Michael R. Splinter was appointed president, CEO and a member of the board of directors of Applied Materials Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.). He is an industry veteran with 30 years of related experience. He succeeds James C. Morgan, who will continue as chairman of the board. Phone:1-408-727-5555
Andreas Moebius
Andreas Moebius was appointed R&D fellow by Ethone Inc. (West Haven, Conn.). He is responsible for identifying and evaluating new technology opportunities. Phone: 1-203-799-4904
Dan Janson
Dan Janson was named senior director of investor relations of Fairchild Semiconductor (South Portland, Maine). He has more than 25 years experience in the electronics industry. Phone:1-207-775-8100
Dana C. Ditmore
Dana C. Ditmore joined the advisory board of SunSil Inc. (Alamo, Calif.). He has more than 20 years of senior management experience in semiconductor equipment and high technology. Phone: 1-925-648-7779
Kiyoshi (Ken) Sato was promoted to president and CEO of Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TEL, Tokyo). He has been with the company since 1979 and has held a variety of senior management positions, most recently as general manager of the clean track business unit. Phone: +81-3-5561-7406
Wolf-Otto Reuter was appointed CEO of Leica Microsystems AG (Wetzlar, Germany). He has been with the company since 1977 and was most recently vice president of global marketing and sales. Phone: +49-6441-29-2550
Pascal Mauberger was named to the newly created position of COO of Soitec (Bernin, France). He has more than 20 years of international business experience. Phone: +33-4-7692-7500
DuPont Photomasks Inc. (Round Rock, Texas) named E. James Prendergast and William T. Siegle to their board of directors. Prendergast is the vice president and CTO of DuPont Electronic and Communications Technologies (DECT). Siegle is Advanced Micro Devices' senior vice president, technology operations, and chief scientist. Phone: 1-512-310-6500
Riaz Chaudhry was appointed vice president of operations of Pictos Technologies Inc. (Newport Beach, Calif.). He is a 25-year veteran of the semiconductor industry. Phone: 1-949-417-5500
Carol Eicher was named process chemicals business unit director of Rohm and Haas Co. (Philadelphia). She has been with the company since 2000. Phone: 1-215-592-3000
Joseph M Bellini joined Brooks Automation Inc. (Chelmsford, Mass.) as senior vice president of the software systems group. He brings 20 years of software-related experience to the position. Phone: 1-978-262-2400
Michael Buehler-Garcia was named vice president of marketing of PDF Solutions Inc. (San Jose). In addition, Dave Joseph was promoted to chief strategy officer and Cees Hartgring to vice president, worldwide strategic business development and sales. Phone: 1-408-280-7900
Stephanie Volkert has joined the Acme Cryogenics (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) sales team. She has nearly 20 years of experience within the semiconductor industry. Phone: 1-610-442-6098
Jim Hamlin was named microscopy division sales manager of Nikon Instruments Inc. (Melville, N.Y.). He has served Nikon for 21 years and will relocate from Dallas to the Melville headquarters. Phone: 1-973-376-9300
Christine Karas was named general manager, Americas, of Victrex USA Inc. (Greenville, S.C.). She has overall management responsibilities and has ~18 years’ industry experience. Phone: 1-864-672-7335
Michael T. O’Neill and Peter J. Simone have joined Newport Corp. (Irvine, Calif.) board of directors. O’Neill is president and CEO of Miragene Inc. and Simone has 30 years’ experience in operating management and consulting with high-technology companies. Phone: 1-949-863-3144
Mark VanZanten was named vice president of worldwide sales of Intrinsity Inc. (Austin). He is an industry veteran with 19 years of semiconductor sales experience. Phone: 1-512-4221-2100
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