Board

Mr. V. Venkatachalam

Director - Malaysia Board

Mr. V. Venkatachalam is a Fellow Chartered Certified Accountant - United Kingdom, Chartered Accountant/Fellow of Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia. He has been an Associate of Malaysian Institute of Management and Chartered Member of Institute of Internal Auditors Malaysia. Approved Tax Agent, Approved Auditor for Co-operative Societies, Approved Liquidator, Approved Company Auditor - Malaysia. He has been an active member in Rotary International between 2000 - 2010, committee member in Malaysian Institute of Accountants and Approved Independent Director of Minority Shareholder Watchdog Group.

Mr. M. Sankara Subramanian

Director - Singapore Board

Mr. M. Sankara Subramanian, is an Engineer in Electronics & Communication with 20+ years of experience in the semiconductor industry. He has a MS in Management Systems from Birla Institute of Technology. He has headed the Test department of a leading semiconductor company in India for eight years and has successfully implemented many test development projects for various customers both off-shore & on-site.

Mr. Sankara has hands on experience in the test program & hardware development of various new products in wide range Automatic Test Equipment Platforms like Advantest, Teradyne, LTXC, Shlumberger, Credence etc. He has an abundant knowledge & experience in the testing of high speed digital, power management, clock synthesizers, industrial analog and mixed signal application specific products and has completed several products in these product families. He has been instrumental in setting up the production test line and getting it qualified for usage, for different customer products. He also has the experience in transferring the production line from one site to another.

Mr. Sankara steers the team of talented professionals who manage & lead their functions with abundant experience in their fields. He sets the goal for the overall organization and develops the strategy in co-ordination with the respective functional leaders. He is responsible for the development of macro business plans for the various Business Units of ChipTest to ensure that the needs of all stakeholders are met. He envisages the areas to propel the Company in a profitable growth path, with no compromise on the inculcated values & ethics.