Frank Lee

In May 2022, Dr. Frank Lee assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer and joined the company’s Board of Directors. In March of the same year, before assuming the CEO position, he was appointed President. Prior to joining Photronics in 2006, he was CEO of NSMC. His career also included roles at Fairchild Semiconductor, Intel and Soliconix. He was Vice President of Operations at Texas Instruments-Acer (a TI/Acer joint venture) in Taiwan and has also held leadership positions at TSMC-Acer and UMC, both in Taiwan. His ability to lead the organization through its next phase of growth is based on his proven track record in all the positions he has successfully held. Dr. Lee holds a BS in Nuclear Engineering from Tsinghua University and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Materials Science from the University of Cincinnati.