People Update

02/01/1998

The Fluid Sealing Association, Wayne, PA, an international trade association, has elected F.A. Paino to its board of directors. He is president of Greene, Tweed & Co., Kulpsville, PA. Paino joined the company in 1966 as a field sales representative.

MEMC Electronic Materials Inc., St. Peters, MO, has appointed Klaus von Horde president, succeeding Robert Sandfort, who has retired. von Horde was formerly CEO and chairman of Carl Schenck AG.

Sierra Instruments Inc., Monterey, CA, has named Rob Stump president. He has more than 15 years of customer relations and operations management experience, and was previously a division manager for Pacific Gas & Electric.

Etec Systems Inc., Hayward, CA, has appointed William Ryan to its board of directors. He is executive VP of operations at Angstrom Technologies. William Siegle has also been named a director. He is AMD`s group VP for technology development and chief scientist.

Olin Corp., Norwalk, CT, has elected two members to its board of directors. Randall W. Larrimore is president and CEO of United Stationers. Richard M. Rompala is president and CEO of Valspar Corp. Also, Olin Microelectronic Materials, a division of Olin Corp., has appointed Bruce A. Lipisko VP and GM for chemicals and services. Before joining Olin, he was GM for the Electronics Group at General Chemical Corp.

CVC, Rochester, NY, has appointed Robert Fink to its board of directors. He has held executive positions at Lam Research, Drytek, ITT Corp., General Instrument Corp., and General Electric Corp.

The International Microelectronics and Packaging Society`s Metropolitan chapter, which serves Long Island and metropolitan New York, has appointed Walter J. Becker president. He is VP and division manager of Semi Dice Long Island.

Rippey Corp., El Dorado Hills, CA, has promoted Jill Todd to VP of finance and operations. She was most recently controller of the company, and will continue as human resources director. Daniel T. McMullen has been named VP of corporate development. He was most recently division global finance manager for the Microelectronics Materials Division of Cabot Corp.

TYECIN Systems, Los Altos, CA, has named Charles E. Fonner COO and executive VP. He was previously GM of the SmartCard Group at Amdahl Corp.

Wayne Schwartz has been appointed COO of Integrated Solutions Inc. (ISI), Austin, TX. In his 23 years in the semiconductor industry, he has held a variety of senior management positions, including VP/GM of the Integrated Circuit Design Group of Cadence Design Systems, a position he held before joining ISI. Larry Thompson, who supervises ISI`s SCALPEL and EUVL programs, will expand his role to include a focus on customer lithographic solutions and applications support. Also, John Johansen has been promoted to director of product marketing. He has more than 17 years of experience in high technology business development.

Anwar Chitayat, founder and CEO of Anorad Corp. has been nominated for the 1998 National Medal of Technology Award sponsored by the US Department of Commerce. The nomination was made by the Robotics and Manufacturing Department of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the product and process innovation category, in recognition of Chitayat`s contribution over the last 25 years to the advancement of manufacturing technology through his invention of the brushless linear servo motor.

Arnold Weiner, group VP of Pall Corp., East Hills, NY, has assumed global responsibility for R&D in addition to overseeing the technical and strategic alliances and acquisitions of the company. He began his tenure at Pall in 1964, and has held positions in manufacturing management, sales, marketing, international business development, and global business line management.

Actel Corp., Sunnyvale, CA, has promoted Fares Mubarak to VP of engineering. He was previously director of product and test engineering. Carl Burrow has been named VP of marketing. He has more than 14 years of experience, most recently as Actel`s director of Western area sales.

Mathews & Clark, Sunnyvale, CA, has appointed Craig Addison VP for Asia/Pacific and Japan. He was formerly editor in chief of EB Asia. Also, Judy Erkanat has added the responsibilities of account manager to her position as editor and senior writer. Before joining Mathews & Clark in July, she covered the semiconductor manufacturing, test, and electronic design automation industries for Electronic News.

Veeco Instruments Inc., Plainview, NY, has named Gary A. Mezack VP/GM for its line of atomic force microscope products. He has more than 15 years of management experience, most recently at Integrated Solutions Inc., as GM of the Ciric Division, and General Signal/CGA, as VP of international sales and marketing.

Fluoroware Inc., Chaska, MN, has promoted Tom Robb to VP and GM for Europe/ROW. Prior to his promotion, he served as manager/director of Fluoroware GmbH for seven years. He succeeds Frank Sidell, who has been named VP and GM of the company`s Critical Fluid Management business. Also, Kate Smith has been promoted to fluid transfer strategic business manager. A 20-year industry veteran, she joined Fluoroware in 1987, and has held various management positions in the Critical Fluid Management business.

