NanoPulse Inc. appoints Ken Joyce as a Senior Advisor to the Board of Directors
NOVATO, CALIFORNIA — December 8, 2025
NanoPulse, Inc., a Delaware corporation and an American semiconductor OSAT and design company with operations in Mexico, is pleased to announce that Ken Joyce has joined as a Senior Advisor to the Board.
“We are honored to welcome Mr. Joyce as a Senior Advisor to our Board,” said Marcelo de Antuñano, CEO and Co-Founder of NanoPulse. “Ken brings a rare combination of financial and transactional expertise, global operating leadership, and deep technical insight across assembly, packaging, and test. His perspective will be instrumental as we sharpen our commercial execution and accelerate the scale-up of advanced packaging capacity in North America on a cost-efficient basis. We greatly value his support as we expand a resilient, North American supply chain by pairing U.S. wafer fabrication with large-scale packaging and test operations in Mexico under the benefits of USMCA.”
Mr. Joyce added “Mexico is uniquely positioned to become a center of excellence for advanced packaging and test operations. NanoPulse is building the kind of capability that can anchor a resilient, North American semiconductor ecosystem, and I am pleased to support that mission.”
About Mr. Joyce
Mr. Joyce has more than 30 years of global senior management experience at leading OSAT companies.
Key highlights from his career include:
Former President and CEO, COO, and CFO of Amkor Technology, one of the world’s leading OSAT providers;
Inaugural Member (2022), U.S. CHIPS Act Industrial Advisory Committee, advising the federal government on microelectronics strategy;
Independent Executive Advisor to Brewer Science, a global leader in materials science for microelectronics;
Executive Advisory Board Member, Texas Institute for Electronics at UT Austin, a major public-private semiconductor initiative;
Executive Advisory Board Member, Arieca, Inc., an advanced materials start-up spun out of Carnegie Mellon University;
Led the formation of J-Devices in Japan, now the country’s largest OSAT company;
Board Member across multiple public, private, and nonprofit organizations, including the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA); and
Designated “Board Leadership Fellow” by the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD)
Mr. Joyce will contribute strategic oversight across NanoPulse’s technology and customer initiatives, helping drive the rapid expansion of advanced packaging and design capacity in North America.
About NanoPulse
NanoPulse is an American company with operations in Mexico, founded by U.S.-trained Mexican private-equity professionals and senior U.S. semiconductor leaders with decades of experience across top global wafer-fab and OSAT institutions.
NanoPulse delivers state-of-the-art advanced assembly, test, and packaging at scale (and design), complementing the United States’ front-end fab investments while offering an Asia-competitive, cost-efficient solution, right next door.
Amid rising national-security concerns, nearshoring momentum, expanding semiconductor demand, and strong manufacturing tailwinds, NanoPulse is positioned to support North American wafer clients and OEMs across automotive, telecom, aerospace, robotics, healthcare, and electronics.
NanoPulse provides:
Lower operating costs: Asia-level economics without geopolitical or logistical risk. Mexico is the only country offering the combination of cost efficiency, scale, proximity, and full USMCA benefits (zero tariffs).
Faster lead times: U.S. governance with Mexico-based execution adjacent to major OEM clusters.
A credible alternative to Asia: For companies requiring cost-efficient supply-chain resilience and North American content.
Real proximity: Same continent. Same time zone. Same trade bloc. Zero tariffs.
Government backing: Local, state, and federal Mexican authorities partnering with NanoPulse through incentives, workforce programs, and operational support. Support from the U.S. embassy in Mexico.
Senior industry leadership: A deep bench of U.S. semiconductor veterans and cross-border private-equity operators with extensive execution and commercialization experience.
OSAT and design capabilities.
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