How-Giap joined Corning in October 2002 as part of Corning Incorporated’s acquisition of the Lucent Technologies China fiber business. On April 1, 2008, he was named VP Manufacturing, GCT. In this role, he is responsible for all the operations of CSFOC, SHCCS (Shanghai), BJCCS (Beijing)and CDCCS (Chengdu). He continues to be the Program Manager for the CSFOC expansion project. Before this latest appointment, he had held positions of General Manager for SHCCS and CSFOC.
Prior to the Shanghai assignment, How-Giap started and headed the AT&T Consumer Products factory in Indonesia, where he stayed for four years (1992-1996).
He began his career as an industrial engineer, working for Philips Singapore for two years (1984-86). He then joined AT&T Consumer Products Singapore, where he worked for six years (1986-1992). While at AT&T, he worked in many operation areas, including manufacturing, material management, quality, competitive analysis, industrial engineering and facilities engineering.
How-Giap received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in industrial and systems engineering from Ohio University.
He and his wife, Alice, both natives of Singapore, have been living in Shanghai since 1996.