Empak, Inc. Empak, Inc.

11/01/1996

EMPAK Inc., Colorado Springs, CO, has named Patrick O`Shea CEO. O`Shea has 30 years of semiconductor industry experience, most recently as chair-

man and CEO of Meissner+Wurst, US operations.

Genus Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, has appointed James T. Healy president and CEO. Healy has more than 20 years` experience in executive management positions in the semiconductor industry, most recently as president of Credence Systems. Before joining Credence, Healy cofounded Trillium Corp. and held senior management positions with GenRad Semiconductor Test Inc. and Fairchild Test Systems Group. William W.R. Elder, founder of Genus, will remain with the company as chairman.

Alphatec Group, Santa Clara, CA, has named Paul T. Lin VP of product management. He was formerly president of Aptos Corp., and, before that, held posi-

tions in wafer fabrication and IC packaging at Motorola. He has more than 30 years of semiconductor industry experience, and holds more than 40 US patents. In addition, Ven R. Holalkere has been appointed director of package development. Prior to joining Alphatec, he was a member of the technical staff at Fujitsu Computer Packaging Technology Inc.,

a subsidiary of Fujitsu Ltd. of Japan. He also held engineering positions in semiconductor packaging R&D at Amdahl Corp. and National Semiconductor.

Remy Aubert, cofounder and president of Continuum, Santa Clara, CA, has resigned to pursue other interests. He will remain with the company as a member of the board of directors. Hiroshi Suzuki, president of HOYA USA and chairman of the board of Continuum, has been named interim president.

Process Control Technologies Inc., Addison, IL, has named David A. Sands president and CEO. He was formerly VP of Heller Financial.

Derrick N. Key has resigned from the board of directors of Tylan General Inc., San Diego, CA. He is chairman, CEO, and president of Roper Industries.

AG Associates, San Jose, CA, has promoted Robert Bogart to VP of engineering programs. Bogart was previously director of engineering. In addition, Duane McCallister has been appointed VP of operations and customer support. He formerly served as VP of operations.

Micro Component Technology Inc. (MCT), St. Paul, MN, has appointed Jeffrey Mathiesen VP and CFO. Before joining MCT, Mathiesen was VP and CFO at Recovery Engineering Inc.

Scott Deferrari, president and COO of Plasma-Therm Inc., St. Petersburg, FL, is taking a medical leave of absence from the company for approximately 60-90 days. During this period, Ronald H. Deferrari, Plasma-Therm`s CEO and chairman, will serve as acting president, and Curt Barratt, VP and chief technical officer, will serve as acting COO.

Ultratech Stepper Inc., San Jose, CA, has named Nat Ceglio VP of engineering and product development. He was formerly program leader for the Advanced Microtechnology Program at Lawrence Livermore National Lab, and is the recipient of nine R&D 100 awards recognizing significant technical achievement. In addition, John Denzel has been appointed VP of manufacturing. Denzel has over 15 years of manufacturing and business experience, most recently as VP of Trend Plastics Inc.

Silicon Valley Group (SVG), San Jose, CA, has named Hilario Oh to the newly created position of VP of corporate quality and productivity. Oh has nearly 30 years of manufacturing experience, most recently as a General Motors Corp. senior scientist. In addition, Reese M. Reynolds has been appointed VP of process technology for SVG`s Track Systems Division. He worked previously at Varian Associates and has more than 20 years of semiconductor operations and technology experience.

Tefen USA, Foster City, CA, has appointed Dror Levy VP of Far East operations. He joined Tefen in 1990, and was previously VP of operations at Tefen Group Ltd. in northern Israel, parent company of Tefen USA.

Fullman Co., Portland, OR, has promoted Richard Smoke to VP. Smoke has more than 23 years` experience in the mechanical construction industry; he

has worked at the Fullman Co. for the past three years.

Varian Associates Inc., Palo Alto, CA, has elected Robert W. Dutton to its board of directors. He is the head of Stanford University`s Center for Integrated Systems, and replaces Philip J. Quigley, who has resigned. Jon D. Tompkins, chairman, president, and CEO of Tencor Instruments Inc., has been elected an advisory director.

Art W. Launder has been appointed executive VP of DuPont Photomasks Inc. America, Round Rock, TX. He was formerly president of ASM America Inc. In addition, Kenneth A. Rygler has been promoted to executive VP of worldwide marketing and strategic planning. He was executive VP of marketing and sales. Craig Kokjohn has been named VP of US sales. Kokjohn was VP of US operations.

