People

01/01/1998

J.C. Park has been appointed chairman of Genus Korea Co. Ltd., Korean subsidiary of Genus Inc., Sunnyvale, CA. He was president and chairman of Aju Exim. In addtion, two other team members from Aju Exim have joined Genus Korea. J.K.Youm has been named field service manager, and Y.M. Chung has been appointed to sales.

The US Senate has confirmed President Clinton`s appointment of Raymond Kammer as director of the Commerce Department`s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). He was deputy director of NIST from 1980 to 1991 and from 1993 to the present.

The Fabless Semiconductor Association, San Jose, CA, has elected David Angel chairman of its board of directors. He is chairman and CEO of Information Storage Devices Inc. Angel replaces Robert Pepper, who is retiring. Osmonics Inc., Minnetonka, MN, has named William Eykamp to its board of directors. He is an adjunct professor of chemical engineering at Tufts University, Medford, MA.

ProSys Inc., Los Gatos, CA, has named Richard Vennerbeck VP of sales, marketing, and customer support. He has more than 30 years of experience, most recently as principal engineer at Silicon Systems, a subsidiary of Texas Instruments.

Brooks Automation (Canada) Corp., Richmond, BC, Canada, a subsidiary of Brooks Automation Inc., has appointed Chris Brandson product manager for its Chris Brandson ControlVision product group. He has worked at Brooks Canada for many years as a software engineer and technical project leader. Mike Jones has been named manager for ClusterLink products. He was previously an applications engineer developing customer-specific software at Brooks Canada.

Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill, NJ, has appointed Dan Stanzione executive VP/COO. He was most recently president of Bell Labs` R&D group. Ben Verwaayen has also been named executive VP/COO.

OnTrak Systems Inc., San Jose, CA, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lam Research Corp., has named Jas Randhawa VP of engineering. A 20-year veteran of the semiconductor equipment industry, he served as product manager for the FPD Division at Semiconductor Systems Inc. prior to joining OnTrak.

KLA-Tencor Corp., San Jose, CA, has appointed Stan Yarbro VP and GM of its Surface Metrology Division. He was president of Park Scientific Instruments. Dennis J. Fortino has been named VP and GM of the Unpatterned Surfscan Division. He was with the Surface Metrology Division.

TEFEN Ltd., Foster City, CA, has appointed Zion Harel VP of its Central region, based in regional headquarters in Dallas, TX. He joined TEFEN seven years ago, and, during his tenure, has held positions as industrial engineer, project manager, and site manager in charge of the company`s activities throughout the Northeastern US.

Veeco Instruments Inc., Plainview, NY, has named Henry Shii GM of Nihon Veeco KK. He was formerly GM of marketing and technical support for semi-conductor process and metrology equipment at Seiko.

Aetrium Inc., St. Paul, MN, has appointed Jim Roblee VP of engineering at the company`s Lawrence, MA, division. Most recently, he cofounded the engineering services company TREC. Mike Slaughter has been named VP of sales and marketing for the Lawrence Division. He was Aetrium`s regional manager for the Eastern US. Slaughter`s successor in this position is Frank Manning, who was formerly a sales manager for the Lawrence Division.

Rippey Corp., El Dorado Hills, CA, has named Yoshiya Inoue sales and marketing manager for Asia. He has more than 20 years of experience in the high technology and automotive industries, serving in upper-level sales and marketing management capacities for Japanese and European companies.

Camelot Systems Inc., Haverhill, MA, has appointed Paul Doyle corporate account manager for the semiconductor industry. He has worked in the surface mount industry for nearly 20 years, concentrating in sales and management.

Bill Alexander has been named VP of worldwide sales and field operations at GaSonics International, San Jose, CA. Before joining GaSonics, he was VP of Asia-Pacific operations at KLA-Tencor, formerly Tencor Instruments.

Ashland Chemical Co., Dublin, OH, has appointed Jerry Lacy operations manager for its Electronic Chemicals Division plant in Dallas, TX. He comes to Ashland Chemical from the Michelin Tire Corp., where he held various positions, including warehouse operations manager, quality supervisor, and production training manager.

AG Associates, San Jose, CA, has promoted Nitin B. Shah to the position of director of marketing and technical sales. He was strategic technical sales/marketing manager.

Comdisco Electronics Group (CEG), San Diego, CA, a division of Comdisco Inc., has named James Jenks VP and national sales manager. He was formerly Western regional sales manager. Christopher Ouimet has been appointed East Coast account manager. He was East Coast equipment marketing manager. Also, Melchor A. Herrera has been named account manager for Comdisco Electronics Assembly Group. He was previously product manager of CEG`s equipment trading department.

Tokyo Electron America Inc., Austin, TX, has appointed Alan Nolet VP of sales, marketing, and service. He has more than 20 years of experience, most recently as senior VP at Photon Dynamics, and president of the company`s Japanese and Korean subsidiaries.

AutoSimulations Inc., Bountiful, UT, has appointed Steve Baum account manager for Eastern region semiconductor sales. He previously worked as an

account manager at Consilium Inc., Marcam Corp., and Dun and Bradstreet Software Inc.

Triant Technologies Inc., Vancouver, BC, Canada, has appointed Robert Heath VP of sales and marketing. Most recently, he was executive VP of Cymbolic Sciences International. Brent Harbar has been named manager of investor relations. He has more that 15 years of financial industry experience in corporate finance and management roles in the investment brokerage business. Francis St-Pierre has been appointed director of marketing and business development. He was formerly manager of business development at Triant.

Acuity Imaging Inc., Nashua, NH, an RVSI company, has named Mark Tatkow VP of sales. Prior to joining Acuity, he held senior sales and marketing positions with Analogic Corp., Data Translation, and LTX Corp.

The Institute for Interconnecting and Packaging Electronic Circuits (IPC), Northbrook, IL, has appointed Kim Sterling director of marketing and communications. Her last position was director of market research at IPC.

Nikon Inc., Melville, NY, has appointed Michael W. Metzger manager for the company`s Midwest region. He was formerly a regional instrument sales representative. He succeeds James Hamlin, who has been named manager of the South Central region.

Voltaix Inc., North Branch, NJ, has appointed Thomas Pletzke director of sales and marketing. He has technical, sales, and marketing experience in the chemical and specialty gas industries.

CONCOA, Virginia Beach, VA, has named Patrick Carlucci VP of sales and marketing. He was with Matheson Gas Products for nearly 20 years, in such positions as US sales manager, international sales director, and Latin America sales and marketing manager.

CFM Technologies Inc., West Chester, PA, has appointed Eric Lin Taiwan customer support manager. Stationed in Taiwan, he will work with CFM`s Taiwanese agent, AMPOC.

The Semiconductor Group of Brooks Instrument, Hatfield, PA, has named Paul Henry VP of sales and marketing. Prior to joining Brooks, he was a divisional VP and GM of Materials Research Corp.

Manufacturing Technology Inc., Ventura, CA, has named Peter Hall VP of sales, marketing, and business development. His past positions include VP of sales

and marketing for the Asia Pacific region at Sheridan Systems, director of global sales at the Falk Corp., and director of sales engineering at The Swedish Machine Group.

The Olin Microelectronic Materials Division of Olin Corp., Norwalk, CT, has appointed Dawood Abugharbieh North American and Far Eastern sales and marketing manager for its chemical management services team. He has a background in applications engineering, sales, and strategic global management, and has worked at Olin for eight years.