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 Montana officeEmail Lita 925-413-9373 |
Lita Shon-Roy has worked in the electronics materials industry in business developmenta and technical marketing for more thant 20 years. Her work experience spans from marketing and sales of IC’s, equipment, and materials to process engineering of TFTs. She has helped establish marketing and sales proficiency in companies such as IPEC/Speedfam, Air Products/Schumacher, Brooktree/Rockwell, and Hughes Aircraft. Lita helped build IPEC as a leader in CMP equipment as Director of International Sales. In 1998, Lita co-founded Techcet Group, LLC. She has authored and co-authored various articles and texts focused on the semiconductor processing, industry forecasting, and the world economy and is now a recognized expert in electronic materials marketing and business development. Lita holds a Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, with a specialty in Solid State Physics from USC and a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from UCSD. She has also completed the majority of coursework toward an MBA from SDSU. |
 Northern CA officeEmail John 408-358-3469 |
John Housley has spent over 40 years in the semiconductor industry. He has served asco-founder and Vice President of KTI Chemicals, Inc. (wholly owned subsidiary of Union Carbide, Inc.) and Vice President of Sales and Marketing for three other semiconductor equipment companies, including Asyst Technologies. He has started and assisted in the management of over forty overseas sales, marketing, manufacturing and distribution operations related to the semiconductor equipment and materials sector.John is a long time consultant to the semiconductor industry and has produced over 120 market research studies relating to semiconductor equipment and materials. John has also written several workbooks and published articles concerning the sale and marketing of semiconductor equipment and materials and has produced numerous workshops on “How to do Business in Korea”, PRC, Taiwan, Japan and Singapore. In addition, John continues to serve as one of the principle instructors for “Principles of Selling to the Semiconductor Industry” and “Fundamentals of Product Marketing for the Semiconductor Industry,” sponsored by SEMI and presented by The Quest Team. John is a graduate of The University of North Texas. (BBA, 1970) He currently serves on several boards of directors of corporations, both profit and non-profit. He is a long time member of SEMI and has served as chairman of SMECS (Sales and Marketing Executive Council of SEMI). |
 Portland, OR officeEmail Karey |
Karey Holland, Ph.D. has served as CTO of NexPlanar, on the Board of Directors at Nova Measuring Instruments and as Vice President of Technology at Thomas West Inc., a CMP pad supplier to the electronics industry. She has held the positions of Chief Technical Officer and VP of process technology at the market leading CMP equipment supplier SpeedFam-IPEC. She is regarded as one of the top 5 CMP technology experts in the world. Karey worked for IBM from 1981 through 1993. During this time, Karey managed the first Deep-UV lithography programs and contributed to integrated the interconnect technology development and manufacturing introduction of 4 Meg and 16 Meg DRAMs. The IBM 4 and 16 Meg DRAMs were the first chips to use fully planarized interlevel dielectrics and tungsten plug technology. Karey has co-authored multiple patents and papers in semiconductor technology. Karey spent two years at Sematech as Program Manager for the Deep UV lithography Micrascan II project. After leaving IBM, Karey spent 11 months at Motorola in Manufacturing Planning for the Microprocessor and Memory Technology Group. She brings with her >20 years of experience in Semiconductor Technology. Karey holds a Ph.D. in Electro-Analytical Chemistry from The Pennsylvania State University, a Thesis MS in Analytical Chemistry from Purdue University, and a BA degree in Chemistry from Albion College. |
 Portland, OR officeEmail Steve |
Steve Holland, Ph.D.has worked on Advanced Interconnect technology for 25 years. Steve worked at IBM from 1981 through 1993. During this time, Steve was one of the prime innovators on the first tungsten interconnect technology development used for the 4 Meg DRAMs. Steve also worked in manufacturing introduction of 1 Meg, CMOS device design, and advanced chip packaging. He managed the first low-k dielectric project at Sematech. Steve has co-authored multiple patents and papers on advanced interconnect technology. More recently, he has been involved in market and product development for consumables, advanced metallurgies, and advanced dielectrics at both AlliedSignal and Arch Chemicals.Currently, Steve is Chief Editor for all Techcet reports and focused on chemical analysis of nanotechnology materials as well as Failure Analysis. Steve holds a Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from Purdue University and a BA in Chemistry from Occidental College. |
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 Northern CA officesEmail Michael |
