People in the News
Staff -- Semiconductor International, 2/1/2002
Joseph Maher was promoted to vice president and general manager of the semiconductor and electronics circuit trim business units at GSI Lumonics Inc.'s Wilmington, Mass., facility. He is responsible for new product development efforts and increasing overall plant efficiency. He has been with the company since June 2001 and has 30 years of semiconductor industry experience. Phone: 1-978-661-4300
Hans Rudolf Meister was named president of Alphasem AG (Berg, Switzerland). He has been with the company since 1990. In addition, Heinz Ritzmann was named executive vice president, operations, and Olivier Carnal was promoted to executive vice president, R&D. Phone: +41-71-637-6363
Steven DiCampo joined ThetaDelta Technologies (Lawrence, Mass.) as director of engineering. His experience is in project engineering and team leadership in semiconductor factory automation and defense electronics. Phone: 1-978-689-0136
William Kroll was appointed president and CEO of Matheson Tri-Gas Inc. (Parsippany, N.Y.). His 30-year career includes nine years in executive management positions at Matheson. Phone:1-973-257-1100
Jan Paul van Maaren was promoted to vice president and general manager of Axcelis Technologies Inc.'s curing and cleaning systems group, based in Rockville, Md. He has been with the company since 1997 and most recently served as director of business for ion implantation and RTP systems. Phone: 1-978-787-4000
Robert Keus was named general manager of RD Automation (Piscataway, N.J.). He has experience in engineering, marketing, management and business development in the electronics and semiconductor industries. Phone: 1-732-572-4800
Harry Davoody was appointed president and CEO of ST Assembly Test Services Ltd. (Singapore), and was also named to the board of the directors. He has 20 years of semiconductor industry experience. Phone: +65-755-5885
Jim Golden was appointed president of the Temescal line at BOC Coating Technology (Wilmington, Mass.). He is based at the Fairfield, Calif., facility. Phone: 1-707-423-2100
Rick Friedman was named vice president, Fab Solutions, at Asyst Technologies Inc. (Fremont, Calif.). In addition, Bill Turnquist was named vice president, Equipment Solutions. Friedman has more than 15 years'experience in the semiconductor capital equipment industry, and Turnquist is a 20-year industry veteran. Phone: 1-510-661-5000
Mario Guerrero was appointed to the newly created position of vice president of strategic planning at Advanced Energy Industries (Fort Collins, Colo.). His experience in strategic consulting and operations spans ~30 years. Phone: 1-970-221-4670
Daniel Queyssac , president and COO of front-end operations at ASM International, was appointed to Verteq's (Santa Ana, Calif.) board of directors. Phone: 1-714-445-2000
James Molinaro, senior vice president of worldwide sales and services at Akrion (Allentown, Pa.), was appointed president of the company. He will provide leadership for the company’s advanced process division in Allentown and process equipment division in Santa Clara, Calif. Phone: 1-610-391-9200
Tony Edwards joined FEI Co. (Eindhoven, Netherlands) as business line manager for scanning electron microscopes and small-stage DualBeam structural diagnostics, structural research and process control. His industry experience includes product development and marketing, international sales and distribution channel development and management. Phone: +31-40-276-6768
