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Senior Vice President, Backend Operations (BEO), Sandisk
Dato’ Bock joined Sandisk in June 2010 after 21 years in Motorola and STATSChipPAC. He brings with him more than 30 years of vast experience in various functions inclusive of QRA, Operations, Supply Chain, factory GM, greenfield construction and start-up in China & Malaysia. He is currently the SVP of Operations Backend (BE), managing the end-to-end Supply Chain, Product Order Management, Transformation Office, Packaging Technology Development and Operations of the Captive, Backend JV factories and Contract Manufacturing with footprint across six countries. Dato’ Bock has a proven track record in transforming conventional factory to “Lean 6 Sigma Automation – achieved industry pioneer in fully integrated Lights-Out manufacturing and industry pioneer in vertically integrated Wafer-In-Drive-Out manufacturing.” With this transformation, Sandisk Semiconductor Shanghai (SDSS) and Sandisk Storage Malaysia (SDSM) has been designated the Lighthouse status, with SDSS being recognized as the first factory to achieve in one cohort, both the Advanced 4IR Manufacturing Lighthouse and China 1st Sustainability Lighthouse and SDSM being recognized as the Asia 1st Sustainability Lighthouse and Malaysia 1st Advanced 4IR Manufacturing Lighthouse by the World Economic Forum. Dato’ Bock has received numerous awards such as Executive of The Year for Malaysia Management Excellence Award, featured in CEO Magazine and also was appointed as a 4IR Technical Advisor for MIDA, a beacon to share the 4IR journey to various industry captains. He is also a Certified Chief Master Coach by ITD World, SEMI SEA Regional Advisory Board Member, ISES SEA Advisory Board Member, Malaysia Semiconductor Industry Association (MSIA) Board Member, and University Technology Petronas IR-ACE Council Member. Dato’ Bock holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electronic Engineering from Tunku Abdul Rahman University and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from University of Keele, United Kingdom.