16 June 2008

Dr. Stephen R. Forrest (pictured) has been added to the Applied
Materials Board of Directors and also to the Strategic Committee of the
Board. An expert in the fields of optoelectronics and organic
compounds, Dr. Forrest is a well-known lecturer, fellow of IEEE and
recipient of many awards for his inventions and innovations.
Read more >>
10 June 2008

Picarro, a manufacturer of high performance lasers and laser-based
instruments, has boosted its sales and marketing teams with the
addition of Iain Green (pictured) as Director of Marketing and Mark
Davis as Vice President of Sales. Between them, they bring over 30
years of experience to the company.
Read more >>
06 June 2008

In the seventh executive appointment for International Rectifier since
February (see below), the company has announced the appointment of Mike
Brown as Chief Information Officer. Mr. Brown joins the company from
Freedom Communications, Inc., where he also held the CIO role.
Read more >>
06 June 2008

Rolf Deusinger, a member of the Advisory Board for ASML, has
announced his resignation from the role with immediate effect. A member
of the Board since July 2007, Mr. Deusinger has accepted a new position
with another company, hence his departure from ASML.
Read more >>
06 June 2008

Bringing over 25 years of sales management experience to the company,
Matthew Ready (pictured) has been appointed to the Senior Vice
President role where he will oversee all company sales. He will report
to company CEO Ronnie Vasishta, and will take up responsibility for the
company’s sales strategy and for expanding the company’s sales channel
partners.
Read more >>
04 June 2008

Currently serving as company President, Mario Ruscev (pictured) has
been promoted to the role of CEO for FormFactor, replacing company
founder Igor Khandros. Mr. Khandros now assumes the role of Executive
Chairman of the company Board of Directors, in turn succeeding Jim
Prestridge, who takes up the mantle of lead independent Director. All
executive changes will come into effect at the beginning of the
company’s fiscal third quarter of 2008.
Read more >>
04 June 2008

KMG Chemicals, Inc. has announced the addition of two new members to
its Board of Directors and the retirement of one of its long-serving
executives, Charles Neff, who retires after 17 years of service.
Joining the board are Gerald G. Ermentrout and Christopher T. Fraser,
two veterans of the chemicals industry.
Read more >>
03 June 2008

Former Nvidia executive Alex Garcia has joined International Rectifier
as Vice President of Compliance, and will oversee the company’s
corporate compliance programs and internal audit function. He joins the
company from his former role as Senior Director and Head of Internal
Audit at Nvidia Corp.
Read more >>
02 June 2008

Verigy’s newly created role of Chief Operating Officer has been filled
by Jorge Tittinger, who assumes the role from June 9th 2008. Mr.
Titinger is a former Applied Materials and KLA-Tencor executive who
joined FormFactor in
November 2007 as Senior Vice President of the Product Business Group, which role he has departed to take up the new role of COO for Verigy.
Read more >>
30 May 2008

Effective as of June 23rd, Clyde R. Hosein (pictured) has been named as
CFO for Marvell Technology. Mr. Hosein replaces George de Urioste, who
has served as interim CFO since January 2008, and who now takes up the
role of Acting COO. Former Acting COO Pantas Sutjarda now assumes the
responsibilities of company CTO.
Read more >>