Most recently, Shamshoian held the position of senior director of business development for Films and Surface Technology at KLA-Tencor, leading key strategic relationships with the company’s top accounts in North America and Europe. Prior to that, he served as VP of global customer operations at ATMI Technologies, where he managed foreign subsidiaries in Taiwan, Singapore, Korea, and Europe, and previously, he held management positions at Watkins-Johnson Co., including general manager of Watkins-Johnson Europe and director of worldwide sales.

“We are extremely pleased to welcome Pete to Ultratech,” states Friedman. “His experience and sales leadership in the semiconductor equipment business will help us further our alliances with our existing customers in North America and Europe, as well as create new ones. Pete’s broad technical knowledge, coupled with his strong industry experience, will provide insight into how better to meet our customers’ current and future manufacturing requirements. We look forward to Pete’s contributions as he communicates the benefits of Ultratech’s technologies to the marketplace, which we expect will lead to an increase in our customer base in North America and Europe.”