People
10/01/1999
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Semi, Mountain View, CA, has appointed Atsushi Horiba a director. Horiba is president of the international Horiba Group.
Aehr Test Systems, Mountain View, CA, has named Mukesh Patel to its board of directors. A 15-year industry veteran, Patel is cofounder and former VP of operations and engineering and GM, Memory Division, of SMART Modular Technologies.
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Philips Analytical, Almelo, The Netherlands, has ap pointed Alec Reader VP and semiconductor marketing director. He has 17 years of experience in IC processing and marketing. John B. Hanselman has been named director semiconductor-USA, based at Philips Analytical in Natick, MA. He was formerly CEO of Active Impulse Systems Inc., a company he founded.
Paul Peercy, president of the Semi-Sematech consortium for the last four years, will transition out of the post beginning in September. He will become dean of the Engineering College at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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The Microelectronics Materials Division (MMD) of Cabot Corp., Aurora, IL, has named Chris Yu director of R&D. He was previously Cabot MMD's director of interconnect technology. Jeffrey Michael Jenkins has been appointed director of global human resources. Prior to joining Cabot, Jenkins spent 15 years at Hewlett-Packard, most recently as a human resources and quality manager.
Domain Logic Corp. (DLC), Austin, TX, has named Charles Baylis VP of product engineering and development. Baylis comes to DLC from stints at Baylis Automation, Lights Out Software, and most recently, Brooks Automation/FASTech.
Jim Usher has stepped down as president/COO of Busch Semiconductor Vacuum to launch a new operation aimed at helping equipment firms develop strategic direction. Derek Shields, global operations president at Busch, will assume Usher's duties at the company.
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Emerson & Cuming, Billerica, MA, a National Starch & Chemical subsidiary, has named Joseph D. DeBiase business director of the company's Circuit and Assembly Materials Group. Before joining Emerson, he was a marketing manager at Enthone-OMI Inc.
Cleanroom Systems Inc., Syracuse, NY, has named Michael L. Wetzel, president. He was president of Floratech Industries Inc., a parent company of Cleanroom Systems.
Vladimir Starov has been appointed president of Israeli firm Sizary Ltd.'s newly opened US subsidiary, Sizary Inc., Los Gatos, CA. Starov was most recently a technology, marketing, and business consultant to semiconductor capital equipment companies.
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Asymtek, Carlsbad, CA, has promoted Steven Adamson semiconductor product manager. Prior to his promotion, he was Applications Engineering Group manager.
BOC Edwards, Wilmington, MA, has appointed Chris Case CTO, based at its Murray Hill, NJ, location. For the past 11 years, Case has served in various senior R&D management positions at Lucent Technologies. He is chairman of the working groups for the National Technology Roadmap. In addition, Ron Gregg has been named VP of on-site systems; Piotr Sadkowski has been appointed director of bulk gas systems and environmental services; and Paul Espitalier-Noel has been named global product manager.
Wright Williams & Kelly has promoted Daren L. Dance to VP of technology. Dance has been manager of applications R&D for the company since 1995.
Alphatec Semiconductor Packaging Co. Ltd., Chachoengsoa, Thailand, has appointed Wally Crookes VP and GM. Crookes has held management positions at National Semiconductor, Fairchild Semiconductor, and most recently, Cypress Semiconductor in the Philippines. He replaces Willem de Vries, CEO of Alphatec Holding Co., who has been acting as GM.
Alfa Aesar, Ward Hill, MA, a Johnson Matthey company, has promoted Barry Singelais to GM of its North American business. Singelais has been with the company 9 years, and was most recently purchasing and distribution manager of Alfa Aesar's research and specialty chemicals global operations.
Exsil Inc., San Jose, CA, has appointed Roy Cutler quality and technology director, based at the company's Prescott, AZ, plant. Cutler was VP and COO at Silmax.
Palomar Technologies, Vista, CA, has appointed Michael Criscuolo manager of customer service. Criscuolo has 18 years of experience at such companies as General Dynamics, Convair Division, and Palomar Robotics Technologies. Gabriel Perez and Jerrol Olsen have been named field service engineers. Perez, East Coast engineer, comes to Palomar from Delvotec, where he worked in the same capacity. Olsen, Central US territory engineer, has 13 years of technical experience and electronics training from the USMC.
