People in the News
-- Semiconductor International, 7/1/1999
 Dr. Peter R. Younger |
 Fred Mirzale |
 Gary Chang |
 Derek Mortensen |
Dr. Peter R.
Younger was named president and chief operating officer of MKS Instruments
Inc. (Andover, Mass.). He brings more than 20 years of experience in the
semiconductor and thin film manufacturing industries. He will be responsible for
global operations, which include the business groups with manufacturing
facilities in the U.S., Japan, U.K., Germany and Korea as well as direct
customer support in 22 locations around the world. Phone: 978-975-0093
Fred Mirzaie was named to a new
position responsible for worldwide engineering support of customers and the
sales organization of Silicon Valley Chemlabs Inc. (SVC, Sunnyvale, Calif.).He
is to establish engineering support for field sales and to act as liaison
between SVC's applications lab and customers. He has extensive experience in
semiconductor process development involving multi-level metallization and
dielectric thin film technologies. Phone: 408-732-4700
Gary Chang was appointed regional
business manager for the Nordson Electronics Systems Group (NESG) Taiwan of
Asymtek, (Carlsbad, Calif.). He will direct the sales, service and application
engineering teams in Taiwan as well as implement sales and marketing strategies.
Phone: 760-431-1919 or +886-2-82001268
Derek Mortensen was appointed
director of international sales of Quad Systems Corp. (Willow Grove, Pa.). He is
responsible for managing the network of representatives in Asia and South
America, and for sales of the company's SMT and advanced packaging assembly
solutions. He has been with the company more than four years. Phone:
215-657-6202
Daniel J.
Peterson was named director of sales, Eastern area of the Berkeley Process
Control Inc.'s (Richmond, Calif.) new facility near Boston in Woburn, Mass. He
will manage sales and support activities for the northeastern and Midwestern
U.S. and eastern Canada. He has more than 15 years of experience in the
semiconductor equipment industry. Phone: 510-236-3333
Joe LaChapelle was appointed vice
president of engineering for the wafer prober systems division of Electroglas
Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.). Also at the company Joe Savarese was named general
manager of the inspection products division, and Wayne Woodward joined as vice
president of operations. Phone: 408-727-6500
David K. Lam joined as chairman
of the board of directors of Tru-Si Technologies Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.). He
has experience in growing startup companies to critical mass. He will help guide
the strategic direction and recruit new talent to strengthen its management
team. Phone: 408-720-3333
Dr. Carl E. Derrington was
appointed vice president and chief manufacturing officer of Three-Five Systems
Inc. (Tempe, Ariz.). He returned after a four-month hiatus to continue a 12-year
career with the company. He has authored over 18 professional publications and
is listed as a co-inventor on several patents. Phone: 602-389-8835
