Speaker

Mr. Mahalil Amin Abdul Malek

Mahalil Amin bin Abdul Malek joined MIGHT in 2014 as Assistant Vice President in the Emerging Technology Department. Involved directly in producing the Malaysia Solar Industry Roadmap 2030. His current position with the Technology Industry Development Division is Senior Principal Analyst II. His educational background started off with   a Diploma in Mechanical (Manufacturing) Engineering and subsequently completed his degree in Mechanical Engineering  & Master in Engineering Management in UITM Shah Alam. Prior joining MIGHT he had 20 years of industrial experience. Starting off as a Manufacturing Supervisory Engineer way back in 1995, in the areas of thin film media (storage discs) with KOMAG USA (M) SDN and subsequently Fuji Electric Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. In 2001 he decided to pursue his career into the Semiconductor industry working with Silterra Malaysia Sdn Bhd  gaining 8.5 years of  experience especially involving fab start up, product  ramp ups, process & equipment related issues ,and also involved in annual shut downs . He had gained extensive manufacturing experience especially in the line Photolithography & Thin Film Manufacturing Department. As subject matter experts related to manufacturing he also carries out training for the staffs on Standards Operational Procedures related to Fab Operations in Silterra. In 2008 , he decided to advance his career with  Q-Cells, as being the start-up team for solar cells which produces in Cyberjaya factory and engineered in Thalheim Germany. He joined Q-Cells as a Production Controller Manager and subsequently in 2011  he was the Manufacturing Manager for the Operation Department handling more than 500 workers producing  cells up to 800 MW capacity/year.  As such his area of specialization involves the fab operations and manufacturing in high tech industry  especially related to  thin film storage technology, wafer foundry fabrication and also solar cells fabrication.