People
07/01/1999
Philips Semiconductors, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, has named Rick Goeld senior VP of the company's MultiMarket Products business unit, based in Sunnyvale, CA. Prior to joining Philips, Goeld was VP of strategic business research at Motorola Semiconductor.
 Peter Rogan |
Cerprobe Corp., Gilbert, AZ, has appointed Peter Rogan VP and GM of Cerprobe Interconnect Solutions Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary. He has been with Cerprobe Corp. for four years, most recently as VP of probe card manufacturing.
Alphasem AG, Berg, Switz erland, has promoted Heinz Ritzmann to executive VP of R&D. Ritzmann joined Alphasem in 1996 as product manager. Lonny Plummer has been named executive VP of worldwide sales and marketing. He has 20 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, including a prior assignment for Alphasem as representative for the Eastern US. Other recent appointments include Rikki Tai as sales director for Southeast Asia and Eric Kuo as sales director for Taiwan.
 William Ruff |
Advanced Energy Industries Inc. (AE), Fort Collins, CO, has appointed William A. Ruff VP of engineering for its Voorhees, NJ, operations. Ruff, who joined AE in 1990, most recently managed the development of a new rf product.
ESCA Inc., Albuquerque, NM, has named Henry C. Peebles research and development manager. He was formerly a senior member of the technical staff at Sandia National Labs. Perry Taylor has been named sales engineer for the Albuquerque region. Taylor has more than 24 years of experience in the electronics industry, the last seven as key account manager with MKS Instruments.
DuPont Photomasks Inc. (DPI), Round Rock, TX, has promoted Paul Chipman to executive VP and CTO. He will retain his position as GM of the Reticle Technology Center, a joint venture among DPI, Advanced Micro Devices, Micron Technology, and Motorola, which is focused on R&D and pilot line fabrication of photomasks.
Fluoroware Inc., Chaska, MN, has promoted Drew Richardson to GM of Fluoroware PEI. Richardson has served as new product development manager at Fluoroware since 1995.
Karl Suss, Munich, Germany, has tapped Robert A. McEachern as product development manager for North America. McEachern has held a number of top management posts and holds multiple US patents.
Sachem Inc., Austin, TX, has appointed Richard Goodin VP of technology. He comes to Sachem from Monsanto Corp., where he served as external technology director in support of sustainable development and incubator efforts.
ESEC (USA) Inc., Phoenix, AZ, has named Patrick Folmar North American business manager for the company's Micron solution series and Advanced Technology line of equipment. He was previously responsible for all aspects of ESEC's integrated line division.
Electro Scientific Industries Inc. (ESI), Portland, OR, has named Jonathan C. Howell senior VP and CFO. Howell has been with the company since 1993, and was most recently VP/CTO and leader of the company's vision business. Bradford S. Cooley has been appointed VP/CTO. He was director of engineering for ESI's laser-based equipment products. Julia A. Harper has been named VP of finance. Harper joined the company in 1997, and was most recently controller.
 Lisa Jones |
SensArray Corp., Santa Clara, CA, has promoted Lisa Jones to director of marketing. She has had a number of years of semiconductor industry and marketing experience.
Palomar Technologies, Vista, CA, has appointed Zeger Bok process engineer. He joins the company from the ABS Plastics Division of Monsanto in Antwerp, Belgium, where he was a process engineer. Kevin Seufert has been named field applications engineer. Seufert worked for Kulicke & Soffa for more than 13 years as a field service engineer in Florida and New England, and as an applications engineer and lead technical trainer in Willow Grove, PA.
Bob Heid has assumed responsibility for strategic development at Lucid Treatment Systems, Hollister, CA. Before joining Lucid, Heid was managing director of STI/Rodel until 1998.
Galil Motion Control Inc., Mountain View, CA, has promoted Kaushal Shah to the position of applications support manager. He has more than 10 years of industry experience as an electrical engineer at Wise Technologies and Cygnetics.
 Jason Atwater |
Tosoh SMD Inc., Grove City, OH, has named Jason Atwater sales engineer for Northern California. Atwater was product specialist at BOC Gases in Murray Hill, NJ.
Mattson Technology Inc., Fremont, CA, has appointed Theodore Hsiao Taiwan country manager. Prior to joining Mattson, he was Taiwan sales manager for Lam Research Corp.
CVC, Rochester, NY, has named David Leet process engineering director. Before joining CVC, Leet worked at Applied Materials, where he held a variety of engineering and technology positions during his seven-year tenure.
Genus Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, has promoted Kenneth Schwanda to CFO. Schwanda joined Genus in 1992, and was most recently VP of finance. In addition, Robert A. Wilson has been promoted to VP of worldwide sales. He was VP of Asia Pacific operations.
The Microelectronics Materials Division (MMD) of Cabot Corp., Aurora, IL, has appointed William McCarthy CFO. Before joining Cabot, McCarthy was controller in the Corporate Services Division at Texas Instruments. Bill Williams has been named director of global quality. He joins Cabot after 35 years at Dexter Aerospace Materials Division, where he worked in the quality organization. Other appointments include Jeremy Jones as director of the MMD's polishing pad business, and Paul Feeney as program manager of the dielectric business.
Comdisco Electronics Group, San Diego, CA, has named Stanley Soh Kim Seng equipment sales manager for the Asian region. Most recently, he was with Metron Technology, where he was responsible for semiconductor equipment sales throughout Southeast Asia.
AlliedSignal Electronic Materials, Los Gatos, CA, has appointed Stephen Page sales manager for Europe. Prior to joining the company, Page was the national sales manager at Johnson Matthey Electronics USA's assembly products group.
Tokyo Electron Arizona Inc., Gilbert, AZ, a subsidiary of Tokyo Electron Ltd., has appointed Kevin Lally senior director of global sales, marketing, and service. Before joining Tokyo Electron Arizona, he was business unit manager for CVD metallization at Tokyo Electron America, Austin, TX.
The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), San Jose, CA, has appointed Daven Oswalt communications director. He has more than 16 years of communications, public relations, and governmental affairs experience, most recently as communications director for the California Environmental Protection Agency.
MKS Instruments Inc., Andover, MA, has named Nick Samiotes to director of worldwide sales for process analysis products. This appointment will expand his responsibilities as Pacific Rim sales manager.