Sean Millar, Founder & Owner

Sean Millar graduated with a B.Sc (Hons) in Physics in 1981 from The University of Liverpool. He then received a Ph.d in Solid State Physics from the same institution in 1987 for his experimental study of the valence band structure of 3d transition metal alloys using Photoelectron Spectroscopy.

Sean has worked for over 25 years in the Semiconductor Industry and has held a number of senior positions in Product Engineering, New Product Introduction (NPI), Process Engineering and Quality Management. He has spent the majority of his career at major multinationals Intel, AMD and most recently Xilinx.

In 2010 Sean founded First Silicon Ltd, an Irish consultancy and training company offering
manufacturing expertise and support to fabless chip companies and semiconductor start-ups, enabling them to cost-effectively manage their critical early-stage operational issues.

• NPI (Silicon qualification to Package Test Yield Ramp)
• Asia Foundry Partner Management (Taiwan, Japan, Philippines)
• Root Cause Failure Analysis & Corrective Action
• Semiconductor Reliability and Quality Engineering Techniques
• Product & Customer Quality Management
• Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Theory, Design and Best-Practice Factory Control