People in the News

-- Semiconductor International, 9/1/1999

Dr. Burhan Bayraktaroglu

Ed Korczynski

Alexander A. Ozcilowski

Frank Lowry

  Dr. Burhan Bayraktaroglu was appointed to a newly created position of chief scientist, HBT development, of ANADIGICS (Warren, N.J.). He has more than 14 years of experience in HBT R&D. His accomplishments include fabrication of the first monolithic microwave HBT amplifier and implementation of GaAs HBT technologies. Phone: 908-668-5000

  Ed Korczynski was appointed to a newly created position of director of marketing at Tru-Si Technologies Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.). He will create and implement the company's master strategy. He is an industry veteran of 15 years. Phone: 408-720-3333

  Alexander A. Oscilowski joined Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc. (Willow Grove, Pa.) as vice president of strategic marketing. He was formerly vice president, COO an a director of International SEMATECH. Phone: 215-784-6000

  Frank Lowry was named director of sales for materials delivery products of MKS Instruments Inc. (Andover, Mass.). He is responsible for expanding the company's presence in the flow control products market. 978-975-2350

  David W. Jimenez was appointed president of Wright Williams & Kelly (Pleasanton, Calif.). He has been with the company since 1995 and has 15 years prior experience in senior management. Phone: 925-485-5711

  Mark Bartholomew was named director of hardware engineering of Adept Technology Inc. (San Jose, Calif.). He will be responsible for design of the company's cell control, motion control and robot guidance hardware. He has more than 23 years experience in engineering management. Phone: 408-432-0888

  G. Fred Forsyth was appointed vice president of Solectron Corp. (Milpitas, Calif.) and president of Solectron Americas. He has been with the company since March and has more than 30 years of experience in electronics, engineering, manufacturing and high-tech management. Also at the company, Daniel Perez was named corporate vice president and chief administrative officer. He has been with the company since November 1991 and has more than 20 years experience in electronics manufacturing, supply-base, administration and high-tech management. Phone: 408-956-6688

  Michael J. Buehler-Garcia has been named director of marketing for the Americas of Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing (Milpitas, Calif.) He has more than 15 years experience in ASIC design and marketing. Phone: 408-941-1162

  Peter Chang is now CEO of foundry operations for UMC Group (Taipei, Taiwan). He also will maintain his position as president of UMC subsidiary United Semiconductor Corporation (USC) until the pending UMC and USC consolidation is complete. He has been with UMC since 1989. Phone: 886-2-2700-6999

  Jack L. Saltich was appointed president and CEO of Three-Five Systems Inc. (Tempe, Ariz.). He has been in the industry since 1967, and has extensive experience managing international manufacturing operations. Phone: 602-389-8835

  Paul Smith was named executive vice president of marketing of ASAT Inc. (Fremont, Calif.). He has been with the company for seven years and has more than 30 years experience in manufacturing, sales and quality disciplines. Phone: 510-249-1222

  Gary Spray was appointed vice president of sales of Semitool Inc. (Kalispell, Mont.). He will manage domestic and international sales. He comes with more than 25 years of experience in the design, sales and service of semiconductor equipment. Phone: 406-752-2107

  Alan Larson joined Arch Chemical Inc.'s (Norwalk, Conn.) chemicals and services division as director of quality. He will provide leadership, direction and coordination for all quality initiatives. He has extensive experience in quality management in the semiconductor industry. Phone: 203-229-3263

  Bill Smeaton was named product manager for the NSX series of automated 100% micro defect inspection systems for wafers and die for August Technology (Edina, Minn.). He brings 12 years of industry experience to the position. Phone: 612-820-0080