Dr. Cliff Hou is TSMC's Senior Vice President, Deputy Co-Chief Operating Officer and Chief Information Security Officer. He previously led Europe & Asia Sales and Research & Development/Corporate Research and was promoted to Senior Vice President in May 2020, after establishing the company's technology design kit and reference flow development organizations. He joined TSMC in 1997, currently chairs the Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Association, and holds a Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering from Syracuse University.