Daphne is currently the Deputy Director of Projects of SSIA overseeing all major SSIA events. She is also responsible in identifying and arranging training needs for the industry. Prior to joining SSIA, Daphne has over 10 years in events management from planning to execution at NXP Semiconductors. She is experienced in developing and managing brand-led customer outreach events and leading the brand’s participation at industry trade shows and conferences.

Michelle has over 22 years' experience in the semiconductor industry, working on CIM and Fab information integration and upgrade, quality, automation, productivity and cycle time improvement. As Head of the manufacturing department, she successfully led her department to achieve 9% productivity improvement through automation. One of her success stories was to lead integration and upgrading of fab systems, to retire 80 legacy systems and converge to one unified and high efficient platform.

She holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Materials Engineering from Nanyang Technological University.

Jia Yong provides a wide range of people consulting services that support digital and workforce transformation projects in multiple sectors — such as public services, manufacturing and telecommunications — by linking business strategies to people-organization dynamics. These cover the design of organization structures, job redesign, manpower planning, development of a high-performance culture, talent management, succession planning, as well as business process review and optimization.


Jia Yong is a Professional Singapore Certified Management Consultant with TUV SUD. He holds an MBA from Singapore Management University, as well as an MA in Applied Economics and a BA in Political Science and Economics from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, US.