Anna Chun-Chan Hsu

Empowering Next-Gen Workforce for AI-Driven Semiconductor Innovation Ι MBA Ι PMP

Hsinchu City, Taiwan, Taiwan

About

With over 15 years of experience in workforce development, I specialize in designing and executing high-impact training programs that prepare young professionals to thrive in the high-tech industry—especially in an era defined by reengineering and AI. My work bridges academia and industry with a clear commercial focus: - Build early talent engagement to secure a robust pipeline for Synopsys and customers - Grow product user base through targeted educational outreach, expanding future customer adoption - Accelerate SoC design proficiency to reduce onboarding time and boost tool stickiness - Promote consistent design practices via early exposure to Synopsys’ integrated EDA solutions - Collaborate closely with universities, ecosystem partners, and internal teams to align educational initiatives with real-world customer needs, supporting sales growth and long-term market expansion. My core strengths include: - Program and stakeholder management - Product-based strategic marketing for educational initiatives - Training design and curriculum development - Competency frameworks and skills assessment

Experience

  • Synopsys Inc (7 yrs 1 mo)
    • Sr. Staff Program Manager, World Wide Sales, Go to Market Group
      Feb 2025 - Present · 1 yr 5 mos

      Drive customer-focused academic programs to expand Synopsys’ university presence in APAC. The focus includes tool proliferation, sustainable talent pipelines, and early technology exploration through academic research collaboration. 1. Championing AIoT Campus Initiatives to Support Customer Ecosystem Growth 1-1 Spearheaded deployment of AIoT education programs at leading universities, establishing joint labs and infrastructure that reached over 2,000 students. 1-2 Enabled over industry-aligned training modules, including AIoT Design Contests, hands-on workshops, and semester-long courses — directly seeding talent pipelines for Synopsys customers. 1-3 Coordinated internal R&D, marketing, and applications engineering teams to deliver fully integrated AIoT training kits (development boards, SDKs, project examples), enhancing customer solution adoption. 1-4 Engaged ecosystem partners (startups, academia) to support a scalable user community, driving creation of machine learning/AIoT use cases aligned with market needs. 2. Enabling EDA/IC Design Talent Development to Support Customer Design Success 2-1 Led deployment of Synopsys’ virtual training environment to help academic customers adopt advanced EDA tools, accelerating time-to-competency for future engineers. 2-2 Designed and hosted the multi-week virtual IC Design workshops, benefiting over 1000 EE/EECS students since 2021; curriculum spans Front-end Design, Physical Implementation, Verification, and DFT, equipping universities with Synopsys-standard workflows. 3. Supporting Collaborative Research & Industry-Academic Partnerships to Drive Technology Advancement 3-1 Actively facilitate university-industry research collaborations to accelerate innovation in EDA and IC design methodologies. 3-2 Partner with academic and professional societies to amplify Synopsys’ academic influence, foster thought leadership, and nurture early-stage research engagement through sponsored research and technical events.

    • Staff Program Manager, World Wide Sales, Go to Market Group
      Feb 2024 - Feb 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo

    • Senior Program Manager, Sales & Customer Success Group
      Jun 2019 - Feb 2024 · 4 yrs 9 mos

  • Project Manager, Department of Talent Policy Implementation, ITRI College at Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)(工業技術研究院, 工研院)
    Jun 2015 - Jun 2019 · 4 yrs 1 mo

    Led national-level education policy implementation projects to align university curricula with industry talent demands and support the Ministry of Education’s workforce development goals. 1. Advised domestic universities on curriculum and assessment design, using a competency-based quality framework grounded in occupational standards defined by industry needs. 2. Conducted regular engagement with over 50 universities annually; collaborated with 12 key institutions on more than 20 research initiatives focused on learning outcomes and their relevance to industrial innovation and talent pipelines. 3. Designed and delivered lectures at an average of 10 workshops and symposiums per year, covering topics such as curriculum reform, education quality systems, and data-driven evaluation of academic impact. 4. Managed a project team of 4 members, ensuring timely delivery, quality assurance, and alignment with both short-term objectives and long-term strategic goals. 5. Strengthened key stakeholder relationships with the Ministry of Education, while expanding inter-ministerial collaboration with the Ministry of Labor, Ministry of Economic Affairs, and Ministry of Science and Technology to broaden policy impact and funding opportunities.

  • Project Manager, Monitor & Evaluation Office at International Cooperation and Development Fund (Taiwan ICDF)
    Apr 2011 - Jan 2015 · 3 yrs 10 mos

    Led strategic planning, monitoring & evaluation (M&E), and performance management efforts across a portfolio of international development programs to enhance organizational effectiveness and policy impact. 1. Designed and implemented a corporate-wide Performance Measurement and M&E system to monitor approximately 40 international development projects annually. 2. Facilitated bilateral and multilateral collaborations with foreign governments and international organizations, supporting effective project execution and cross-border partnerships. 3. Assessed project outcomes and long-term impact across sectors including agriculture, public health, education, and ICT, using methodologies such as real-time evaluation, performance evaluation, and evaluability assessment. 4. Led on-site evaluation missions to partner countries (e.g., Haiti, El Salvador) to assess a five-year corporate policy, with findings directly informing and leading to a strategic policy revision. 5. Established a Results-Based Management (RBM) system, including the development of corporate vision and strategy, results frameworks with KPIs, and standardized procedures for project operations and monitoring. 6. Coordinated the preparation of rolling three-year budgets and work programs for submission and approval by the organization’s board of directors.

  • Senior Consultant, Human Capital Advisory at Deloitte
    2015 - 2015 · Less than a year

    Advised domestic industries (retail, banking, Pharmaceutical...) on compensation, recruiting, overseas branch setup, company culture, and employee engagement. Completed a due diligence report on Taiwan’s retail industry and labor market for a multinational tech company, involving data analysis, interviews, and surveys with major luxury brands.

  • Language Associate at Carleton College
    Sep 2006 - Jun 2007 · 10 mos

    On US Government Fulbright Program.