Dr. Jackson Hu is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of UMC. A 30-year veteran of the industry, Dr. Hu possesses extensive experience in the IC design industry in the fields of MPU, Graphics, and wireless communications.

Before joining UMC, Dr. Hu served as President and CEO of SiRF Technology, a fabless communications IC and IP company focused on GPS-based location technology which went public in April 2004. Dr. Hu also helped found IC Ensemble and Verticom, which were acquired by Via Technology and Western Digital in 2000 and 1988, respectively.

Before joining SiRF, Dr. Hu worked at S3, the leading fabless PC graphic chipset and software provider, as senior vice president and general manager. While at S3, Hu helped grow the company into the market leader.

Dr. Hu earned his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University and his master's and doctorate degrees in computer science from the University of Illinois, Urbana. He later earned an MBA from Santa Clara University.