Presently, Fusen Ernie Chen occupies the position of President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. and President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. (United States) (a subsidiary of Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc.).

In the past Dr. Chen was Group Vice President & General Manager at Applied Materials, Inc., President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Mattson Technology, Inc. and Executive VP-Semiconductor System Products at Novellus Systems, Inc.

Fusen Ernie Chen received an undergraduate degree from National Tsing-Hua University and a doctorate from The State University of New York.