Iron Device has appointed former DB HiTek Managing Director Seon Jeong-hyeon as Head of its Strategic Planning Group.

Iron Device (CEO Ki-Tae Park), a fabless company specializing in mixed-signal semiconductors, announced on the 2nd that it has established a strategic planning group and recruited Seong-Hyeon Seon, former managing director of DB HiTek, as vice president.

This personnel change is part of Iron Device's reorganization to establish a mid- to long-term growth strategy and diversify its business. The strategic planning group will focus on ▲establishing core strategies ▲optimizing the business portfolio ▲discovering new businesses, etc.

Seong-Hyeon Seon, the new Vice President, has over 30 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, having held various key positions in sales, marketing, and quality. He began his career in 1992 at Samsung Electronics' Memory Business Division, where he has demonstrated success in new product promotions and securing design wins for NVIDIA.

He then worked at DB HiTek for approximately 18 years, overseeing sales and marketing. Notably, he successfully led the initial mass production of power semiconductors (600V/650V/700V), established a development roadmap for GaN (gallium nitride) and SiC (silicon carbide)-based power semiconductors, and spearheaded new businesses targeting the electric vehicle and high-speed charger markets. He also contributed to the development of high-margin product lines and a high-value-added portfolio in the power semiconductor foundry sector.

An Iron Device official stated, “Vice President Seon Jeong-hyeon is a person with high expertise and extensive experience in sales and marketing within the semiconductor industry,” and added, “With this appointment, we plan to strengthen our power semiconductor business and expand cooperation with global customers.”

Vice President Seon Jeong-hyeon said, “We will focus on enhancing our competitiveness in the compound power semiconductor and system semiconductor markets by adding strategic execution capabilities to the mixed-signal SoC technology that Iron Device possesses.”

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