Michael A. Fury, Ph.D.has over 25 years experience in bench research, R & D management, IP management, process technology development, production management, marketing management and strategic advisory work in the semiconductor and nanotechnology industries, specializing in advanced and electronic materials. Mike is a Director and Senior Technology Analyst for Techcet. In addition to his work with Techcet, he is New Business Development Manager for Electronic Materials at both Ceimig, Ltd., a platinum group metal specialty chemical manufacturer in Dundee, Scotland and Gwent Electronic Materials, a manufacturer of inks for printed electronics, fuel cells, displays and sensors, in Pontypool, Wales.Mike has authored and co-authored over 100 articles, short courses and presentations on advanced materials, has served as an expert witness, and is a frequently invited speaker at technical symposia and graduate level seminars. In 2003 was named in the first edition of Who’s Who in Semiconductors. He holds a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of Illinois at Urbana. |
 Northern CA officeEmail Allan |
Allan Wiesnoski has worked in the semiconductor industry for more than 25 years in the Semiconductor and Solar industries, with experience ranging from hands-on development to R&D, Strategic Marketing, Product Development, and Business Development. He has held key management and engineering at Mattson Technology responsible for Strategic Marketing and Engineering/ Program Management for Mattson Technology, and for LAM Research, responsible for Plasma Etch Product Development. Allan’s has extensive process experience from Hughes Aircraft Company; responsible for process development for various devices , including Silicon-on-Sapphire, CMOS, BiCMOS, IR Imaging sensors, and MEMs products, as well as from Hycom, Inc., a company specialized in flat panel EL displays.Allan is a Director and Senior Market Analyst for Techcet. He specializes in etch and deposition gas applications and markets for Semiconductor and Solar Cell Manufacturing. He is also well versed in equipment consumables. In addition to his work at Techcet Group, Allan is also part of a startup company focused on the the development of new deposition technology for Photovoltaics. Allan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of California at San Diego. |
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Gary W. Ray, Ph. D.has worked in IC technology for nearly 30 years. His career has primarily been focused on Advanced Interconnect Technology including materials, process modules, integration and reliability. He has also managed the interconnect aspects of novel CMOS sensors and ferroelectric memories.Gary has extensive expeirence in development of process technologies and integration. His experience stems the gamut from Novellus Systems, HP, and Intel. At Hewlett-Packard Laboratories was one of the company’s prime movers in advanced interconnect, especially the move to novel low k dielectric materials. Later at Novellus Systems, as Director of Integration and later Director of R&D, his teams provided interconnect process and materials performance and reliability data to internal Novellus groups and to its customers. He also managed the Damascus Alliance with Lam Research, Speedfam-Ipec and Gasonics.Most recently, Gary managed process development teams at Intel involving metals deposition, C4 processing and interconnect related materials.Gary is Techcet’s Sr. Technologist Associate, specializing in interconnect dielectrics and metallization. He has a Ph.D. in Chemical Physics from Michigan State University and a B.S. in Chemistry from Wayne State University. His post-Doctoral work was conducted at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Molecular Physics Department. He has co-authored 55 publications and is a co-inventor on 16 U.S. patents. Larry F. Thompson, Ph.D.Larry F. Thompson has worked in the semiconductor industry in the areas of materials research and semiconductor process development at Bell Laboratories as well as in the semiconductor equipment industry at Integrated Solutions and Ultratech Stepper. He has held senior management positions since 1992 including CEO, President, CTO and member of the board of directors. Dr. Thompson received his B.S. degree in Chemistry and M.S. degree in Chemistry/Nuclear Engineering from Tennessee Technological University. He holds a PhD in Chemistry/Chemical Engineering from the University of Missouri. He has over 160 publications and holds 28 patents in the areas of semiconductor processing and materials engineering. He has served on the Board of Directors of the American Chemical Society and is a member on the National Academy of Engineering. Larry is Techcet’s Sr. Technologist Associate specializing in lithography technology and related materials. For more information on Larry’s background go to: http://www.strategicalliance.com/Bio_Larry_Thompson.htm
TECHCET GROUP ASSOCIATES:Robert Geffken, Ph.D.- Burlington, VT – Expert Advanced Interconnect Metallization and Related TechnologiesJiro Hanaue – Tokyo, Japan– Expert in Process Materials and Equipment ConsumablesAubrey Helms, Ph.D.- San Jose, CA – Expert in Ceramics and other Indirect MaterialsJ.D. Luttmer, Ph.D.- Dallas, TX – Expert in Advanced Interconnect Technologies and Materials |
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