People in the News
-- Semiconductor International, 9/1/2000
K.T. Tan was promoted to vice president of global operations of Fairchild Semiconductor International (South Portland, Maine). He is responsible for the company's assembly and test operations centered in Penang, Malaysia, and Cebu, in the Philippines. He has 29 years experience in the semiconductor industry and manufacturing operations. Phone: 1-207-775-8576
David Reamer was named president of EPI MBE Products Group (St. Paul, Minn.). He has more than a decade of experience in technology, compound semiconductor and fiber-optic industries. Phone: 1-651-482-0800
John Moore was appointed director of product development of General Chemical Corp., Electronic Chemicals Group (Hollister, Calif.). He brings with him a line of products augmenting the company's ability to launch a new line of cleaning and stripping chemicals. Phone: 1-925-458-7359
David Hays of Semitool Inc. (Kalispell, Mont.) was promoted to director of North American sales. He has been with the company for five years and has been part of the industry for 23 years. Phone: 1-406-752-2107
Dr. Yunlong Sun was promoted to corporate fellow and director of Photonics Research and Development, Electro Scientific Industries Inc. (Portland, Ore.). He has been with the company since 1990. He holds 10 U.S. patents and has another five pending. Phone: 1-503-641-4141
Charles M. McKenna was appointed executive vice president of Brooks Automation Inc., Automated Systems Division (Chemsford, Mass.). He brings to the position more than 26 years of industry experience. Phone: 1-978-262-2400
Kosaku Sasaki joined Tessera Inc. (Tokyo) as the Asia Pacific general manager. He has more than 20 years industry experience and has a background in business and market development. Phone: 81-42-369-1166
Richard Pederson was appointed to the new position of vice president of business development for SCANIS Inc., SemiScan subsidiary (Foster City, Calif.). He is responsible for developing a marketing strategy with Silicon Valley developers of hardware and software for the industry. Phone: 1-650-378-4100
Michael Boman was named vice president of sales and services of RVSI Vanguard (Tucson, Ariz.). He brings to the position more than 22 years of experience in the electronics industry. Phone: 1-520-297-2621
Frank E. Gordon was named senior manager, technical support, of Quad Systems Corp. (Willow Grove, Pa.). He is responsible for technical phone support, coordinating internal training and assisting regional service managers. He has more than 20 years experience in the industry. Phone: 1-215-657-6202
Trung T. Doan, vice president of process development at Micron Technology Inc., was appointed to Advanced Energy's (Fort Collins, Colo.) board of directors. He is a 20-year industry veteran. Phone: 1-970-407-6204
Dick Grant, CEO of BOC's Process Gas Solutions business, was named a member of The BOC Group plc (London, England) board of directors. He also is a member of the executive management board for the BOC Group (Murray Hill, N.J.). Phone: 1-908-771-1512