People
Staff -- Semiconductor International, 9/1/1998
Dr. Aubrey Helms and Dr. Robert Herring have been promoted to
vice president, process technology and director of process technology,
respectively, of Silicon Valley Group Inc., Thermco Division (San Jose,
Calif.). The appointments are designed to ramp the transition to
leading-edge applications including 0.18 mm, copper metalization
technology and 300 mm processing environments. Phone: 714-639-2340
Timothy D. Welch has been promoted to president and CEO of Imtec
Acculine Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.). He has been with the company since
1995. Phone: 408-745-7800
Gerald Sowers has been appointed vice president of customer
service and support of CVC (Rochester, N.Y.). He is responsible for
worldwide field service organization and all aspects of customer
service. Phone: 716-458-2550
Doug Allday has been appointed vice president of KMX operations
of Kyocera America Inc. (KAI, San Diego, Calif.). He has been with the
company for more than 20 years and now will oversee the ceramic IC
package manufacturing operation in Mexico. Phone: 619-576-2600
Michel Epsztein has been named president of Vanguard Automation
(Tucson, Ariz.). He has broad experience in all aspects of the
semiconductor industry, including engineering, marketing and
manufacturing. Phone: 520-297-2621
Rick Ried has been appointed to vice president of marketing and
sales of GEL-PAK Corp. (Sunnyvale, Calif.). Phone: 408-733-1313
Dave Chavoustie has been named vice president in charge of
worldwide sales of ASM Lithography (ASML, Tempe, Ariz.). He has more
than 27 years experience in the semiconductor industry. Chavoustie
replaces Doug Marsh, who will be heading a new ASML operation to be
announced later this year. Phone: 602-438-2832
George Fragakis has been appointed the general sales manager for
the new transducer division of Veriflo Corp. (Richmond Calif.). He will
coordinate all internal functions required to market products of the
joint venture organization created by Veriflo and SenSym. He has been
with the company for five years. Phone: 510-235-9590
