Jon D. Tompkins
Chairman of the Board. Director since 1998
Jon D. Tompkins, (Chairman) retired as Chief Executive Officer of KLA-Tencor Corporation, a manufacturer of semiconductor equipment, in 1998 and retired as Chairman of the Board of Directors of KLA-Tencor in 1999. Mr. Tompkins is a member of the Board of Directors of Cymer, Inc. He has been a director since 1998 and Chairman of the Board since 2003.
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Nick Konidaris
Director since 2004
Nick Konidaris has served as president and chief executive officer of Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: ESIO), a leading provider of world class photonic and laser based systems for micro-engineering applications, since January of 2004. Prior to ESI he was president and chief executive officer of Advantest America, Inc. During his tenure, he established Advantest America, Inc. as the dominant supplier to the U.S. automatic test equipment market. Prior to Advantest America, Inc. he held senior marketing management positions at Teradyne. Currently, Mr. Konidaris serves on the board of directors for Ultratech, Inc., (Nasdaq: UTEK), a semiconductor capital equipment company. He served as chair of the Engineering Technology Industry Council (ETIC), a partnership between Oregon’s public universities and high-tech industry to create world-class engineering and computer science programs in the state, from fall 2005 to summer 2007. Mr. Konidaris attended the National Technical University of Athens in Athens, Greece, where he earned a Diploma degree in electrical and mechanical engineering. In addition, he attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he obtained his master of science in Management.
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Barry L. Harmon
Director since 2002
Barry L. Harmon was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of ESI from April 2003 until January 2004. From July 2000 until September 2001, Mr. Harmon served as Senior Vice President – West Coast Operations for Avocent Corporation, a provider of KVM switching and solutions. Avocent is the company resulting from the merger of Apex, Inc. with Cybex Computer Products in 2000. Mr. Harmon served as Chief Financial Officer of Apex, Inc., also a provider of KVM switching and solutions, from 1999 until its merger with Cybex. From 1992 to 1999, he was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of ESI.
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Richard J. Faubert
Director since 2003
Richard J. Faubert, was appointed President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of AmberWave Systems, Inc., a semiconductor technology company, in September 2003. He served as President, Chief Executive Officer and director of SpeedFam-IPEC, Inc., a manufacturer of semiconductor equipment, from 1998 through 2002. Upon the sale of SpeedFam-IPEC to Novellus Systems, Inc., a capital equipment manufacturer, he served as Executive Vice President of Novellus until April 2003. Prior to his employment with SpeedFam-IPEC, Inc., he held executive and management positions at Tektronix, Inc., a test, measurement, and monitoring company, and GenRad, Inc., an electronics testing and manufacturing company. Mr. Faubert is also on the Board of Directors of Radisys Corp. and is on the North American Advisory Board of Semiconductor Equipment and Materials, Inc. and is on the North American Advisory Board of Semiconductor Equipment and Materials, Inc.
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Frederick A. Ball
Director since 2003
Frederick A. Ball was appointed the Chief Financial Officer of Webroot Software, a leading provider of software security solutions for consumers, enterprises and small and medium businesses worldwide in June 2008. Prior to Webroot, Mr. Ball was the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at BigBand Networks from August 2004 to November 2007. From November 2003 until May 2004, Mr. Ball served as Chief Operating Officer of CallTrex Corporation, a provider of customer service solutions. Prior to his employment with CallTrex, he was employed with Borland Software Corporation, a provider of enterprise software development solutions, from September 1999 until July 2003. Beginning in 1999, he was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. In October 2002, he was appointed Executive Vice President of Corporate Development and Mergers and Acquisitions. Prior to his employment with Borland, Mr. Ball served as Vice President, Mergers and Acquisitions for KLA-Tencor Corporation, a manufacturer of semiconductor equipment, and prior to that as its Vice President of Finance. Mr. Ball was with PriceWaterhouseCoopers for over 10 years. Mr. Ball is a director at Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.
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Robert R. Walker
Director since 2003
Robert R. Walker is retired from Agilent Technologies, Inc., an electronic instrument company, where he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from May 2000 until December 2001. From May 1999 until May 2000, he was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. During 1997 and 1998, Mr. Walker served as Vice President and General Manager of Hewlett-Packard’s Professional Services Business Unit. From 1993 to 1997, he led Hewlett-Packard’s information systems function, serving as Vice President and Chief Information Officer from 1995 to 1997.
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Gerald F. Taylor
Director since 1998
Gerald F. Taylor, retired in 1998 as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Applied Materials, Inc., a manufacturer of semiconductor equipment. He was employed by Applied Materials since 1984.
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W. Arthur Porter
Director since 1980
W. Arthur Porter is currently a resident consultant/advisor for Emergent Technologies, Inc. He served as University Vice President for the Office of Technology Development at the University of Oklahoma from July 1998 until July 2007. Until June 2005, he also served as the Dean of the College of Engineering and is currently Professor Emeritus at the University of Oklahoma. He was formerly President and Chief Executive Officer of the Houston Advanced Research Center. Dr. Porter is also a director of Stewart Information Services Corporation.
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Edward C. Grady
Director since 2008
Edward C. Grady, is currently Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of REEL Solar, a private company developing a unique process for the manufacture of high efficiency low cost CdTe solar panels. He retired in 2007 as President and Chief Executive Officer of Brooks Automation, which offers hardware products, services and tightly integrated solutions that optimize manufacturing equipment, factory operations and productivity for the semiconductor and other complex manufacturing industries including clean tech and data storage. Prior to joining Brooks in 2003, he ran the wafer inspection group and the metrology groups each with multiple divisions at KLA-Tencor. Prior to KLA-Tencor he was Chief Executive Officer of Micromask, a supplier of photo masks and services to the semiconductor industry. He started his career as an engineer for Monsanto / MEMC and eventually rose to the position of vice president of worldwide sales. Mr. Grady is also a director at Advanced Energy Industries, Inc., Verigy Ltd., and Evergreen Solar Inc. He also guest lectures at Boston College Carroll School in management, business development and leadership.
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David Nierenberg
Director since 2010
David Nierenberg is the Founder and President of Nierenberg Investment Management Company in Camas, Washington, which manages The D3 Family Funds. Prior to founding Nierenberg Investment Management in 1996, Mr. Nierenberg was General Partner at Trinity Ventures and invested in turnarounds, financial services, and healthcare. Prior to 1985, he was a Partner with Bain & Company, in San Francisco, Boston and London. Mr. Nierenberg received his B.A. with Distinction in History, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from Yale College in 1975, and his J.D. from Yale Law School in 1978. He is a Member of the Yale University Development Board, Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Millstein Center for Corporate Governance and Performance at the Yale School of Management, and a member of the Advisory Board of the Yale School of Management. Mr. Nierenberg is a director emeritus of Southwest Washington Medical Center, serves as a Chairman of PSA Healthcare, and is a director of Kuni Automotive, Inc., and Whitman College. He also serves on the Washington State Investment Board.
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