Dr. Tack got a MSc degree in Electronic Engineering in 1984from the Univ of Gent (Belgium) and a PhD degree in Microelectronics in 1990from the Univ of Leuven & imec (Belgium). He got additional degrees ininternational business management and innovation leadership from the VlerickBusiness School (Belgium), INSEAD (France), MIT (US) and IMD (Swiss). He joinedMIETEC, a semiconductor company in Belgium in 1990, that became AlcatelMicroelectronics, and was acquired by AMI Semiconductor in 2002 and ONSemiconductor in 2008.
In Feb 2022 he joined BelGaN that acquired partof onsemi in Belgium, as CTO and VP Business Development.
Throughoutthe past 30+ years he was leading global professional teams in various fieldsof semiconductor R&D and Innovation, including Si CMOS & BCD, powerMOSFETs and GaN. He also took the lead in setting up and driving a corporateinnovation business process and global Open Innovation partnerships in thefield of novel semiconductor technologies and products.