2001 and brings in-depth knowledge and understanding of operations and product engineering to his current position. In his new role, Mr. Wu has responsibility for product yield, validation and manufacture engineering for new product introductions and their ramp up to volume production. Prior to his appointment to vice president in 2010, Mr. Wu held various management and engineering positions at OmniVision. He has been instrumental to the success of the company's operations and product engineering teams by focusing on improving product development and manufacturing processes as well as implementing operational procedures to ensure that new product lines meet customer requirements. Mr. Wu earned his B.S. degree in Materials Engineering from the Tatung Institute of Technology in Taiwan and his M.S. degree in Materials Science and Mechanics from Michigan State University. |
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Zille Hasnain, Vice President of Quality and Reliability
Zille Hasnain is the Vice President of Quality and Reliability, bringing with him over 28 years of experience in semiconductor quality and reliability assurance. Prior to joining OmniVision, Mr. Hasnain served as Senior Director of Quality Assurance and Customer Support at Micron, where he worked to ensure all Micron DRAM, Flash and CMOS image sensor products met quality and reliability expectations when entering high volume shipments. Utilizing his extensive knowledge of industry qualification requirements for new products, Mr. Hasnain worked with customers and contract manufacturers around the world on technical product issues. Mr. Hasnain has authored several impressive publications recognized throughout the industry. He holds an M.B.A. in Business Administration with an emphasis on Quantitative Analysis from Washington State University. |

