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# Thiruselvam Ponniah

### Senior Automation Section Manager · Semiconductor Manufacturing & CIM

**Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia**

[LinkedIn Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/in/thiruselvam-ponniah/) · [IEEE Publication](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/)

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### 📋 Executive Summary

With over two decades driving the systems side of the semiconductor manufacturing industry, I specialize in evolving shop-floor operations into cost-effective, automated, and data-driven manufacturing lines.

Starting my career when production tracking relied on text-based UNIX terminals, I have directed major factory-wide automation initiatives—progressing from legacy MES systems to modern Automated Material Handling Systems (AMHS), AGV deployments, SECS/GEM equipment integration, and sub-micron traceability standards.

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### 🛠️ Core Expertise

- **Factory Automation & Material Handling:** AGV AMHS, Magazine Stockers, Concept Line deployment, and equipment communication standards (**SEMI E23**, **SEMI E84**).
- **Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) & Traceability:** Die-level traceability capability using **SEMI E142**, automated lot transaction architectures, Wafer Mapping, and Strip Mapping systems.
- **Equipment Integration:** SECS/GEM host interfaces, automarking laser data transfers, real-time messaging buses, and shop-floor protocol bridging.
- **Engineering Leadership:** Multi-disciplinary software & IT team leadership, developer CI/CD workflows, process simplification, and equipment OEE uptime optimization.
- **Embedded & Systems Engineering:** Low-cost embedded controller hardware prototyping, NCR SVR4 UNIX administration, Windows Server environments, and relational database systems.

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### 💼 Professional Experience

#### **Carsem (M) Sdn. Bhd.** | *14+ Years Total*

- **Senior Automation Section Manager** *(Nov 2017 – Present)*

    - Implemented AGV Automated Material Handling Systems (AMHS) and Magazine Stockers for the Concept Line.
    - Coordinated SEMI E23 and SEMI E84 compliance directly with equipment vendors for automated handling.
    - Conceptualized and deployed plant-wide Die-Level Traceability capabilities.
    - Engineered real-time messaging bus infrastructure for synchronized, low-latency system integration.
- **Senior Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) Section Manager** *(Jan 2017 – Oct 2017)*

    - Built advanced wafer/strip traceability pipelines leveraging the SEMI E142 standard.
    - Directed a team of IT automation engineers delivering process simplification and step elimination.
    - Spearheaded OEE improvement programs reducing line response times and operator dependencies.
    - Developed embedded hardware integration projects that significantly reduced total automation deployment costs.
- **Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) Section Manager** *(Jan 2012 – Dec 2016)*

    - Conceptualized and executed the factory Automated Lot Transaction System.
    - Authored and presented whitepaper on lot automation at the IEEE/CPMT IEMT Conference.

#### **Technical Lead** | *NerdSquad Solutions* *(Jun 2010 – Dec 2011)*

- Led technical delivery of distributed application architectures in Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

#### **Assistant Project Manager** | *iDimension Systems* *(Sep 2008 – May 2010)*

- Spearheaded requirements analysis and architectural design documents for assembly lot tracking and MES.
- Structured core development environments and infrastructure for enterprise-scale packaging workflows.

#### **Senior Software Engineer & UNIX SysAdmin** | *Carsem* *(Jul 2000 – Aug 2008)*

- Developed core Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) applications and administered the production SFC UNIX Server.
- Maintained UniVision MultiValue DBMS and developed plant lot tracking, wafer defect mapping, and leadframe verification systems.

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### 📄 Publications & Research

- **Automated Assembly Lot Transaction**
    *35th IEEE/CPMT International Electronics Manufacturing Technology (IEMT) Conference (2012)*
    Focuses on regaining valuable line cycle time and eliminating manual data entry by architecting automated lot tracking across multi-step assembly lines.

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### 🎓 Education

- **Wawasan Open University (WOU)**
    *Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering*

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