SAN JOSE, CA, July 31, 2026 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Hsien-Lung "Jim" Yang, former director of process engineering for Applied Materials, was selected by Marquis Who's Who for a prominent feature in the June/July 2026 San Francisco, California, regional edition of Forbes magazine.

Across 25 years and noteworthy roles in the United States and China, Mr. Yang has made a significant impact on the technology world. Born in Taiwan, he immigrated to the United States for the first time in 1999 to continue his education. Following the completion of his master's degree, Mr. Yang joined Applied Materials as a product development engineer. Over the course of 12 years with the company during his initial tenure, he was promoted to key account technologist and business manager, establishing his skill and ambition early in his career.

After leaving Applied Materials in 2014, Mr. Yang moved back to Taiwan to become a technical manager with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world's largest contract chipmaker. Further building his expertise in chip manufacturing over the next decade, he served as a division head at Wavetek Microelectronics Corporation, a senior manager at Yangtze Memory Technologies, a director of process and application engineering at Woniks IPS, and a key product unit and key account technology senior manager at Advanced Semiconductor Materials (ASM).

During his final months with ASM in 2023, Mr. Yang returned to the United States, and soon after, his career came full circle when he accepted a new role with Applied Materials. He reconnected with the company as the director of process engineering, primarily focusing on products related to physical vapor deposition (PVD) technology. Since 2025, Mr. Yang has held a more prominent position at Applied Materials as the organization's head of technology development. This promotion places him at the forefront of major technological developments, reflecting his years of hard work and professional growth.

Among his many accomplishments as an engineer, Mr. Yang is renowned for developing hundreds of chip-manufacturing processes, many of which have been used to produce chips in Apple's phones since 2016's iPhone 7. Having invented numerous industry-related processes, he holds five patents and has filed four additional patent applications. Now enjoying his new role and second tenure with Applied Materials, Mr. Yang looks forward to continuing to progress in the company, with ambitions of securing a senior executive-level position.

AUTHORSHIP
Beyond his primary achievements in the engineering field, Mr. Yang has been a prolific writer throughout his career, publishing articles in such professional journals as the Nanochip Technology Journal. He has presented papers at the Materials Research Society Conference and the Applied Materials Internal Technology Conference, among others.

ACADEMIC HISTORY
Mr. Yang's performance in the field is born of his education. He obtained a Bachelor of Science in computer science and information engineering from National Taiwan University in 1997. Upon his arrival in the United States, Mr. Yang earned a Master of Science in electrical engineering and computer science from Cornell University in 2001. He also served in Taiwan's army for two years, retiring with the rank of lieutenant.

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