People in the News
Staff -- Semiconductor International, 4/1/2002
Ron Salerno was appointed sales and marketing manager of ECI Technology (East Rutherford, N.J.). He brings 13 years of sales and marketing in the advanced manufacturing and industrial automation industries to the position. Phone: 1-973-773-8686
Bruce Hueners was promoted to vice president of marketing of Palomar Technologies Inc. (Vista, Calif.). He has been with the company since 1981 and has vast experience in the laser and optoelectronics fields. Phone: 1-760-931-3600
Ken Posse joined Teseda Corp. (Portland, Ore.) as chief technical officer and design-for-test expert, and Geir Eide as technical marketing engineer. Posse is an industry veteran who holds 12 patents. Eide has DFT marketing management experience. Phone: 1-503-672-4689
Robert Campbell was promoted to president of VAT Inc. (Woburn, Mass.). He has been with the company since 1995 and has more than 15 years of industry experience. Phone: 1-781-935-1446
Tim Barnes joined Simplex Solutions Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.) as vice president of corporate marketing. He was founder and president of MarketSpeed Inc. Phone: 1-408-617-6100
Robert Loiterman was promoted to senior vice president of technology and general manager of integrated metrology of Rudolph Technologies Inc. (Flanders, N.Y.). He has been with the company since 1988. Other promotions at the company includeSteven Roth to senior vice president of finance and administration,George Collins to vice president of marketing,Ajay Khanna to vice president of international sales, andRobert DiCrosta to vice president of global customer support. Phone: 1-212-850-5600
Joseph Stach was named to Waveguide Solutions' (Charlotte, N.C.) board of directors. Stach has more than 30 years of academic and senior management experience in the semiconductor industry. Phone: 1-704-599-1720
John Schmitz of Philips Semiconductors was named vice president and COO-manufacturing operations and technology of International SEMATECH (Austin, Texas). He is responsible for the manufacturing methods and productivity division, manufacturing enabling technologies division and the advanced technology development facility. Betsy Weitzman of Motorola was named vice president and COO-advanced technology. She is responsible for lithography, front-end processes and interconnect divisions. Phone: 1-512-356-3500
Stephen Stefanko joined LSI Photomask (Chandler, Ariz.) as co-owner and executive vice president. He has 30 years of experience in the semiconductor industry. Phone: 1-408-545-4545
Nancy Irwin was promoted to a commercial manager, fluorine, of BOC Edwards (Wilmington, Mass.). She has been with the company since 1998. Phone: 1-952-556-2700
Gerhard Kleineidam joined the managing board of Leica Microsystems (Wetzlar, Germany). He will become CEO in September. Phone: 06441-29-22-00
