YOLE GROUP PHOTONICS FORUMS – CIOE 2024

Jason (Haijun) Wang joined OMNIVISION in 2021 and currently leads product management and marketing for OMNIVISION’s automotive segment in China. With fifteen years of experience in the automotive industry, Jason has held various specialized product management roles at Aptiv and TE. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Material Science from Wuhan University and later pursued an MBA.

He has led the company’s efforts in the development and commercialization of three industry-first products: the 4-inch semi-polar (20-21) template for next-generation GaN devices, NPQD^® mini-LEDs for commercial displays, and NPQD^® micro-LED displays for all-day wearable AR glasses.

Prior to establishing Saphlux, Dr. Chen was an R&D engineer at Schlumberger, where he successfully developed the ONYX360 rolling cutter, which achieved sales exceeding $1 billion and received both the World Oil Award and the E&P Meritorious Award. Holding over 60 patents, Dr. Chen earned his B.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and received his MBA from Yale University.

He possesses extensive professional experience of designing miniature light engines, geometric and holographic waveguides. Graduating from Nanyang Technological University Singapore, He held PhD degree in applied physics. During his research and industrial career, Eric has authored and co-authored 11 papers and 86 patents. Currently, his focus is to promote next-gen 0.15 cc uLED light engine and 0.7cc LCOS light engine.

He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Waterloo, has published over 70 papers, and has filed more than 300 patents. Dr. Chaji, who Improved OLED TV performance by correcting display issues, has received several awards, including the EY Young Alumni Achievement Medal, and was a finalist for the 2023 Entrepreneur of the Year award by EY. Under his leadership, VueReal was named one of Deloitte Canada’s Top 50 Companies to Watch in 2023.

Dr. Sun Liang has 20 years of experience in the display industry. Currently he is the leader of Micro Display Team in CSOT. From the R&D product market position, he has experienced the complete process of OLED from early technology development to becoming the mainstream display technology in the mobile phone industry. He has participated in the planning, construction and operation of 3 LCD and OLED production lines. His long-term experience in product technology development covers LCD, OLED and Micro LED. He has led the development of China’s first mass-produced flexible OLED perforated screen, the development of Moto Razr folding screen and the mass production of under-screen camera technology, as well as the world’s first TDDI Micro LED display for watch applications. Successfully becoming the first domestic supplier to enter Samsung Electronics' OLED mobile phone screen supply chain. In 2021, he began to participate in market research, production line planning and technology development of silicon-based micro displays, and led the evaluation, strategic planning of CSOT silicon-based OLEDs as well as the planning and research and development of silicon-based Micro LEDs.

Driving the diversification of ST image sensor business, she has successfully overseen the groundbreaking release of ST BrightSense offer which makes now accessible to everyone the high performance of billion-unit proven technologies with a comprehensive hardware and software ecosystem.
Marie-Charlotte holds an engineering degree in Semiconductor Physics and additional master’s degree in Photonics from Grenoble INP and a master’s degree in Business Administration from Grenoble IAE. She started her career in the field of CMOS image sensors and modules for high-end Machine Vision applications.

• Sr. Director and Head of LiDAR Sensing in Silicon Photonics Product Division in Intel Santa Clara. Lead the product and engineering teams to develop the next-gen LiDAR and Sensing Photonics IC. 
• Formal Sr. Product Director, R&D Director, and Technical Fellow in top tech companies. 20+ years of experience leading global product and engineering teams to develop advanced communication and computing technologies. 10+ years in photonics sensing such as LiDAR, ToF, and Imaging. 
• Filed more than 20 US or International patents. Master of Eng. and Bachelor of Eng. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.
• Managed dozens of cutting-edge products, 100+ M$ programs, 100s of M$ product portfolios, and ~100-people R&D center and multi-disciplinary teams. Initiated new markets and roadmaps, and grew key accounts and businesses significantly. Delivered the world's first/best products such as ToF, Android IVI, UWB SOC, and IA64 server. 
• Experienced in HW/IC/SW solutions such as CE, IoT, Auto, Connectivity, Embed., Mobile, and Server. Focused on photonics sensing such as SiPh/LiDAR/ToF/Imaging/CV and AI applications AV/AR/AIoT.

Prior to that he was Technical Director at IQE plc, a leading manufacturer of advanced Compound Semiconductor materials for a wide range of photonic and wireless applications. He held several roles at IQE, including Solar Business Unit leader and General Manager of the company’s Substrate Division, Wafer Technology. He also spent around 10 years at RSRE Malvern (now part of the QinetiQ Group), leading a team working on advanced semiconductor materials for Infrared Sensing applications.

He has 15+ years professional experience across key technical and business roles, leveraging senior expertise in cutting-edge silicon photonics circuits, III-V optoelectronics, and VCSEL photonics. He is author of more than 125 journal articles and conference proceedings, one book chapter, holding 11 patents.