Richard J. Elkus, Jr., has been named to the board of directors at OnTrak Systems Inc., San Jose, CA. He is vice chairman and executive VP at Tencor Instruments, and was previously chairman and CEO of Prometrix Corp., which he cofounded in 1983.

Bill Starks has been appointed systems engineering director at CVC Products Inc. Prior to joining CVC, Starks held a number of management positions at Varian Associates, most recently chief technical architect, Thin-Film Systems Division.

NESLAB Instruments Inc., Newington, NH, has appointed Margaret Talbot leader of an engineering support group for constant temperature equipment designs. Before joining NESLAB, she held positions at Raytheon Co., Missile Systems Division, and Osram Sylvania Inc.

Omnichrome Corp., Chino, CA, has appointed Gerald D. Bacher senior research scientist. Bacher has more than nine years of R&D experience in physics, electrical engineering, the photorefractive effect, holographic data storage, and other photonics-related areas. His career includes positions at Hughes Research Laboratories and the University of Southern California.

Polytec PI Inc., Auburn, MA, has appointed Alain Bourdon manager of scientific laser products for North America. Polytec PI is a subsidiary of Polytec GmbH

and Physik Instrumente GmbH (PI) of Waldbroan, Germany.

MicroModule Systems Inc., Cupertino, CA, has named Robert C. Cushman director of materials and production control. Cushman was previously director of materials and production control at nChip, a division of Flextronics International.

Defect and Yield Management Inc., Bedford, MA, has appointed John Whittaker NeuralNet Engineering Data Analysis product manager. Whittaker most recently worked in various positions in the Semiconductor CIM Division at Teradyne, including product manager for the Factory Integrated Resource Management System product line.

Kyocera America Inc., San Diego, CA, has named Larry E. White GM, quality assurance, for its ceramic IC package manufacturing operation. Before joining Kyocera, White was VP of quality assurance for Bourns Inc., Integrated Technologies Division.

TYECIN Systems Inc., Los Altos, CA, has named Robert O. Miller manager of business development for its enterprise optimization product. Miller has more than 30 years of experience in high-technology semiconductor fabrication, packaging, and strategic planning, most recently as director of corporate advanced integrated circuit packaging technolgy at LSI Logic.

KLA Instruments Corp., has promoted Edward C. Grady VP and GM of its Reticle and Photomask Inspection Division (RAPID). Grady joined KLA as VP of advanced programs in 1995, and was most recently VP of marketing for RAPID.

Lambda Electronics Inc., Melville, NY, has named George Genise director of operations. Prior to joining Lambda, Genise was VP of operations for Amtronics. In addition, Keith Hopwood has been promoted to director of marketing. He was director of DC-DC marketing. Masa Kinebuchi has been appointed director of quality assurance. He has held a variety of engineering and quality positions at Lambda since joining the company in 1976. Ray Gotelli has been promoted to director of sales. He was previously area sales manager.

Thermo Electric, Saddle Brook, NJ, has appointed Jeff Jablin sensor engineering manager of its Sensor Division. Jablin was previously a project/development engineer with Chromalloy Research and Technology Division. Before that, he was a mechanical engineer and quality assurance manager for Spectrex Ltd. In addition, Paul Swirla has been named national sales manager. Before joining Thermo Electric, he held regional sales manager positions at Cowan Dynamics and Parker Hannifin Corp. Chuck E. Koegel has been promoted to manager of product development, Sensor Division. Koegel was most recently instrument engineering manager at Thermo Electric, a position he held since 1984.

FSI International Inc., Minneapolis, MN, has appointed Ardy Johnson VP of sales and marketing for its Microlithography Division. Johnson has worked at FSI for 15 years in various positions; he has been the sales and marketing manager of the Microlithography Division since 1991.

Specialty Coating Systems Inc., Indianapolis, IN, has named Azhar M. Qureshi engineering manager. He was formerly production and engineering manager for Electrovert, and, before that, held manufacturing engineering and production management positions at a number of electronics companies.

Linear Technology Corp., Milpitas, CA, has named Larry Francis managing director of Linear Technology Pte. (Ltd.) in Singapore. Francis has served Linear in a number of positions, most recently as operations manager of test, assembly, and end-of-line operations. Norman Higashi has taken over this position after stepping down as managing director of Linear in Singapore.

