Founded by semiconductor industry veteran and entrepreneur Raja Manickam, PTC is a semiconductor technology, manufacturing, and consulting company focused on helping customers establish and scale semiconductor manufacturing operations.
What differentiates PTC is our ability to combine strategic advisory with hands-on execution. Drawing on decades of industry experience and a global network of technology, manufacturing, and equipment partners, we help customers reduce technical risk and accelerate the path from concept to production.
Our capabilities span semiconductor consulting, factory planning, process development, developmental fabrication, assembly manufacturing, equipment evaluation and qualification, technology transfer, and manufacturing execution, providing end-to-end support from early development through production readiness.
Our Team & Lead Consultants
Raja Manickam
Founder
Bio :
- Started as a Test Engineer at Texas Instruments and moved on to management and leadership roles in Product Engineering, Factory Engineering, and Business Development at Fairchild/National Semiconductor and STATS ChipPac.
- At STATS ChipPac as their Engineering Head, helped build OSAT in Singapore from the ground up and later went on to a role in Sales & Marketing.
- Built up Sales & Marketing and Business Development departments at UTAC and DTS.
- In 2003, Raja founded Tessolve with a goal of providing industry leading semiconductor engineering services. Successfully sold company.
- 2021 became the first CEO of TATA Electronics – OSAT.
- 2023 founded PTC with the goal of expanding the semiconductor eco system throughout emerging tech markets.
Expertise & Skillset:
- Semiconductor Packaging and Test
- Business Development
- Sales & Marketing
- Government and Private Partnerships
- Factory Development and Management
- Product Engineering
- Entrepreneurship
Vikraman (Vik) Rajamanickam
VP, Business Operations & Business Development
Bio:
- Multi-faceted experience and background in Human Resources, Business Operations, Business Development, and Entrepreneurship.
- Strong hands-on work experience from the Electronics Manufacturing Industry along with experience in Test Engineering and Consulting Services.
- Previous management at Krypton Solutions, Tessolve, and ADLINK Technology.
Expertise & Skillset:
- Business Operations
- Human Resources
- Business Development
- Entrepreneurship
- Business Unit and Executive Guidance
- Business Process/System Development and Implementation
Murugasan Achari
VP, Technical Leadership
Bio:
- Highly accomplished engineer with more than 40 years in the field of Semiconductor IC Assembly and Testing.
- Began his career as a junior engineer at Mostek, a leading semiconductor company in Malaysia during the 1970s.
- Developed cutting-edge assembly techniques and technologies for semiconductor industry leaders such as AMD, Spansion, and ASE.
- Lead different product portfolios of Semiconductor ICs, enabling a cross functional expertise with product, process, and equipment.
- Strong relationships with top customers, as well as tier one suppliers of equipment and material in the Semiconductor IC assembly domain.
- Strong innovator with 2 patent rights to his name.
Expertise & Skillset:
- Equipment automation, selection, and maintenance
- Experience in new package/product development, EOL Engineering
- Factory Operations and Technical Leadership
Lau Seng Huat (SH Lau)
Sr. Director, Package Development
Bio:
- Started his career in 1996 as a Leadframe Design Engineer at Dynacraft Industries in Malaysia and moved on to a leadership role in managing Product Design and Product/Process Development.
- At ASE (Malaysia) managed package design and lead new product and process development. Progressed to head the mechanical/electrical simulation and modelling team.
- Experience with multiple packaging platforms and has successfully developed power QFN (Cu clip) packages, different variance of memory products, ultra-high density LFmigration, RF devices, different variance of QFN packages (thin/thick/stack/SIP) and multiple niche package development.
- At Lumileds (Malaysia), managed new package development. Invented 4 US patents on Auto-front lighting micro-LED.
- At PTC, continues to strive with an eye for the most cost-effective designs while maintaining top notch quality.
Expertise & Skillset:
- Package Design and Development including IC, Power, RF, Memory, Sensor, and LED applications
- Project Management
- Project Transfer
Mohan Palaniappan (RP Mohan)
Sr. Director, Quality
Bio:
- Started as a Wire Bonding Process Technician at Carsem and moved on to become a Wirebond Process Engineer at ASE after completing his degree in Mechanical Engineering.
- AT ASE, progressed into quality leadership and in 2006, was assigned to manage and strengthen ASE (Malaysia) labs ( FA/Rel/IQA/Cal/ESD/MSA), bringing significant improvements to the lab’s operations and efficiency. Additionally, headed ASE’s (Malaysia) Incoming Quality Assurance (IQA), and was responsible in leading IQA team to drive supplier quality improvement.
- At Cortina Networks and later Inphi Corporations, managed supplier quality for Tier 1 OSATs (ASE Group, Amkor, Statschippac) in the Asia Pacific region. Responsibilities also included Product Transfer and new OSAT Qualification. Progressed to manage the entire assembly process for wirebonded and Flip Chip packages.
- At PTC, RP continues to bring strong quality leadership experience to our customers.
Expertise & Skillset:
- Process Engineering including Flip Chip and Wire Bond
- QA Lab – IQA, FA, Rel, ESD Cal.
- Supplier/Customer Audits & Qualification
Jayaseelan Jeyamurthi
FOL Equipment Section Head
20 years’ experience in semiconductor equipment engineering
Expertise & Skillset:
- Equipment Setup, Automation, and Maintenance
- Wire Bond Equipment Engineering
- OEE Improvement & Preventive Maintenance
- New Equipment Installation & Project Transfers
- Manufacturing Equipment Troubleshooting & Reliability
M. Faizul Arriff
Process & Equipment Lead
25 years in semiconductor assembly
Expertise & Skillset:
- Equipment Setup, Automation, and Maintenance
- New Package/Product Development
- EOL Engineering
- NPI
- Project Transfers
- Operations & Engineering
- Quality Assurance
Azrul Awang
Process & Equipment Lead
18 years’ experience in semiconductor industry
Expertise & Skillset:
- NPI
- Project Transfers
- Operations & Engineering
- Quality Assurance
- New package/Product Development
- EOL Engineering
- Equipment Setup, Automation, and Maintenance
Lee Chee Ming
EOL Process Engineering Manager
35 years’ experience in IC assembly
Expertise & Skillset:
- Plating Process Engineering
- LF Ag Plating
- New package/Product Development
- EOL Engineering
- Equipment Setup, Automation, and Maintenance
Shu Kar Weng
FOL Process Engineering Manager
25 years’ experience in the semiconductor industry
Expertise & Skillset:
- FOL Process Engineering
- Project Management
- Die Attach of Power Devices
- Supplier & Subcon Audits
- Die Prep and Wafer Backside Metal
Khairul Ismail
Process & Equipment Lead
20 years’ experience in the semiconductor industry
Expertise & Skillset:
- Wafer and Package Sawing Processes
- New package/Product Development
- NPI
- Project Transfers
- Operations & Engineering
Thanabal Ramasamy
Business Manager
Expertise & Skillset:
- Business Management
- Finance & Accounting
- Human Resources
David Chih
Wafer Foundry Process & Operations (Taiwan)
> 27 years’ experience in semiconductor industry
Expertise & Skillset:
- Strong background in unit process development as well as integration, and yield enhancement.
- Design experience in passive component development.
- Foundry capability evaluation: process maturity, equipment readiness, yield, production capacity.
- Quality systems and reliability records review.
- Foundry technical interface to manage design spec communication, mask tape-out, and test plan alignment.
M. Rom Ibrahim
Equipment Manager
> 35 years’ experience in semiconductor industry
Expertise & Skillset:
- Expertise in equipment and maintenance, equipment automation
- Experience new package/ product development, EOL engineering
