John Pang Yu, Ph.D.

NATEA HQ, President (2022-2023)

EDUCATION

John Pang Yu received his high school education from Hsinchu High School; his

undergraduate education from the National Taipei University of Technology in Taiwan, and

earned his MS and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering respectively from Kansas

State University and the University of Connecticut, USA.

PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

Prior to forming the Emerging Technology, Inc.in 2012 as a Partner in Silicon Valley, John

had been with AT&T Bell Laboratories in East Coast, NEC Research Laboratory, Intel

Corporation and Lucent Technologies all in Silicon Valley assuming different

responsibilities ranging from Distinguished Member of Technical Staff / Project Manager,

Chief Engineer, Director of Engineering and Vice President of Engineering.

ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS

John was the Founding President of North America Taiwanese Engineering & Science

Association (NATEA) serving from 1991 to 1992. He is the President Emeritus and an

advisor of NATEA-HQ since 2014. It is worthwhile noting that John was one of the three

Founding Council Members to establish the New Frontiers in Computing (NFIC)

Conference associated with IEEE Computer Society in Silicon Valley with holding

different conference theme annually since 1999.

COMMUNITY SERVICES

John was the Vice Chair of the Hsinchu – Santa Clara County Sister County Commission

in years 2006 and 2007; a Commissioner (僑務委員) of Overseas Community Affairs

Commission (OCAC) from 2002 through 2008, and now the Advisory Commissioner of

OCAC; a Senior Advisor of National Applied Research Laboratory (a Division of Ministry

of Science and Technology) from 2007 to 2008 in Taiwan; the two terms of the Northern

California Chapter President and the Central Committee Member of the Formosan

Association for Public Affairs (FAPA) in 1990s; the President of Taiwanese Hakka Association in Northern California in 1980s.