(Jeremy) Xiaoming Yin, PhD
President & acting CEO, Hoku Corporation Dr. Yin was appointed as acting chief executive officer of Hoku Corporation in July 2012, and has served as the corporate president since February 2011. Since 2007, Dr. Yin has been the managing director of SinoTransPacific Ventures, a private equity firm that he founded. From 2000-2007, Dr. Yin was a founding member and Vice President at LightCross, Inc., a California-based manufacturer of semiconductor optical networking and switching components which merged with Arroyo Optics in 2005 to form Kotura, Inc. where Dr. Yin continued to serve in a variety of executive roles. From 1996- 2000, Dr. Yin served as program manager and technical staff at the IBM, Siemens, Toshiba Development Alliance in East Fishkill, NY where he had responsibilities in developing industry best practices for advanced semiconductor product development, production ramp up, product roadmap planning, capital equipment selection, and technology transfer.
Dr. Yin holds a Bachelor's degree from the University of Science and Technology of China, a MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management, and a PhD in semiconductor physics from the City University of New York.