Nanometrics Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, has promoted several executives to VP. William N. Fate has served the company since 1992, most recently as directorr of international sales. Roger Ingalls, Jr. has been US product manager, US sales and product manager, and, just prior to his promotion, director of North American sales. William A. McGahan joined Nanometrics in 1995, and has served as advanced metrology manager, applications engineering manager, and, since October, director of applications engineering.

SensArray Corp., Santa Clara, CA, has appointed Jerry Harmon VP of human resources and organizational development. He was formerly director of human resources and administration for Prism Solutions.

ATOMIKA Instruments America Inc., a North American support company for ATOMIKA Instruments GmbH, Oberschleissheim/Munich, Germany, has appointed Lanny M. Brown VP of sales, marketing, administration, and legal affairs for its ATOMIKA TXRF and SIMS products. He was previously a commodity manager with a Santa Clara, CA, semiconductor manufacturer.

Suss Advanced Lithography Inc., Waterbury Center, VT, has named Y.C. John Peng VP of sales, based in California. Before joining the company, he spent 20 years with Rofin-Sinar Laser Co., most recently as GM for Far East business.

Ashland Chemical Co., Dublin, OH, a division of Ashland Inc., has appointed Alan Kwok applications engineer in Taiwan for the Ashland-ACT unit of its Electronic Chemicals Division. He joined the company in 1996 as a temporary analyst assistant. Jerry Lacy has been named operations manager for the division`s plant in Dallas, TX. He comes to Ashland from the Michelin Tire Corp., where he held various positions, including warehouse operations manager, quality supervisor, and production training manager.

Advanced Energy Industries Inc., Fort Collins, CO, has named Greg Roche applications development manager. Before joining the company, he spent four years at Lam Research, most recently working on process development for plasma-enhanced, chemical vapor deposition.

Equipe Technologies Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, has appointed Norman Ugai director of engineering. He has more than 24 years of engineering experience in developing and sustaining engineering initiatives, and was most recently VP of engineering at AmPro. David Tucker has been named director of finance and administration. He has had nine years of experience in US and international finance and accounting, including a four-year tenure as corporate controller for IC Works Inc.

BKC Semiconductors Inc., Lawrence, MA, has appointed Eugene G. Kelly manager of field applications engineering. He previously held positions in management and engineering at Philips Semiconductors and Alpha Industries.

The Semiconductor Equipment Group for Watkins-Johnson Co., Scotts Valley, CA, has promoted Don Tran to managing director of Southeast Asia operations. Tran, who joined the company in 1994, was most recently GM of Watkins-Johnson`s Taiwan subsidiary.

Osmonics Inc., Minnetonka, MN, has appointed Mike Bolton GM of the company`s Strategic Business Unit in Rockford, IL. Prior to accepting this position, he was director of technology for OSMONICS/Autotrol products in Milwaukee, WI.

Dexter Electronic Materials, Windsor Locks, CT, a division of The Dexter Corp., has named Daniel J. Loskot microelectronics liquids product manager for its Assembly and Advanced Products (AAP) business unit. He was product manager for imaging products at the division`s Printed Wiring Board Products business unit. Maury Edwards was appointed director of R&D for the AAP business unit. Since joining Dexter Electronic Materials in 1974, he has held a variety of technical and R&D management positions.

General Chemical Corp., Parsippany, NJ, has named Thomas Testa GM of its Electronic Chemicals Group based in Pittsburg, CA. He was most recently group controller for derivative products and services at the company.

ENI, Rochester, NY, a division of Astec America Inc., has appointed Gamal El-Gaaly worldwide technical training instructor. He was previously at the technical training division of Harris RF Communications. Also, Rich Myer has been named account manager for ENI`s regional office in Burlington, MA. Most recently, he held a sales management position with Astex.

AIO Corp., Fremont, CA, has appointed Yufei Chen technical development engineer for the Cleaning Products Group. He was principal researcher for surface reaction on silicon wafers at Lawrence Berkeley National Labs.

Morton International Inc., Chicago, IL, has appointed Sri Prakash Rangarajan technical specialist for Morton Metalorganic Products. He has experience in metalorganic chemical synthesis, chemical vapor deposition processes, and nanostructured materials fabrication. Also, Morton Advanced Materials in Woburn, MA, has named Matt Linn North American sales manager for CVD silicon carbide ceramic material. He has 10 years of experience in the sales and marketing of ceramic materials and specialty chemicals, including a position as sales and marketing manager at Rath Performance Fibers.

Electroglas Inc., Santa Clara, CA, has named Ashwin Ballal product marketing manager for 300-mm products. Prior to joining the company, he was market development manager with the Semiconductor Division of Keithley Instruments.

Kirk Rogers has been appointed Western regional sales manager for the Semiconductor Group of Brooks Instrument, Hatfield, PA. He was a senior account manager at Millipore Corp.