Jason Chen () is the current chairman and CEO of Taiwan-based

Acer Inc. Acer Inc. ( ) is a Taiwanese multinational hardware and electronics corporation specializing in advanced electronics technology, headquartered in Xizhi, New Taipei City. Its products include desktop PCs, laptop PCs ( clamshells, 2-in-1s, co ...

Work experience

At Intel

Before joining TSMC, Chen worked for 14 years at

Intel Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. It is the world's largest semiconductor chip manufacturer by revenue, and is one of the developers of the x86 seri ...

, holding a variety of sales and marketing positions. He started his tenure at Intel as a sales executive in Taiwan and later as regional sales manager for Greater China. Chen then progressed to become vice president and general manager of the Asia Pacific region before his last assignment as the corporate vice president of the Sales and Marketing Group at Intel's headquarters in California.

At TSMC

Prior to joining Acer, Chen served as senior vice president of worldwide sales and marketing at

TSMC Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSMC; also called Taiwan Semiconductor) is a Taiwanese multinational corporation, multinational semiconductor contract manufacturing and design company. It is the world's most valuable semicon ...

. Chen is a major departure from previous Acer CEOs in that he hails from a sales and marketing background as opposed to an engineering background.

At Acer

Acer appointed Jason Chen as its corporate president and CEO from January 1, 2014. In June 2014, Acer Chief Executive Jason Chen said in an interview at the company's Taipei headquarters Thursday, "We have to expand our product offering from PC to other faster-growing segments, especially smartphones and tablets," "If you look at the top 20 most valuable enterprises in the world, none of them are pure hardware companies." In 2015, Jason Chen, CEO of Acer Corp, told an international group of reporters. He said:“There are only four or five players in the PC industry, and all of us are survivors,” “We will be the last man standing for the PC industry.” In June 2017, Acer Co-founder

Stan Shih Stan Shih (; born 18 December 1944), is the Co-founder & Honorary Chairman of Acer Inc. In 1976, after receiving bachelor's and master's degrees in electronic engineering from National Chiao Tung University, Shih founded Multitech with his wife ...

said the company's current CEO Jason Chen is the best candidate to take over as chairman. At that month, Acer CEO Jason Chen to become chairman of Acer. In Feb. 2018, Acer CEO Jason Chen says gaming and esports will buttress the company’s turnaround effort.

References

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