People in the News
-- Semiconductor International, 2/1/2001
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Joseph Volpe was appointed director of sales of Galil Motion Control (Rocklin, Calif.). He will focus on channel distribution support, guiding direct OEM sales people and improving internal customer service. Phone: 1-916-626-0101
Al Eliasen joined August Technology (Bloomington, Minn.) as vice president of engineering. He will manage the company's R&D efforts. Phone: 1-952-259-1613
Howard McClary was named CEO of SAES Pure Gas Inc. (San Luis Obispo, Calif.). He has been with SAES since 1996. Phone: 1-805-541-9299
Dennis Fielder was appointed chief technical officer of SiGe Microsystems Wireless Business Unit (Cambridge, U.K.). He brings more than 25 years of experience in electronic design to the position. Phone: 1-613-820-9244
Bill Chappell joined Trikon Technologies Inc. (Newport, U.K.) as chief financial officer. He has held other senior financial positions in European and American companies. Phone: +44-1633-414-000
Wong Chee Kong and Radha Krishnam Menon joined 1st Silicon (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. (Kuching, Malaysia) as director of quality, reliability assurance and director of business planning, respectively. Wong has more than 16 years of quality and reliability experience in engineering, and Radha Krishnam has 20 years' experience in manufacturing, production planning and logistics. Phone: +60-82-354-888
Rick Kowey was named senior vice president and general manager of Matheson Tri-Gas, Specialty Gas Division (Parsippany, N.J.). He has held various positions in the specialty gas business for 17 years and has been with the company since 1997. Phone: 1-215-648-4022
Donald Campbell was appointed to the newly created position of director, customer satisfaction of Solid State Equipment Corp. (Horsham, Pa.). He brings 18 years of technical sales and management to the position. Phone: 1-215-328-0700
Ray Haythornthwaite joined Semiconductor Insights Inc. (Ottawa, Canada) as senior scientist leading the failure analysis and reliability analysis areas of the company's Structural Analysis Division. He is an industry veteran with 30 years in the business. Phone: 1-613-599-6500
Craig A. Walker was appointed chief financial officer of TePla AG (Kirchheim near Munich, Germany). He brings 10 years of finance management experience to the position. In addition, Friedrich G. Meyer was named chairman of the board of management. Phone: +49-89-90503-106
The following individuals were named Intel Fellows by Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.): Robert Chau, director of transistor research at the company's Research Organization; David Kuck, general manager of Kuck & Amp Associates (an Intel company); Terrence McManus, director of EHS technologies of the Technology and Manufacturing Group; Neal Mielke, director of reliability methods for the Corporate Quality Network; Stephen Pawlowski, director of Internet systems architecture in the New Business Group; Valluri Rao, director of analytical and microsystems technologies at the Technology and Manufacturing Group; Daniel Ray, principal design engineer in the Enterprise Components Division; and Hiroshi Takatori, manager of the Strategic Technical Group in the Network Communications Group. Phone: 1-408-765-1669
William J. Cadogan, chairman, president and CEO of ADC Telecommunications Inc. (Minnetonka, Minn.), was appointed to Applied Epi Inc.'s (St. Paul, Minn.) board of directors. Phone: 1-651-482-0800
