David W. Yen

Who is David W. Yen?

David Yen, brings over 27 years of technology know-how, engineering

vision and strong business management expertise to Sun Microsystems,

Inc. As Executive Vice President of the Microelectronics group at Sun,

David Yen will oversee the developments in network, cryptography and

high performance computing. The Microelectronics group will be a

supplier to Sun's existing Systems businesses, in addition to serving

OEM customers across the globe. Prior to this role, Yen led the

company's Storage Group. Other key roles at Sun have included serving

as vice president and general manager for Sun's enterprise server

business, executive vice president of processor and network products

and executive vice president of scalable systems.Prior to

leading the Storage organization, Yen was EVP of Sun's former Scalable

Systems Group, where he successfully refreshed the companies SPARC

server line, and the introduction of the world's highest throughput

systems. Under Yen's leadership, the company unified Sun's

microprocessors, enterprise systems and SPARC-based volume systems

initiatives, and drove product development, strategy, marketing and

overall business management.In previous roles, David Yen has

been instrumental in developing a clear and focused vision for Sun's

Enterprise Servers, enabling Sun to grow into a multi-billion dollar

server system vendor. David has held several positions including

Executive Vice President of Sun's Processor Network Products

Group, Vice President and General Manager of Sun's Enterprise Systems,

Integrated Products, Enterprise Server Products and Enterprise Server

Engineering.Yen was co-founder and director of hardware

development of Cydrome, Inc., a mini-supercomputer start-up, for four

and a half years before joining Sun in October of 1988. Prior to

Cydrome, Yen was employed by IBM Research for manufacturing automation

and TRW, Inc. for advanced processor development.Yen earned a

bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from National Taiwan

University in 1973, received an M.S. and Ph.D. degree in Electrical and

Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois at

Urbana-Champaign in 1980, and completed a General Management Program at

Stanford Business School in 1993. David Yen also holds three U.S.

Patents.