- Sass Somekh
Sass Somekh was born in 1946 in Iraq and moved to Israel at a very young age. Sass completed his Undergraduation in Israel. He completed his Masters and Ph.D in Electrical Engineering from California Institute of Technology. Sass began his career with Bell Labs and stayed with them for five years. After which he joined Intel in 1978. Sass then joined Applied Materials in 1980. Sass Somekh intoduced many successful product lines at Applied Materials.
- Tom Perkins
Thomas James Perkins (born 1932) is an American businessman, capitalist, and was one of the founders of leading venture capital firm Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers.
- Anthony Marek
Anthony Marek , Director of External Communications and Public Relations
- Annette Finsterbusch
Annette Finsterbusch is a director for Applied Ventures in the Corporate Business Development group of Applied Materials since 2004, responsible for identifying, recommending and managing venture capital investments. She is also a Kauffman Fellow. Prior to joining Applied Materials, Ms. Finsterbusch was the CEO at MindShadow.com, a technology spin-out of DaimlerChrysler's Research and Technology Center.
- Horace Mingo
Dynamic leader focused on business and operational processes that produce measurable, predictable results. Broad experience in high technology industries with expertise in information systems, electronics, quality control, and engineering support.
- Robert A. Rogers
ROBERT ROGERS is a serial entrepreneur. One of his many start-ups, 3PAR, just completed its' IPO. At 3PAR he was a founder and President/CEO. He has participated in 3 IPO's and two mergers during his career. He is a father of 3 beautiful daughters. He is also an avid equestrian who competes in jumpers and dressage.
- Brian D. Johnson
- Victor Westerlind
Victor Westerlind focuses on information technology, with a specific concentration in the semiconductor, mobility, and cleantech sectors. Westerlind has led several investments for InterWest Partners including AccelChip (acquired by Xilinx), Advanced Microelectronic Equipment Corp (AMEC), Pivot3, SpectraLinear and T-RAM.
- John McClure
- Pravin Narwankar
Dr. Pravin Narwankar has a dual role as chief technology officer (CTO) for Applied Materials in India and investment manager for Applied Ventures in Applied Materials Corporate Business Development group since 2006.
- Bill Fine
Bill Fine Vice President, Product Strategy Bill Fine is responsible for product management, industry solutions, and product strategy at newScale. Fine joined newScale in 2001 and served as Vice President of Professional Services until 2004, working directly with leading Fortune 500 and Global 2000 corporations to help define their service delivery strategies, implement IT service management processes, and manage implementations of newScale software solutions.
- Nancy H. Handel
Nancy H. Handel (C) (N) Retired Chief Financial Officer, Applied Materials, Inc. Nancy H. Handel has been a director since April 2007. Ms. Handel was the Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Applied Materials, Inc., a supplier of equipment and services to the global semiconductor industry, from October 2004 through November 2006.
- Glen O. Toney
Dr. Toney has served as chairman of the 21st Century Education Initiative, a Silicon Valley coalition seeking to spark community commitment to build a world-class educational system in California. He has served as president of CSU Chico’s Alumni Association, as a member of the President’s Advisory Board, the School of Natural Science Advisory Board, the School of Engineering and Computer Science Advisory Board, and the campus-supported Northern California Natural History Museum.
- Neil A. Jacobstein
- Ian Latchford
20 years in Silicon Valley; Semiconductor Equipment Technology Development and Marketing
- Paul B. Comita
Paul B. Comita , Ph.D. - Founder, Vice President Technology Dr. Comita has over 25 years of experience in research, development, and senior technical leadership in the Data Storage, Flat Panel Display, Semiconductor, and Analytical Instrumentation industries. He has significant experience in laser and optical instrumentation and in developing commercial applications on these platforms.
- Lynn Hunsaker
ClearAction develops customer retention strategies and processes to base your value proposition on customer experience substance. At Applied Materials, Business Insights, Tragon, and Sonoco, Lynn directed product management, alliances, market research, marcom, customer satisfaction improvement, metrics, quality tools, recognition and executive incentive programs, process improvement, and change management. She is an AMA Professional Certified Marketer, ASQ Certified Quality Manager, . . .
- Mike Fritsch
Michael Fritsch (michael.fritsch@confoe.com) www.confoe.com; Over 23 years of experience in leading large and emerging high technology businesses and organizations across multiple functions. Proven results in growing profitable P&L businesses on a global basis. Broad experience in developing, marketing, selling and delivering new products. Extensive business experience across North America, Asia and Europe. Able to bring structure, results, and revenue to start-up ventures. Expert in . . .
