People
12/01/1999
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Lepel Corp., Edgewood, NY, has promoted Ray Ariss (LEFT) to semiconductor business director. He will continue as Western Region sales manager.
George T.T. Sheng, a senior member of the technical staff at the Institute of Microelectronics in Singapore, has been named a winner in the Philips Anniversary Image Contest. His photo, entitled Roller Coaster," a cross-sectional silicon VLSI made on a CM200 FEG with an electron optic magnification of 2000x, was entered in the materials science category.
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Surface/Interface Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, has appointed Robert Lipari (LEFT) product sales manager for the Stylus NanoProfilometer CD metrology system. Before joining Surface/Interface, he was a sales manager for Metron Technology.
ATOMIKA Instruments GmbH, Munich, Germany, has promoted several of its employees to positions at ATOMIKA Instruments America Inc. Wolfgang Berneike, formerly product manager in Germany, has been named president. Lanny M. Brown, VP of ATOMIKA Instruments America since 1997, will head sales and marketing. Also, Sanjay Patel has been appointed SIMS application specialist and Mike Murehead has been named service manager for North Amercia.
BOC Edwards, Wilmington, MA, has appointed Nigel Hunton and Mohan Warrior joint heads of its Chemical Management Division. Hunton has been with BOC for 15 years; Warrior joins the company after 15 years with Motorola Semiconductor Products Sector, where he was most recently director of strategic final manufacturing and technology.
Semi Dice Inc., Los Alamitos, CA, has promoted several of its employees. Tony Duong has become operations manager, Linda Peterson has been named material manager, Ky Tin has been promoted to lead technician in the Hi Rel Test Area, and Darin Minter has been appointed marketing manager.
Speedline Technologies Inc., Camdenton, MO, has appointed several new business unit managers to spearhead manufacturing implementation strategies in its ELECTROVERT business division. Tony Foster is director of cleaning products; Bill Boyd is product manager; and Paul Knox is director of reflow products. Also, Steve Glass is director and Keith Howell is product manager for wavesoldering products.
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Ashland Distribution Co., Dublin, OH, has appointed David H. Armstrong director of electronic commerce for its operations. Previously, he served as business director of marketing for the Industrial Chemicals & Solvents Division.
Advanced Energy Industries Inc. (AE), Fort Collins, CO, has named Fred DeSantis (LEFT) senior VP, assistant to the president, and COO. He has held a number of senior executive positions at Burroughs, Unisys, and Siemans.
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Fred Weaver (LEFT) has been appointed senior VP of operations. Weaver has been with AE since 1997, most recently as head of customer satisfaction.
Poco Graphite Co., Decatur, TX, has appointed Elizabeth Bogle-Rohwer applications engineer for semiconductor OEM customers. She joins Poco from Lam Research, where she led global customer technology efforts.
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Kevin Thomas has been named VP of customer satisfaction. (LEFT) Thomas has served AE for 11 years; prior to his promotion, he was director of global support. Chris Fergen (right) has been promoted to VP and GM of AE's Tower Electronics Division. He was most recently director of AE's Semiconductor Business Unit.
Rite Track, Cincinnati, OH, has named Ted Bettes product manager. Prior to joining Rite Track, Bettes held several key positions at Silicon Valley Group, including senior product manager.
Photon Dynamics Inc., San Jose, CA, has appointed Bruce P. Delmore VP of marketing, strategy, and business development. Prior to joining the company, Delmore was president of The Strategos Group, a strategy consulting firm.