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-- Semiconductor International, 6/1/2001

Paul Boudre was named president of European operations for KLA-Tencor Corp. (San Jose). He is responsible for providing overall management of the company's European business and manages its European Response Center, based in Workingham, UK. He brings more than 15 years of semiconductor industry experience to the position. Phone: 1-408-875-7039

Jeffrey Parker was appointed chief information officer of SensArray Corp. (Fremont, Calif.). He is responsible for building the information technology group to support the company's development and e-business implementation. He has more than 17 years of computing and programming experience. Phone: 1-415-931-5736

Dafydd Thomas was named product manager of the Inazuma product line of Spectra-Physics (Mountain View, Calif.). He will provide market development for high-power, solid-state UV lasers, as well as technical support to system integrators and end users. Phone: 1-650-966-5882

Dana Ditmore joined Tru-Si Technologies (Sunnyvale, Calif.) as president and chief operating officer. He has more than 25 years of experience in high-tech senior management. Also at the company, Phil Marcoux joined as vice president of technical marketing and sales, and John Baliga as product marketing manager. Phone: 1-408-212-3214

Gary Weihe joined Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc. (Willow Grove, Pa.) as director of strategic marketing. He will focus on flip-chip and wafer-scale packaging technology roadmaps. He brings 22 years of industry experience to the position. Phone: 1-215-784-6000

Barry D. Gottlieb joined X-ion Corp. (France) as chief executive officer and sales and marketing director. He is responsible for the American market and will be based out of the company's Silicon Valley location. Phone: +33-1-42-56-60-90

Richard Wylot was promoted to North American business manager, hydrogen peroxide, of Solvay Interox Inc. (Houston). He has been with the company since 1999. In addition, Shawn Blansett and Noel Boulos were promoted, respectively, to North American business managers of persalts and consumer products, and organic products. Phone: 1-713-525-6500

Ken Romano was appointed director of hardware engineering of Photon Vision Systems Inc., Imaging Solutions Group (Cortland, N.Y.). He has been with the company since 1985. Also at the company, Anthony Frumusa and Kerry Van Iseghem were appointed director of systems engineering and of business development, respectively. Phone: 1-607-756-5200

Kevin Conlon was promoted to chief operating officer of Palomar Technologies Inc. (Vista, Calif.). He has been with the company since 1997 and has extensive industry experience. Phone: 1-760-931-3600

Brenda Scholl was named vice president and general manager of the dc power SBU at Advanced Energy Industries Inc. (Fort Collins, Colo.). She has been with the company since 1988. Also at the company, Colin Quinn and Curtis Camus were named vice presidents and general managers of the newly formed Sources SBU. Phone: 1-970-221-4670

Jurgen Heukaufer was named the fourth member of the executive board and chief operating officer of Lambda Physik AG (Gottingen, Germany). He is responsible for the production and logistic fields, and the industrial and scientific/medical sales divisions. Phone: +49-551-6938-113

Hideaki Sato joined Numerical Technologies Inc. (San Jose) as vice president of sales for Japan. His background includes technology licensing and knowledge of the Japanese semiconductor market. Phone: 1-408-273-4474

William R. Abbott was promoted to the newly created position of vice president of finance and treasurer of Newport Corp. (Irvine, Calif.). He has more than 23 years of experience in senior finance management. In addition, Delia S. Van Kampen was promoted to corporate controller. She has been with the company since 1997. Phone: 1-949-253-1800

Fuad Musa was appointed president of Aptix Corp. (San Jose). He has more than 25 years of semiconductor and EDA industry experience. Phone: 1-408-428-6200

Richard Vatcher was named vice president and general manager of PRI Automation Inc.'s (Billerica, Mass.) software division. He brings more than 20 years of software industry experience to the position. Phone: 1-978-670-4270

Martin M. Ellen joined Cabot Microelectronics (Aurora, Ill.) as vice president and chief financial officer. He is responsible for leading the company's financial agenda and aligning it with overall business goals. Phone: 1-630-375-6631

Ken Vortherms was named director of the mezzanine division of PortaFab Corp. (Chesterfield, Mo.). He has extensive experience in the material handling industry, with a primary focus on the design, manufacture and sale of pre-engineered mezzanines. In addition, Brian Ayres is responsible for the division's business development. Phone: 1-636-537-5555

Pat Lawlor joined SaRonix (Menlo Park, Calif.) as chief financial officer. He brings financial operations expertise and 20 years of high-tech manufacturing experience to the position. Phone: 1-650-470-7700

David W. Schoenstein was appointed Western sales and marketing manager of Analogic Corp., Test and Measurement Division (Peabody, Mass.). He is based in Santa Clara, Calif. His background is in test and measurement, with an emphasis on semiconductor manufacturing equipment. Phone: 1-978-977-3000

Bob Bell was promoted to general manager, mechanical business unit, of Excellon Automation Co. (Torrance, Calif.). He is a high-tech industry management veteran. In addition, George Schmeltzer was promoted to general manager, customer engineering business unit. Phone: 1-310-534-6506

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