Chek-San Leong

About Chek-San Leong

Technology leader with strong record of success in the semiconductor industry including strategic alliances and partnerships, Intellectual Property (IP) licensing, and start-up entrepreneur experience.A trusted strategy/marketing/technical executive for crafting and deploying strategic marketing alliances to create substantial value and achieving win-win business outcomes for the company and the customers. Past: A technical lead with proven track record of successfully taped-out complex SoC at the leading-edge of process technology.Specialties- Technology and Intellectual Property (IP) Licensing- Vendor/Supplier Management- Strategic Marketing Alliances and Partnership- Global Business Development- Start-up Entrepreneur experience- Large-scale SoC Project Management- Technical Leadership with solid System-on-Chip experiences- In-depth understanding of SoC Design and Manufacturing to Semiconductor Products.

Experience

1. VP, Head of Silicon Strategic Partnerships

   FuriosaAI

   Mar 2026 — Present · US

Education

• Nottingham Trent University

  Bachelor Degree, Electronics & Electrical Engineering

  1997 — 2000

Skills

• Silicon
• Semiconductors
• Ip
• Arm
• Static Timing Analysis
• Inter-Personal
• Presentations
• Contract Negotiation
• Multilingual
• Dft
• Integrated Circuit Design
• Cmos
• Integrated Circuits (Ic)
• Product Marketing
• Ic
• Manufacturing
• System on a Chip (Soc)
• Physical Design
• Strategic Planning
• Communication Skills
• Semiconductor Industry
• Soc
• Embedded Systems
• Eda
• Asic