People in the News

-- Semiconductor International, 11/1/1999

  Scott Durham was appointed director of manufacturing of CVC Inc. (Rochester, N.Y.) Alexandria, Vir. facility. He is responsible for manufacturing engineering, procurement, materials management, component and system assembly, test and integration, system installations and facilities. Phone: 716-458-2550

   Robert Lipari was appointed product sales manager for the Stylus NanoProfilometer CD Metrology system of Surface/Interface Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.). He has 18 years experience in sales and product management of analytical instrumentation such as SEM, Auger, FIB and XPS systems. Phone: 408-732-7111

   Dr. Bruce McWilliams was named president and CEO of Tessera (San Jose, Calif.). Over the past 18 years he has developed a broad business and technical background in display and semiconductor technology, electronic packaging and contract manufacturing. Phone: 408-894-0700

   Paul Mendes was named vice president of sales and marketing of Imtec Acculine Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.). He brings more than 22 years experience in the semiconductor industry. Phone: 408-745-7800

   Walt Wriggins was named vice president of sales and marketing of Ion Implant Services (IIS, Sunnyvale, Calif.). He has been in the industry since 1982. Phone: 408-732-5555

   Thomas Lagatta joined ANADIGICS Inc. (Warren, N.J.) as vice president of marketing. He will direct the marketing efforts for expanding its base of communications products. Phone: 908-668-5000
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   Greg Weiner was appointed director of western regional sales and support of MKS Instruments Inc. (Andover, Mass.). He will be based in Santa Clara, Calif., and will oversee California, Oregon, Washington, Utah, Arizona and Idaho. He brings more than 20 years of regional management experience in the semiconductor equipment industry. Phone: 978-975-2350

   Wilhelm Henrich joined Macrotron Systems (Munich) as managing director. He has extensive experience in electronics and sales and marketing management. Phone: +49(0)89-45111-288

   Joe N. Carr was named general manager and business director of the Advanced Electronic Materials business for Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mich.). He is responsible for setting the strategic direction of the department, profit and loss accountability, and general management of all functional personnel. He has been with Dow since 1980. Phone: 517-636-7857

   ASAT Inc. (Fremont, Calif.) named Jerry Lee CEO of ASAT Ltd. (Hong Kong). He brings 30 years of management experience in manufacturing, sales and marketing, financial P&L, process and equipment R&D, and human resources. He has 27 years experience as an international expatriate with 21 years in Southeast Asia. Phone: 510-249-1222

   John Villadsen was appointed vice president of manufacturing operations of GaSonics International (San Jose, Calif.). The position was elevated from director to vice president. He is responsible for reducing manufacturing cycle time, strengthening supplier partnerships, overseeing quality assurance, and streamlining purchasing procedures and product release processes. Phone: 408-570-7400

   Wally Raisanen joined Integrated Circuit Engineering Corp. (ICE, Scottsdale, Ariz.) as president and CEO. He is an industry veteran and holds patents in sensor design and moisture analysis instrumentation. Phone: 480-515-9780

   Nigel Hunton and Mohan Warrior were appointed to jointly lead the new BOC Edwards chemical management division (CMD, Wilmington, Mass.). Hunton has been with the company for 15 years and will focus on the CMD sales process. Warrior comes from Motorola Semiconductor Products Sector and will concentrate on operational, product and technology platforms integration. Phone: 978-658-5410

   James Sullivan was named vice president of manufacturing of Stocker & Yale Inc., (Salem, N.H.). He has more than 12 years experience in manufacturing management. Also at the company, Richard S. Hicks was named manager of quality assurance and manufacturing engineering. He brings more than 35 years experience to the position. Phone: 603-893-8778

   Fred Weaver was named senior vice president of operations of Advanced Energy Inc. (Fort Collins, Colo.). He has been with the company since 1997 and will now have direct responsibility for all manufacturing, materials and facility functions in Fort Collins and Austin, Texas. Also at the company, Kevin Thomas was named vice president of customer satisfaction. Phone: 970-407-6374

   Terry Ellis was named regional sales manager for the western region of the U.S. for Quad Systems Corp. (Willow Grove, Pa.). He has been with the company since 1995 and is now responsible for sales of assemblers, stencil printers and convention reflow ovens. Phone: 215-657-6202

   Walter Romanosky was appointed director of R&D for the CAMALOT division of Speedline Technologies (Franklin, Mass.). He is responsible for all engineering functions associated with the design and development of new products as well as managing the basic engineering changes to existing products. Also as the company, The ELECTROVERT business division has changed its infrastructure. To support this change Tony Foster was appointed director of cleaning products, Bill Boyd product manger of cleaning products, Paul Knox director of re-flow products, Steve Glass director of wavesolder products and Keith Howell product manager of wavesoldering products. Phone: 508-520-0083