Dr Zhang Jingbing
Coordinating Director, ARTC R&D Division
Dr Zhang Jingbing is the Coordinating Director of R&D Divisions at ARTC, responsible for driving the R&D strategy and operations across the R&D Divisions, as well as leading the strategic R&D themes of Autonomous Manufacturing and Resilient Value Chain. He is concurrently the R&D Director of the Smart Robotics and Automation (SRA) Division, responsible for charting R&D strategic directions and driving the development and deployment of ARTC robotic automation solutions in Singapore industries.
Prior to joining ARTC, he worked for four and half years as the Research Director and lead analyst in International Data Corporation (IDC) Asia Pacific, responsible for driving the IDC’s worldwide robotics and IDC’s Asia Pacific manufacturing insights research. Before joining IDC, he worked for seven years as Senior Engineering Director at Kulicke & Soffa HQ in Singapore, where he led and drove research, technology and new product development of high-end semiconductor equipment including ball-bonder, wedge bonder, advanced packaging, and so on. From 1992-2008, Dr. Zhang worked for 16 years at Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, with increasing responsibilities as manager of various research groups, RLO director, and member of the institute’s management committee.
Dr Zhang also serves as a member of the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) of the National Robotics Program Office (NRPO), Co-lead of A*STAR Systems Engineering Community of Practice (CoP), a member of the Technical Committee on Robotics and Automation (RATC) of the Singapore Standardisation Programme, and a member of the IEEE SA P2805 Standard Working Group.
Dr Zhang earned a B.Eng. degree in control and automation from Tsinghua University in 1985, a Ph.D. degree in Robotics and Computer Vision for Manufacturing from Loughborough University, United Kingdom, in 1992, and an MBA degree, with distinction, from the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom, in 2001.