Gabriele Reichenberger and Manfred Schwarz have purchased Intertrade Scientific GmbH (ITS), Munich, Germany. They are now managing directors and sole owners of the company, which represents US and Japanese semiconductor companies.
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Rudolph Technologies Inc., Flanders, NJ, has named Kevin McCarthy software development manager. A 20-year veteran of the software industry, Mc Carthy has both software creation and management experience, and has held positions at RMTi and The Boston Software Works Inc.
ENI, Rochester, NY, has named Thomas Horn European service supervisor at ENI Germany, the company's European service center. Horn has extensive field service engineering experience in the semiconductor equipment industry.
Brooks Automation Inc., Chelmsford, MA, has appointed James A. Chiafery director of investor relations. Chiafery has previous experience in the capital equipment and high-tech industries, as director of investor relations at Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc. and manager of shareholder relations at Digital Equipment Corp.
ASIC International (Ai), Oak Ridge, TN, has named Doug Smith an associate member of its technical staff. He was previously a senior design engineer with Cadence Design Systems. James Miller has also been named a member of Ai's technical staff. He was a hardware project manager for Philips Consumer Electronics. Max Lloyd has been appointed VP of sales. Lloyd comes to Ai from Avant!, where he was Eastern district manager.
Arch Chemicals Inc., Norwalk, CT, has named Alan Larson director of quality for chemicals and services. His most recent position was as director of quality and training at Flip Chip Technologies.
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Tosoh SMD Inc., Grove City, OH, has named Bob Haltom sales engineer for Northern Texas. He has held a number of sales and account management positions at such companies as Dryden Engineering, Brooks Instruments, Progressive Technologies Inc., Edwards High Vacuum, and Hoechst Celanese.
Speedline Technologies Inc., Franklin, MA, has appointed Walter Romanosky director of R&D for its CAMALOT division. Before joining the company, Romanosky was director of project management and VP of customer service and a customer account at PRI Automation. Allen Duck has been appointed VP of sales. Prior to this appointment, Duck served as European VP and GM at Speedline Europe.
Dennis Key, VP of sales and marketing at Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Gloucester, MA, has announced that he will leave the company. Key will devote his time to his ranching business in Texas and other personal interests.
Semitool Inc., Kalispell, MT, has tapped Gary Spray as VP of its domestic and international sales. A 25-year veteran of the industry, Spray comes to Semitool from IPEC Planar, where he was VP of sales and marketing.
Motorola Manufacturing Systems (MMS), Schaumberg, IL, a unit of Motorola Inc., has appointed Greg Stumpo sales manager. Stumpo, who has more than 25 years of experience in machining, electrical, and mechanical assembly, was most recently business unit manager for the Panasert Group at Panasonic Factory Automation.
The Industrial Chemicals & Solvents Division of Ashland Distribution Co., Dublin, OH, a part of Ashland Inc., has promoted Richard A. Roth to marketing manager. Roth was business manager for the division's hydrocarbon solvents business.
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Ion Implant Services Inc. (IIS), Sunnyvale, CA, has appointed Walt Wriggins VP of sales and marketing. He was formerly in charge of development and marketing for the Inova PVD system at Varian Inc. and Novellus Systems Inc.
Semifab Inc., Hollister, CA, has appointed Mike Gorham senior sales account manager. He has 22 years of experience in direct and OEM account sales in semiconductors and electronics, most recently as VP of sales and marketing at MicroTek Industries Inc.
Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, Milpitas, CA, has named Michael J. Buehler-Garcia director of marketing for the Americas. A 15-year veteran of the industry, he was group director of strategic relationship marketing at Cadence Design Systems.
Goodfellow Corp., Berwyn, PA, has appointed John C. Friday key accounts manager. He was previously a sales representative for American Contractors Equipment.
Advanced Energy Industries Inc., Milpitas, CA, has named Bob Garcia account manager for Lam Research. Garcia was the district sales manager for Spectra International. Bruce Donsker has been appointed senior account manager for Novellus. Most recently in sales, marketing, and customer service at the Implant Center, he has held a number of sales and marketing management positions during 25 years in the industry.
Balzer's Thin Films, Golden, CO, has named Ed Yousse sales engineer. He brings extensive project and program management experience to the position.
Talon Engineering Corp., Sauk Rapids, MN, has appointed John Jul VP of sales and marketing. He has a number of years of experience in the semiconductor instrumentation industry.