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Jim Qiu

Co-founder and chairman of the board at Mivium, a gallium nitride materials company

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Updated Nov 7, 2026·Latest SEC filing Oct 23, 2026·Suggest an edit

About Jim Qiu

Jim Qiu is co-founder and chairman of the board of Mivium, a gallium nitride materials company. He guides Mivium's technical vision and IP strategy. He has more than 30 years of experience in the semiconductor industry. He spent over ten years building prototypes of the science Mivium rests on. He holds several patents. His work covers research and production of third-generation semiconductor materials, using physical methods without solvents to prepare gallium nitride and other multi-metal compounds.

Earlier, he led factory automation engineering at ILS, where he delivered wafer processing systems for clients including Intel and TriQuint. He also developed automation systems at Applied Materials and etch systems at Lam Research.

Experience

This experience comes from official bios and from SEC filings. For roles taken from filings, the years are when the filings name Jim Qiu in the role, so the role may have started earlier or lasted longer.

Mivium, Inc. Current
Co-Founder & Chairman of the Board
2026 – Present · South El Monte, CA
Mivium makes phase-pure gallium nitride particles with a patented process and plans to follow the powder with GaN substrates.

Key Colleagues at Startups

The people Jim Qiu works with at each company, as listed on that company's latest Form D.

Mivium, Inc. · Form D/A, Oct 23, 2026
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Eric Tsai
Co-Founder, CEO and director
Rick Qiu
Rick Qiu
Co-Founder & General, director

Sources

  1. SECMivium, Inc. Form D/A, filed Oct 23, 2026