Bich-Yen Nguyen joined Soitec as a Senior Fellow supporting the technology development of new device fields and applications.  Bich-Yen is also responsible for FD-SOI Technology at Soitec and CTO Advisor. Prior to joining Soitec, Bich-Yen was a senior manager at Freescale Semiconductor and a Freescale/Motorola Dan Noble Fellow. Bich-Yen has been recognized for her leadership and research in developing Freescale/Motorola's CMOS technology for advanced integrated circuit products. She also was instrumental in transferring process technology to production since 1980.  Her honors and awards include recipient of Dan Noble Fellow in 2001, the highest technical award in Motorola, Master of Innovation Award in 2003. In 2004, she received the 1st National Award “Women in Technology Lifetime Achievement Award”. She holds more than 200 issued patents and has authored technical papers and book chapter on IC process, integration and device technologies.