Strong leadership with complementary backgrounds

Pankaj Sharma

CEO

  • Serial entrepreneur: built Whizpace from A*STAR spin-off to commercial product company
  • Ex-Senior Assistant Director, Institute of Microelectronics (IME), A*STAR Singapore- rarest silicon pedigree — direct access to Singapore’s national semiconductor program
  • 30 years in design, engineering, foundry engagement, project management in wireless/ semiconductor tech
  • Deep GlobalFoundries, EDA & Singapore government relationships
  • The person who can walk into GlobalFoundries, A*STAR, EnterpriseSG and EDB Singapore in the same week

N. Ramakrishnan

Advisor, Strategy & Business

  • Co-founded two semiconductor companies bridging India and Singapore ecosystems
  • Co-founded Analog and Mixed signal design and circuits and fab
  • 35+ years building tech companies across Asia-Pacific — investor and operator perspective
  • Bridges India government relationships with Singapore capital & ecosystem
  • The strategic compass for navigating both Singapore investor expectations and India market dynamics

KT Chan

Director, Services & Partners

  • Built MEDs Technologies & Synesys Group from zero to 6-country semiconductor services operation
  • Operations across Singapore, Malaysia, India, Vietnam, China & Thailand— built from zero
  • Active foundry relationships: Channel partners for GlobalFoundries, TSMC, Tower, WIN Semiconductor
  • Specialist in foundry services, MMIC design, micro-OSAT & PCB assembly
  • Proven builder: turned foundry relationships into a lasting independent business
  • Plugs StraitsMicro directly into Asia’s semiconductor supply chain