Stephen Coates

As GaN Systems’ Vice President of Operations, Stephen Coates joined GaN Systems in 2015 from DigiLens, where he was Head of Manufacturing. Stephen has more than three decades of experience in engineering, manufacturing operations, and supply-chain management. He has extensive experience in building and running advanced technology fabs (front end and backend). In addition, he has expertise in establishing and developing strategic relationships to support full product commercialization, high-volume manufacturing, and device packaging and integration which is key to ensuring that GaN Systems meets global demands.

Stephen moved to Taiwan in 2016 to establish GaN Systems Asia and has successfully grown the team to be the second largest and the fastest growing office in the company.

Previously, Stephen held executive management roles including VP of Operations at Virtuality, Symmorphix Thin Films, and Fultec Semiconductor (Bourns). Stephen has an EE degree from Nottingham Trent University.