People in the News
-- Semiconductor International, 11/1/2000
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William A. Flaherty was named vice president sales and marketing of onQ Technology (San Jose). He brings more than 20 years of industry experience to the position. Phone: 1-408-487-0230
Victor L. Fortin III was appointed chief financial officer and vice president of Mott Corp. (Farmington, Conn.). He has served in a wide variety of financial roles over the past 17 years. Phone: 1-860-747-6333
Hong Choi has joined Kopin Corp. (Taunton, Mass.) as chief technology officer. He is responsible for plotting the company's technology roadmap, identifying new market opportunities and expanding its position of GaAs heterojunction bipolar transistors. Phone: 1-508-824-6696
Robert Whisler was named president of Kyocera America Inc. (San Diego) and Kyocera Mexicana (Tijuana, Mexico). He is a 19-year industry veteran that joined the company in 1981. Phone: 1-858-576-2674
Gary Klein joined Electro Scientific Industries Inc. (ESI, Portland, Ore.) as corporate vice president of manufacturing. He has overall responsibility for the company's manufacturing plans and needs. He is currently focusing on its 50,000 ft2 manufacturing facility under construction in Klamath Falls, Ore. Phone: 1-503-671-5500
Dean Duffy was named vice president of sales of FSI International Inc. (Chaska, Minn.). He is charged with increasing the company's visibility in the global marketplace, developing sales processes and creating regional sales and infrastructure development plans around the world. Phone: 1-952-448-5440
Hyung-Ryul Lee joined Greene, Tweed & Co. (Kulpsville, Pa.) as country manager for Korea. He manages sales efforts in Korea for its semiconductor and fluid handling groups. Phone: 1-215-256-9521
John Vogt was named director of R&D, Interface & Logic Group of Fairchild Semiconductor International (South Portland, Maine). He brings ~27 years of engineering, management and R&D experience to the position. Phone: 1-207-775-8100
Neil Moses was appointed executive vice president and chief financial officer of Axcelis Technologies Inc. (Beverly, Mass.). He has more than 15 years of financial management and strategic planning experience. Phone: 1-978-232-4000
Thierry Fried was appointed vice president, Europe regional operations of Lam Research Corp. (Fremont, Calif.). He brings 18 years of semiconductor equipment experience to the position. Phone: 1-510-659-0200
Lee Burns joined Advanced Materials (Woburn, Mass.) in the newly created position of commercial development manager. He oversees the commercial growth of the company's CVD SILICON CARBIDE products. He has more than 10 years of experience with silicon carbide development and sales. Phone: 1-781-933-9243
Rajeeva Lahri was appointed chief operations officer and senior vice president of Tessera Inc. (San Jose). He has a background in technology development and deployment with more than 18 years of experience in the semiconductor industry. Phone: 1-408-894-0700
David Armstrong joined PerkinElmer Instruments Inc. (Norwalk, Conn.) as semiconductor business manager of the inorganic analysis division. He brings 14 years of experience to his new role. In addition, Katsuhiko Kawabata and Yoko Kishi were appointed to semiconductor business development specialist and semiconductor application specialist, respectively. Phone: 1-203-762-4000
Paul Lo was named chief operating officer of Avant! Corp. (Fremont, Calif.). He is responsible for managing the company's IC design automation and silicon business operations. Phone: 1-510-413-8000
