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03/01/2001
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Acton Research Corp., Acton, MA, a subsidiary of Roper Industries, has named Eugene Yazbak president. He was previously executive VP of US operations at Petroleum Analyzer Co. LP. Robert Fancy has been appointed CTO. He is a co-founder of Acton's Instrument Division and former president. Bill Keating has been named VP of manufacturing. He comes to Acton from the Petroleum Analyzer Co. In addition, David Di Tullio has been promoted to controller. Kirk Lussier has been named West Coast sales engineer for the Optics Division. Lussier joins the company from Coherent Auburn Group, where he was an applications engineer.
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Portal Bay Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, parent company of semiconbay.com, has appointed former Integrated Device Technology's CEO Leonard Perham to chairman of its board of directors. Perham is also on the board of directors of NetLogic Microsystems, Ronal Systems, and Clear Logic Inc.
Varian Inc., Palo Alto, CA, has promoted Laurie Himmelman Alire (right) to VP of corporate communications and investor relations, and an officer of the corporation. She was a director with the company.
ASM International NV, Bilthoven, The Netherlands, has appointed Robert L. de Bakker CFO. He was most recently CFO at NKF Holding NV.
FSI International Inc., Minneapolis, MN, has named Willem Maris and Raj Rajagopal to its board of directors. Maris is past chairman of the board of management, president, and CEO of ASM Lithography, retired. Rajagopal is CEO of BOC Edwards, a business of The BOC Group. He is also an executive director of The BOC Group.
M Cubed Technologies Inc., Monroe, CT, has appointed Elmer G. Miller Jr. VP and COO. Miller previously held the position of GM at Howmet Finished Products, a division of Howmet Corp.
Waves Ltd., San Mateo, CA, has announced several executive appointments to its newly established Semiconductor Division. Martin Skowron has been named president. He was senior VP and US site manager for DSP Group Inc. Paul Bundschuh has been named VP of sales and marketing. He previously headed product definition and development for Motorola's digital audio products. Nobuaki Horiguchi has been appointed GM and VP of sales for Waves Ltd. in Japan. He was a managing director and GM of the Marketing Division at TOMEN Electronics Corp.
Lam Research Corp., Fremont, CA, has elected Robert M. Berdahl to its board of directors. Berdahl is chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley.
Howard McClary has been appointed CEO of SAES Pure Gas Inc., San Luis Obispo, CA. He was most recently COO at SAES.
CTS Corp., Elkhart, IN, has named Donald K. Schwanz president and COO. He was previously president of the industrial control business of Honeywell Inc. Matthew W. Long has been named assistant treasurer. He was corporate controller at Morgan Driveaway.
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KLA-Tencor Corp., (right) San Jose, CA, has named Peter Campagna corporate VP and treasurer. Prior to joining the company, Campagna was corporate VP and treasurer at Adaptec.
Micronic Laser Systems AB, Täby, Sweden, has named Sven Löfquist president and CEO. He is one of the founders of Micronic and was most recently executive VP at the company.
Semitool Inc., Kalispell, MT, has named L. Peter Larson to its board of directors. Larson is chairman of American Timber and president and CEO of the L. Peter Larson Co.
Michael Wright has been promoted to president of the Microelectronics Group Unit at Entegris Inc., Chaska, MN. He was formerly VP of corporate marketing and business development. He replaces Dave Ring, who has left the company to become executive VP of worldwide sales at LTX Corp., Westwood, MA.
Environmental and Occupational Risk Management (EORM), Sunnyvale, CA, has named David Rome to its board of directors. Rome recently retired as VP of commerce services at Ariba Technologies.
Trikon Technologies Inc., Newport, UK, has appointed Bill Chappell CFO. He joins Trikon from Eigner and Partner, where he was financial director. Chappell replaces Jeremy Linnert, who is retiring.
Advanced Energy Industries Inc. (AE), Fort Collins, CO, has appointed Jim Gentilcore president of its EMCO subsidiary, Longmont, CA. He was president of AE, Voorhees, NJ. William Ruff, most recently VP of engineering at AE Voorhees, replaces Gentilcore in that position. Imran Bhutta has been appointed divisional VP of engineering at AE's Voorhees plant. Bhutta has 16 years of corporate and academic experience, especially in the area of design and simulation of high-frequency circuits. Jim Guilmart has been appointed senior VP of sales. He joined AE in 1999 as director of the Applied Materials Business Unit.
Fujitsu Microelectronics, San Jose, CA, has named Charles Faust senior VP of finance and administration, and CFO. Faust was VP of finance and administration and CFO.
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Servicor Inc., (right) San Carlos, CA, has appointed Joe Losch VP and GM for Servicor, and VP of business development for Veloz Holdings Inc. Losch brings more than 20 years of experience in operations management, marketing, and business development to his new positions, and was most recently COO at Paxton Products Corp.
Ion Systems, Berkeley, CA, has promoted Michael George to executive VP. George has been with Ion Systems for more than two years as senior VP of sales, marketing, and sector operations.
Asyst Technologies Inc., Fremont, CA, has appointed Stephen S. Schwartz senior VP of product groups and operations. He joins Asyst from Applied Materials, where he spent 13 years, most recently as president of Consilium, an Applied Materials company.
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CHA Industries, (right) Fremont, CA, has named Ryan Roth Western US direct sales representative. Roth is a recent graduate of San Diego State University.
EKC Technology, Hayward, CA, a ChemFirst Inc. company, has promoted Michael Fury to VP of R&D and engineering. Prior to his promotion, Fury was director of process integration for advanced materials.
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Tosoh SMD, (right) Grove City, OH, has appointed Inho Choi marketing manager, Asia, and OEM account manager. Choi joined Tosoh in 1996, and has served as market specialist, Asia, in the marketing department.
Banderacom, Austin, TX, an InfiniBand semiconductor company, has appointed Terry Hulett VP of engineering. Before joining Banderacom, Hulett was VP of research and development at Si Solutions Inc.
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Elizabeth Schapker (right) has been named marketing manager of the Specialty Products Group. She joined Tosoh in 1995, and was most recently an R&D engineer. Tim Wiemels has been promoted to aluminum products marketing manager. He was specialty products marketing manager.
APack Technologies Inc., Hsinchu, Taiwan, has appointed Masayuki Ohi VP for R&D and customer service. Before joining APack, Ohi was engineering manager for the Plastic Laminated Package Division at Shinko Electric Industries.