- Holly Schroth
Holly Schroth Senior Lecturer (Continuing) Haas Organizational Behavior and Industrial Relations Group
- Eric Apfelbach
Eric Apfelbach President and Chief Executive Officer Eric Apfelbach has a long history in global high tech business development. He co-founded and was president and CEO of Alfalight, a diode laser company, where he raised $49 million in venture capital, opened international subsidiaries, and grew the company to 85 employees.
- Ian Hobkirk
Ian Hobkirk , Senior Transportation Analyst, Aberdeen Group
- Sam David Haddad
Dr. Sam Haddad For two years, Dr. Sam Haddad served as full-time Corporate Executive, Worldwide Strategy for New Product Introduction (NPI) at Solectron Corporation in Milpitas, California. Sam has more than 30 years experience in engineering R&D, management consulting, new product development, vibration/acoustics problem solving and training for some Fortune 500 companies. These include nVidia, Applied Materials, IBM, CISCO, SAIC, NASA, EPRI and US Navy & US Army.
- Patrick Reilly
Patrick Reilly is President of Resources In Action , Inc., a firm specializing in executive coaching and consulting. He has worked extensively with leaders in the technology, utility, health care and financial services sectors for more than 20 years internationally and in the US. His passion is helping leaders to improve their abilities to positively impact and influence.
- Tricia White
Tricia White, an operations expert, joins SVTC Technologies with extensive experience in the recruiting and hiring of technical and business personnel. A long-time Human Resources executive for Applied Materials, she led operations and managed the company’s corporate business-transformation initiative. With Applied’s upper HR management, Tricia created and developed a support structure for the company’s global human resources organization.
- Mary Kang
The answer is "YES". After almost 10 years, Charlie and I finally tied the knot on May 21, 2005. I am now officially Mrs. CHEN!!! These days I've been trying to play the role of wife, perfecting my skills in the art of cooking and learning to be creative when it comes time to explain my expenditures at the end of the month after a blissful shopping spree. I must say married life is quite different, but Im enjoying every moment of it.
- Aaron Greene
I'm just a simple cave man...MySpace scares me.
- Paul
Well, I believe in the soul, the cock, the pussy, the small of a woman's back, the hanging curve ball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent, overrated crap. I believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. I believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter.
- Wes
I am a recording engineer who dabbles in singing and songwriting. That and an ironic fist in a velvet glove.
- Jennifer
DOING A LITTLE SPRING CLEANING... IT'S NICE TO HAVE A CLEAN SLATE!!!
- Matthew Bender
LOVE TO -wake up late -eat & drink somewhere new -find my way out of phila -meet new, catch up with old people............................................................................................ WANT TO -retire early -take more pictures -learn italian -get my pilots license..................................................................................................................... DREAM TO-???
- Mike Hall
Mike Hall Chief Marketing Officer Mr. Mike Hall currently serves as CMO and board member for Borrego Solar Systems, Inc. Mike has been with Borrego Solar since 2002. During this time his primary focus has been the sales and marketing of commercial grid-tied solar power systems. Prior to joining Borrego Solar, he worked as a Product Development Engineer for Applied Materials in Santa Clara.
- Charles F. Gay
Dr. Charles F. Gay Dr. Gay is President and Chief Executive Officer of ASE Americas , the third largest solar cell manufacturer in the United States. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President of the Midwest Research Institute (MRI) and in that position served as Director of the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory from January 1995 until 1997.
- Robert I. Sutton
Robert I. Sutton Professor of Management Science & Engineering School of Engineering, Stanford University
- Dave Bergeron
Dave has authored 17 U.S. patent grants and has published more than 30 technical bulletins and papers. For relaxation, Dave enjoys fresh-water and deep-sea fishing and a round of golf. Dave received a BS in Physics and a MS in Applied Mathematics from Georgetown University.
- Jarrod Mejia
http://www.photophoric.com/index.html.
- Nathan Wolfson
- Steve Cardinalli
I sell real estate. Lots and lots of real estate.
- Jerry Brenholz
Jerry Brenholz President/CEO Jerry Brenholz co-founded ATR International, Inc. in 1988. He has been instrumental in developing ATR into a leading provider of staffing, consulting and contingent workforce management solutions for technology-based organizations. In his current role, Mr. Brenholz is responsible for establishing corporate-wide vision and defining strategic direction.
- Mark W. Stephens
Mark Stephens Senior Manager, Motorola Mark Stephens is the Senior Manager: Marketing Effectiveness Lead For Motorola Mobile Devices, Global Marketing & Communication, Strategy & Operations team. To this end, he is the architect of several key initiatives meant to drive the development and accountability infrastructure & culture within the Motorola marketing organization: menu of metrics, pay-for-performance, marketing mix and cross media optimization.
- Nick Hagel