Mission Statement
Being a hidden champion of ingenuity vision solutions innovator, focusing on work-life balance with can-do spirit, and relentless pursing innovation and enjoyment.
The Vision
The driving engine (小 miniature、合 integrated、智 intelligent) of future vision innovation.
Our Team
iSSATek is team up by >15 years veterans in the field of camera optics, image processing ASIC and computer vision system experience.
丘祺緯 博士 / Ethan Chiu Ph.D.
CEO and Co-founder
許倫華 / Sharon Hsu
COO and Co-founder
丘祺台 / Richard Chiu
VP of Manufacturing
涂宗憲 / Darren Tu
Head of Image and FW
潘彥男 / Nan Pan
Eletrical Engineering
褚金寬 / Tony Chu
Head of Quality
丘祺緯 博士 / Ethan Chiu Ph.D.
CEO and Co-founder
Education
- Ph. D. Candidate in Electrical Engineering, NCTU, Taiwan.
- Ph. D. in Mechanical Engineering, CYCU, Taiwan.
- MS in Michigan Technological University, Michigan, USA.
Experiences
- Managing Director, Actuator Solution Taiwan & Head of Telecom BU, Actuator Solution GmbH.
- Associate Manager, Foxconn.
Dr. Ethan Chiu has 20 years of experience in camera, actuator and vision system design, marketing and manufacturing. Back to 2007, he was with Foxconn camera module business, leading the team developing stereo 3D camera, Liquid Crystal lens, Piezoelectric, SMA and OIS actuators for tired one mobile phone customers. On 2012, He joined Actuator Solution GmbH (ASG) as Head of Telecom BU as well as the Managing Director at Actuator Solution Taiwan. During the period, he successfully brings the cutting edge technology of SMA into mass volume production for world leading drone customer.
Dr. Ethan Chiu obtains his MS in Michigan Tech. University, USA and Ph.D. in Chung Yuan Christian University, Tawian both in Mechanical Engineering, He was Ph. D. candidate (and then a dropout) of Electrical and Control Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Tawian. He has more than 50 patents in US, China and Taiwan and is the leading authors of 43 SCI Journal and conference papers in the fields of optics, mechatronics, Genetic Algorithm and Neural Network algorithm.
Ethan is also a father of two mokeys who make him more exhausted after work.
Dr. Ethan Chiu obtains his MS in Michigan Tech. University, USA and Ph.D. in Chung Yuan Christian University, Tawian both in Mechanical Engineering, He was Ph. D. candidate (and then a dropout) of Electrical and Control Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Tawian. He has more than 50 patents in US, China and Taiwan and is the leading authors of 43 SCI Journal and conference papers in the fields of optics, mechatronics, Genetic Algorithm and Neural Network algorithm.
Ethan is also a father of two mokeys who make him more exhausted after work.
許倫華 / Sharon Hsu
COO and Co-founder
Education
- B.A., English Language and Literature, Soochow University (SCU), Taiwan
Experiences
- Cost controller, Supply Chian Management, Quanta Computer Inc.
- Sales representative and assistant to GM, Actuator Solutions GmbH.
Sharon spent her past 10 years in managing operations, which covering sales, procurement, finance and business controller in the consumer and industrial Industry. At beginning of her career, she focusses on business development and marketing of SMA actuator technology for mobile and consumer electronics industrial. Prior to join iSSA, she dedicates herself on the cost analysis and control of commercial cloud sever system with the tier-one customer of world-wide SaaS companies.
丘祺台 / Richard Chiu
VP of Manufacturing
Education
- BS in Industrial Engineering, CYCU, Taiwan
- BS in Mechanical Engineering, Taipei Institute of Technology, Taiwan
Experiences
- Manager, Site-Tech-Management, Apple
- Director, KunShan plant, FoxLink
- VP, Camera Module Factory, Primax
- Director, ZhongShan plant, Yale Security
- Director, component Mfg, Johnson Motor
Richard has 40+ years in manufacturing field, including SMT, plastic injection, stamping, vacuum plating, tooling fabrication and assembly, around 30 years in China for MNC companies. Prior to join iSSA, he spent ten years with Apple, where he supervise all the manufacture engineering and process for mobile phones at contract manufacturing site (mainly in Foxconn, China). Over the years, he experences through the most advanced automation and manufacturing system among the industry. In the earlier years, he was in charge of precision molding factory in Foxlink and also built up the camera module manufacturing site in Dongguan for Primax.
涂宗憲 / Darren Tu
Head of Image and FW
Education
- MS, Electronics Engineering, NCTU, Taiwan
- BS, Eletrical Engineering, NTHU, Taiwan
Experiences
- ADAS System Manager, TTE
- Webcam System Manager, SONiX
Darren has 20 years of IC design, firmware development & FAE experience in the semiconductor, image industries. His past focus are on the tehcnology of image signal processing algorithm design and verification, IQ tuning in webcam/streaming video products, as well as the product-line management responsibility in SONiX video department.
潘彥男 / Nan Pan
Eletrical Engineering
Education
- MS, Space Science and Engineering, NCU, TW.
- BS, Eletrical Engineering, TKU, Taiwan
Experiences
- Engineer, PESI
Nan has more than 10 years of electrical engineering experience from TV setup box to mix-mode signal for stallite communication system.
褚金寬 / Tony Chu
Head of Quality
Education
- BS, Aeronautical Engineering, Feng Chia University, Taiwan.
Experiences
- Director of Quality, PCB division of Global Brands Manufacture Ltd.
- Vice Director of Quality, FPC BU, Ichia Technology.
- Manager of Quality, KEE group.
- Account Manager of Quality, monitor division, Qisda corp.
Certification
- Certificated Six Sigma Black Belt
- ISO9001:2015 leader auditor of IRCA.
- VDA 6.3 process auditor-Certificated of Qualification, by QMC.
Tony has more than 20 years of experience for design quality, manufacturing quality, failure analysis in the monitor system, PCBA, FPC, IMD injection and touch panel industries, including new product introduction and build up TV production line in Europe OEM.