Belmont Trading Co., Morton Grove, IL, has named Jane Jurgensen Southern regional manager of sales and purchasing. Jurgensen was formerly owner of IC Jurgensen Advantage. In addition, Debra LaPaglia has been appointed Western regional manager. LaPaglia has over 20 years of experience in the electronic components recycling business in trading departments, as a printed circuit board rep, and most recently as a consultant to OEMs.

CFM Technologies Inc., West Chester, PA, has promoted Pamela A. McCardell to VP of North American sales. She has served the company for the past 10 years in such positions as national sales manager.

Progressive Technologies Inc., Tewksbury, MA, has named Mark Welsh regional sales manager for the eastern US and Canada, and all of Europe. Welsh has 14 years of experience in the semiconductor industry at Eaton Corp. and, most recently, FSI International Inc. In addition, Lucky Somers has been promoted to VP of North American and European sales. He has been national sales manager at Progressive for the past four years.

Williams Advanced Materials Inc., Buffalo, NY, a subsidiary of Brush Wellman Inc., has opened a sales/service center in the Philippines. Teresa Burro has been appointed to staff the office.

Greene, Tweed & Co., Kulpsville, PA, has promoted Edward W. Klaric to European regional sales manager. He was sales representative for the Northeastern Corridor. Allan J. Cheskiewicz has been named to fill Klaric`s former position. Cheskiewicz has 13 years of sales and engineering experience.

George Harding has been promoted to industrial market segment manager at Leybold Vacuum Products Inc., Export, PA. During the past nine years, Harding has served the company as product manager, order services manager, and market segment manager; he was most recently account manager for Applied Materials.

Kayex Corp., Rochester, NY, has named Michael Gray VP of sales and marketing. Gray was formerly Western regional sales manager at JEOL USA Inc.

SCI Systems Inc., Huntsville, AL, has appointed Robin P. Killoran marketing manager specializing in chemical distribution systems and front-end wetprocess equipment for the electronics industry. Killoran has more than 25 years of sales and marketing experience in both liquid and gas process equipment. Before joining SCI, he was a senior applications specialist at Millipore Corp.

Etec Systems Inc., Hayward, CA, has named William D. Cole VP of sales and customer support. He has 16 years of experience in sales and customer support, most recently as VP of sales at Genus Inc. Melissa A. Ellis was appointed VP of customer support. Prior to joining Etec, Ellis was VP of customer support for Credence

Systems Corp. Before that, she held a succession of management positions with Tektronix Inc. from 1976-91. In addition, Frank Abboud has been appointed VP of product development. He was VP of customer support. Mark A. Gesley has been named VP of technology development. Gesley was previously VP of engineering.

Linfinity Microelectronics Inc., Garden Grove, CA, has named James J. Peterson VP of sales. Peterson spent 14 years at Silicon Systems Inc., where he held a number of management sales positions, most recently senior VP of worldwide sales and corporate communications.

Craig Bartels has been appointed manager of research by Fluid Systems Corp., San Diego, CA. He was formerly senior research chemist and senior group leader at Texaco R&D. Bartels has 17 patents (3 pending).

Doug Edgar has been appointed director of business development for the printed wiring board business at The Dexter Corp., Division, Londonderry,

NH. Edgar was director of North American sales at Dexter from 1990-96. In addition, Stephen Taylor has been named sales account manager for the Texas, Oklahoma, and eastern Mexico territory. Prior to his appointment at Dexter, Taylor was a Southwestern district and regional account manager for the Abelstik Division of National Starch and Chemical.

Forward Technology Industries Inc., Minneapolis, MN, has appointed Wayne L. Mouser VP in charge of precision cleaning systems. Mouser has over 25 years of

experience in the cleaning industry, most recently as VP of Baron Blakeslee. In addition, John Bloomgren has been promoted to VP of manufacturing. He has served Forward for 5 years,

most recently as VP of precision cleaning.

Carr Lane Quackenbush has been named VP and GM of the Norton Electronics business of Saint-Gobain/Norton Industrial Ceramics Corp., Worces-

ter, MA, a subsidiary of Saint-Gobain Advanced Materials Corp. Quackenbush joined Norton in 1985 as technical director of the Norton/TRW joint venture. Most recently, he was VP and GM of Saint-Gobain/Norton`s Crystals and Detectors business.