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05/01/2000
Surface/Interface Inc. (S/II), Sunnyvale, CA, has appointed Jim Owens president and CEO. Before joining the company, Owens was president of Verdant Technologies, a division of Ultratech Stepper. He replaces Charles Bryson, III, S/II's founder, who is now CTO.
Varian Inc., Palo Alto, CA, has promoted Sergio Piras to corporate VP. He was previously GM of Varian Vacuum Technologies in Torino, Italy. Wilson Rudd has also been promoted to corporate VP. Rudd was most recently GM of Varian's electronics manufacturing business.
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Pfeiffer Vacuum, Nashua, NH, has appointed Roland Hellmer executive VP. Since joining Pfeiffer in 1985, Hellmer has held a number of positions with the company, including most recently VP of marketing.
The board of directors of FSI International Inc., Minneapolis, MN, has elected Donald Mitchell a Class 1 director. Mitchell is president and CEO of the company.
Long-time CMP guru Mike Fury will be joining EKC Technology, Hayward, CA, this month as director of process integration for advanced materials. He will oversee commercialization of a technology license EKC bought from Canada's Simon Fraser University last year. Fury recently left Malaysian foundry startup Silterra as head of CMP operations.
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SensArray Corp., Santa Clara, CA, has promoted Jeanette Lao to VP of finance. A certified public accountant with experience in finance, accounting, and MIS management, she has held senior-level positions at several companies. David Blohm has
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Donald W. Brooks has been named to the board of directors of Syntricity, San Diego, CA. Brooks is the chairman of KLM Capital Group.
Applied Materials Inc., Santa Clara, CA, has elected Stan Shih to its board of directors. Shih is chairman and CEO of the Acer Group.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), has named Edward Ross president of TSMC North America. He was senior VP of the professional services group of Synopsis Inc.
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Electroglas Inc., Santa Clara, CA, has promoted Jeff Hintzke to VP of marketing. Hintzke joined Electroglas in 1997 as director of marketing for interface and OEM products.
Strasbaugh, San Luis Obispo, CA, has appointed Bob Lorenzini and Peter Dalton to its board of directors. Lorenzini is chairman and cofounder of SunPower Corp. Dalton has 25 years of experience during which he has managed semiconductor capital equipment and other manufacturing companies.
Novellus Systems Inc., San Jose, CA, has named Gerhard Beenen VP and GM of the company's Electrofill Products Division. Prior to joining Novellus, Beenen worked for 18 years at Tektronix Inc.
Mitsubishi Silicon America Corp. (MSA), Palo Alto, CA, has appointed Joel Kearns VP of engineering and technology. Before joining MSA, Kearns spent 11 years at NASA, where he managed the Micro Gravity Program.
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Osmonics, Minnetonka, MN, has appointed Jeff Hubbard product manager of its reverse osmosis components. Hubbard served as a sales manager for GE SmartWater products for the past three years.
Silicon Valley Group Inc. (SVG), San Jose, CA, has appointed Richard Savage VP of research and development for SVG Thermal Systems. Savage was previously director of systems engineering at Watkins-Johnson Semiconductor Equipment, which was acquired by SVG in 1999.
Newport Corp., Irvine, CA, has named Dan Petrescu VP and GM of Newport's Fiber Optics and Photonics Division. The company has also named Mark Edwards VP and GM of its Vision Metrology Division.
Schlumberger, Paris, France, has appointed Leo van Bree VP and GM for Semiconductor Equipment, Europe. Bree was formerly president and CEO of Rood Technology.
SEZ Holding AG, Zurich, Switzerland, has named Michael West VP of new business development. West has served as SEZ America's business and strategic technology director since 1998.
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Advanced Energy Industries Inc. (AE), Voorhees, NJ, has named Anton Mavretic an AE Technical Fellow. He was most recently VP and CTO of Advanced Energy Voorhees Inc.
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The Microelectronics Materials Division of Cabot Corp., Aurora, IL, has named Karl Robinson its polishing pad program manager. He comes to Cabot from Micron Technology. He was senior engineering lead in CMP.
Asyst Technologies Inc., Fremont, CA, has appointed Mark Danna VP of engineering. Danna was most recently VP of engineering at Watkins-Johnson.
DisplaySearch, Austin, TX, has named Yoshio Tamura VP and Japan office director. A well-known FPD market analyst, he joins the company after 10 years of service at a Japanese market research firm.
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Credence Systems Corp., Fremont, CA, has appointed Bart Freedman VP of worldwide field operations. A 20-year veteran of the ATE industry, Freedman has been with Credence since 1996.
STMicroelectronics Inc., Geneva, Switzerland, has named Enrico Villa corporate VP and director of the European region. He was most recently corporate VP for the company's Region Five sales and marketing organization. He succeeds Pietro Fox, who has retired. Carmelo Papa has been appointed to Villa's former position. Papa joined ST in 1983, and has been director of product marketing and customer service for transistors and standard ICs since 1986.
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Teledyne Brown Engineering, Hunt Valley, MD, has named Bamdad Bahar GM of its Energy Systems Unit. Bahar was most recently a business leader in the Industrial Products Division at W.L. Gore & Associates Inc.
Cascade Microtech Inc., Beaverton, OR, has hired Mark Olen as VP and GM of its Pyramid Probe Division. He previously served as VP of sales and marketing at Fluence Technology Inc. Ken Smith has been appointed VP of corporate technology and Pyramid Probe operations. Smith has managed Pyramid Probe engineering and marketing at Cascade since 1993.
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August Technology, Edina, MN, has named Jim Nelson technical services manager for the Customer Service Group. He has more than 18 years of experience in high-tech customer service, most recently as service product manager at Physical Electronics Inc.
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Matt Wilson has been promoted to North American field applications manager for the Customer Service Group. He was previously employed as a field applications engineer at August. Mike Wellington has been appointed Southwest regional field applications engineer. Wellington has held positions as a customer support engineer at Intel and KLA-Tencor.
Laporte plc, London, UK, has named Royal Cutler president of Exsil Inc., and GM of North American Silicon Reclaim. He was previously executive VP and COO of Silmax LLC.
Lawrence D. Lenihan has resigned as a director of Trikon Technologies Inc., Newport, Wales, UK. He is a managing member of the General Partner of Pequot Private Equity Fund LLP.