People in the News
-- Semiconductor International, 8/1/2000
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Robert C. Johnson joined ATMI Inc., Systems Division (Danbury, Conn.), as vice president of marketing. He has more than 20 years of marketing experience in semiconductor equipment. Phone: 1-203-794-1100
Mike Sykes was named vice president and chief information officer of Cerprobe Corp. (Gilbert, Ariz.). He brings to the position more than 20 years of information technology experience. Phone: 1-408-333-1500
Christos Lagomichos, vice president and general manager of STMicroelectronics, Consumer Broadband Division, joined the Netergy Networks (Santa Clara, Calif.) board of directors. Over the past 15 years he has held a variety of senior management positions. Phone: 1-408-654-0998
Scott Strum was promoted to director of North American sales for wafer management of Entegris Inc. (Chaska, Minn.). He has more than 15 years experience at Entegris. Phone: 1-612-448-8193
Brian T. Robertson was appointed to the new position of vice president of manufacturing for Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates Inc. (Gloucester, Mass.). He is responsible for manufacturing operations, purchasing and materials management. Phone: 1-978-282-2007
Ramon Martinez was promoted to operations manager of the J.W. Miller Division of Bell Industries Inc. (Gardena, Calif.). He has been with the company for more than 20 years. Phone: 1-310-515-1720
Dr. Ravi Sundaresan joined Silterra Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. (Sunnyvale, Calif.) as vice president of customer engineering. He is responsible for all customer-related technical support and defining future technology needs in cooperation with the company's partners. Phone: 1-408-530-0885
Laurenz Schmidt was promoted to vice president of global operations at Fairchild Semiconductor International (South Portland, Maine). He will lead all front-end manufacturing operations including wafer fab foundry management. He has 25 years experience in the semiconductor industry. Phone: 1-207-775-8576
Nelson Yew joined Substrate Technologies Inc. (STI, Dallas) to head corporate development of Pan-Asian expansion. He brings more than three decades of high-tech industry experience to the position. Phone: 1-972-484-3800
Joseph J. Blair was named vice president of sales of VERTEQ (Santa Ana, Calif.). He is a 26-year industry veteran and is responsible for sales and service worldwide for the company. Phone: 1-714-445-2000
Richard T. Seery joined Balzers Thin Films Inc. (Golden, Colo.) as U.S. senior sales engineer. He has more than 25 years experience in the semiconductor and thin-film industry. Phone: 1-303-273-9700
John Gorczyca was named product development manager of SIMCO Static Control Cleanroom Products (Hatfield, Pa.). He has a background in R&D leadership, specializing in design and performance of thin-film hard disk media, GMR/MR recording head wafers, digital imaging, magnetic sensors and instrumentation. Phone: 1-215-997-0590
Dr. Gene Fuller was appointed principal engineer of Nikon Precision Inc. (Belmont, Calif.). He works with the company's customers in defining their advanced lithography process requirements. Phone: 1-650-508-4674
Janine Nikkel joined WPC Weldaloy Products Co. (Warren, Mich.) as sales representative for the new materials distribution group. He has 15 years experience in the metals distribution industry. Phone: 1-810-758-5550
Robert Anderson was appointed vice president of finance and administration of Strasbaugh (San Luis Obispo, Calif.). He is an operations-oriented financial professional with a multi-industry background. Phone: 1-805-541-6424
Paul Knox was appointed vice president and general manager of Speedline Technologies, ACCEL Division (Plano, Texas). He joined Speedline ELECTROVERT in 1996 and has held managerial and engineering positions. Phone: 1-508-520-6999
R. D. Balazy was named to the new position of sales manager, Far East region, of Mott Corp. (Farmington, Conn.). He is responsible for business development, new product introduction and sales in Taiwan, Japan, Korea, China and Singapore. Phone: 1-860-747-6333
Robert Truesdale joined onQ Technology (Austin, Texas) as engineering manager for the Austin facility. He has an extensive background in electronics R&D. Phone: 1-512-386-8800
Robert C. Johnson joined ATMI Inc., Systems Division (Danbury, Conn.), as vice president of marketing. He has more than 20 years of marketing experience in semiconductor equipment. Phone: 1-203-794-1100
Mike Sykes was named vice president and chief information officer of Cerprobe Corp. (Gilbert, Ariz.). He brings to the position more than 20 years of information technology experience. Phone: 1-408-333-1500
Christos Lagomichos, vice president and general manager of STMicroelectronics, Consumer Broadband Division, joined the Netergy Networks (Santa Clara, Calif.) board of directors. Over the past 15 years he has held a variety of senior management positions. Phone: 1-408-654-0998
Scott Strum was promoted to director of North American sales for wafer management of Entegris Inc. (Chaska, Minn.). He has more than 15 years experience at Entegris. Phone: 1-612-448-8193
Brian T. Robertson was appointed to the new position of vice president of manufacturing for Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates Inc. (Gloucester, Mass.). He is responsible for manufacturing operations, purchasing and materials management. Phone: 1-978-282-2007
Ramon Martinez was promoted to operations manager of the J.W. Miller Division of Bell Industries Inc. (Gardena, Calif.). He has been with the company for more than 20 years. Phone: 1-310-515-1720
Dr. Ravi Sundaresan joined Silterra Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. (Sunnyvale, Calif.) as vice president of customer engineering. He is responsible for all customer-related technical support and defining future technology needs in cooperation with the company's partners. Phone: 1-408-530-0885
Laurenz Schmidt was promoted to vice president of global operations at Fairchild Semiconductor International (South Portland, Maine). He will lead all front-end manufacturing operations including wafer fab foundry management. He has 25 years experience in the semiconductor industry. Phone: 1-207-775-8576
Nelson Yew joined Substrate Technologies Inc. (STI, Dallas) to head corporate development of Pan-Asian expansion. He brings more than three decades of high-tech industry experience to the position. Phone: 1-972-484-3800
Joseph J. Blair was named vice president of sales of VERTEQ (Santa Ana, Calif.). He is a 26-year industry veteran and is responsible for sales and service worldwide for the company. Phone: 1-714-445-2000
Richard T. Seery joined Balzers Thin Films Inc. (Golden, Colo.) as U.S. senior sales engineer. He has more than 25 years experience in the semiconductor and thin-film industry. Phone: 1-303-273-9700
John Gorczyca was named product development manager of SIMCO Static Control Cleanroom Products (Hatfield, Pa.). He has a background in R&D leadership, specializing in design and performance of thin-film hard disk media, GMR/MR recording head wafers, digital imaging, magnetic sensors and instrumentation. Phone: 1-215-997-0590
Dr. Gene Fuller was appointed principal engineer of Nikon Precision Inc. (Belmont, Calif.). He works with the company's customers in defining their advanced lithography process requirements. Phone: 1-650-508-4674
Janine Nikkel joined WPC Weldaloy Products Co. (Warren, Mich.) as sales representative for the new materials distribution group. He has 15 years experience in the metals distribution industry. Phone: 1-810-758-5550