Mr. Yang Xuefei serves as the global Vice President and General Manager of Greater China at Prophesee, with responsibilities for overseeing the company's operations and team in China. With a strong foundation in the Asia Pacific region, Yang Xuefei brings to the role extensive experience and profound insights in the image sensor industry. He previously held the position of Head of Mobile CMOS sensor sales for Sony (SNE) in Greater China, successfully spearheading the expansion of Sony's image sensor business into the mobile phone sector. Subsequently, he assumed the role of General Manager of China at distinguished high-tech firms such as Sentons Technology and Invisage (later acquired by Apple), where he garnered substantial expertise in wearables, IoT, and automotive domains. Xuefei Yang is an alumnus of Fudan University, holding a master's degree in microelectronics engineering.

Drawing on his experience from over 25 years of repeated success growing market share, revenue, and profit while bringing new and disruptive products to market, he leads all aspects of Metalenz’ product roadmap, go-to-market strategy, and revenue generation. Prior to Metalenz, Johnsson was vice president of mobile marketing at Skyworks Solutions and senior director of product marketing at TDK-InvenSense and Broadcom Corporation. In addition, he was instrumental in driving three start-ups from pre-revenue concept to profitable exits, as vice president of marketing and business development at Cavendish Kinetics and Beceem Communications, and at Flarion Technologies, which he co-founded.

Recognized as a Leading Talent of Shanghai and an Elite Talent of Lingang, he has contributed to 8 international research projects, published over 30 papers in top journals, and filed 144 patents globally. As one of the inventors of third-generation hybrid integrated semiconductor technology, Dr. Xu returned from overseas to lead his team in pioneering sub-0.3-inch MicroLED micro-displays, achieving groundbreaking innovation. Under Dr. Xu's strategic vision and meticulous management, JBD has rapidly become a leading company in the MicroLED sector, providing top-tier AR manufacturers with competitive optical core hardware and advancing XR as the next-generation smart mobile platform.

He is the inventor of the HVS (Hybrid Vision Sensing) technology and one of the originators of the bionic vision chip. With 17 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, he has worked at the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM) and HMT microelectronic AG, one of the largest independent IC design houses in Europe. His research and development focus is on mixed-signal IC design, SoC design, embedded system design and ultra-low power circuit design. He has led or served as a core designer in multiple scientific research and industrialized chip projects supported by the European Union and the Swiss National Fund.

Mr. Deng holds a bachelor's degree from Zhejiang University and a master's degree from ETH Zurich. He is the holder of more than 20 patents and has published dozens of papers in international journals. In addition to his extensive experience in IC design and project management, he also possesses exceptional communication skills and a good reputation in customer communication, supply chain integration, and cross-cultural team management.

 This includes novel optoelectronic interconnects, as well as AI applications in automotive, consumers, etc. Before his role as Biz Development, he was responsible for product management, business unit, and operations. Dr. Ding graduated from Georgia Tech for his Ph.D., and Tsinghua University for his bachelor. He worked for Intel packaging technology development for five years before joining InnoLight Technology.

He is specialized in optical communication and semiconductor lasers within the Photonics & Sensing activities at Yole Group. With 12 years’ experience within semiconductor technology, Martin is involved today in the development of technology & market products as well as the production of custom consulting projects. 
Prior his mission at Yole Group, he worked at CEA (Grenoble, France), with a mission focused on the epitaxial growth of InGaN/GaN core-shell nanowire LEDs by MOCVD and their characterization for highly flexible photonic devices. 
Martin graduated from Academy of Sciences, Institute of Electrical Engineering (Slovakia) with an engineering degree in III-nitride semiconductors.

He is deeply engaged in the development of a dedicated collection of compound semiconductor market & technology products.

Ali previously worked at CEA-Leti (France) as a research engineer. His mission was focused on the design, growth, and clean room processing of GaAs semiconductor nanowires for Visible-Infrared photodetectors. During his Ph.D., Ali investigated the epitaxy (MBE) of InP nanowires-quantum dots dedicated to telecom applications.

Ali (co-)authored numerous scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals and a patent on III-V nanowires at CEA-Leti. He also delivered several presentations and was invited to numerous seminars at national and international conferences.

Ali Jaffal obtained his master’s degree and Ph.D. in material science and optics from INSA (Lyon, France).

Florian is engaged in the technology and market analyses for various imaging technologies and contributes to the production of the relevant products and custom projects.
Prior to Yole Group, Florian has worked in STMicroelectronics for more than 13 years in process and technology development fields, and in R&D projects management. Florian has authored and co-authored numerous papers and five patents in semiconductor R&D and manufacturing.
Florian holds a MSc in Engineering Physics, Materials and Microelectronics from INSA Toulouse (France), and a PhD in Microelectronics and Nanoelectronics from the University of Grenoble-Alpes (France).

He is managing the expansion of the technical expertise and the market know-how of the company. 
In addition, he actively assists and supports the development of dedicated imaging and display collection of market & technology products, as well as custom consulting projects. 
Prior to Yole Group, Zine oversaw numerous R&D programs at Aledia. During more than three years, he developed strong technical expertise as well as a detailed understanding of the display industry. 
Zine Bouhamri holds an Electronics Engineering Degree from the National Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble (FR), one from the Politecnico di Torino (IT), and a PhD in RF & Optoelectronics from Grenoble University (FR).