Previously, Dr. Chang had been group vice president for worldwide semiconductor business at Texas Instruments Inc., and president and chief operating officer of General Instrument Corp.
Dr. Chang received his bachelor's and master's degrees in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his doctorate in electrical engineering from Stanford University. He has received honorary doctorates from Chinese Taipei's National Chiao Tung University, National Tsing Hua University and National Central University, as well as the Polytechnic University in the United States.
Dr. Chang received the Nikkei Asia Prize for Regional Growth from Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc. in 2005, the Robert N. Noyce Medal for Exceptional Contributions to the Microelectronics Industry in 2000, and the Exemplary Leadership Award of the Fabless Semiconductor Association in 1999. He was selected by BusinessWeek as one of the "Top 25 Managers of the Year" and "Stars of Asia" in 1998, and by BancAmerica Robertson Stephens as "One of the Most Significant Contributors in the 50 Years of Semiconductor Industry" in 1998.
Dr. Chang is a member of MIT Corporation and the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, and is also on the advisory boards of the New York Stock Exchange, Stanford University, the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Tokyo.