INOR appoints Dato’ Dr Mohd Sofi Osman as Adjunct Professor
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Dato’ Dr Mohd Sofi Osman was born in Penang. Received his primary and secondary educations in Penang before pursuing his engineering degree at University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. He is married with three childrens.
Dato’ Dr Mohd Sofi Osman joined Intel in 2015 with the acquisition of Altera Corporation, where he was the Vice President and Managing Director and led Worldwide Operations and Engineering for the Asia Pacific region since 2012. Before joining Altera, he had a 25-year career at Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), culminating in his role as Corporate Vice President and Managing Director of AMD Penang. He holds a patent in the field of semiconductor manufacturing process and has published papers on continuous improvement projects in backend semiconductor manufacturing. He retired from Intel in July 2016 after spending almost 30 years in the Semiconductor Industry. In 2018, he came out from retirement to work for Lumileds as Vice President and Managing Director of Lumileds Malaysia until June 2020.
Dato’ Dr Mohd Sofi Osman was in the Board of Directors at University Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) since the organization was still known as KUKUM. He was the past Chairman of the board for University Malaysia Perlis and University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia. He was also the Adjunct Professor at University Technology Mara (UiTM) Shah Alam and Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM).
He was the past Chairman for Penang Skills Development Centre (PSDC). He was also the past President of the Free Industrial Zone Penang Company Association (Frepenca).
He is currently the Chairman of MIMOS Semiconductor Sdn Bhd, Advisor to Collaborative Research in Engineering, Science & Technology (CREST) Board, member of CEO Faculty Program. He is currently an Adjunct Professor at the Institute of Nano Optoelectronics Research and Technology (INOR), Universiti Sains Malaysia with the mission of accelerating the research collaboration between INOR and industry players as well as assisting the advancement of research capabilities at INOR that are in line with industry’s needs.