July 12, 2011 -- SEMI appointed Doug Neugold, ATMI Chairman, CEO, and president, as Chairman of its International Board of Directors, serving his first term on the association's board.
Neugold's year-long tenure will begin tomorrow at the SEMI membership meeting during SEMICON West 2011 and Intersolar North America in San Francisco, CA. Neugold is an active SEMI member, recently serving on the International Board, the Executive Committee, and as Vice Chairman of the Board. He will assume leadership from Rick Wallace, KLA-Tencor president and CEO, who served as Chairman for the prior 12 months.
Neugold looks forward to serving as SEMI chairman as SEMI and the industry undergo "significant strategic, technological, and management change." He was welcomed to the Board Chair by outgoing SEMI president and CEO Stanley T. Myers.
David B. Miller, president, DuPont Electronics & Communications; and Ho-Ming Tong, chief R&D officer and general manager, ASE Group, were newly elected to the association board as well. Dave Miller and Ho-Ming Tong have made "significant contributions to SEMI regional activities and advisory groups," noted Myers.
In accordance with the association's by-laws, the following board members were re-elected: André-Jacques Auberton-Hervé, president, CEO and chairman of the Board, Soitec, Vice Chair of SEMI's International Board of Directors; Susumu Kohyama, senior advisor, Covalent Materials Corporation; Zhengrong Shi, chairman and chief executive officer, Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd.; Mike Splinter, chairman, president and CEO, Applied Materials, Inc.; Kiyoshi Togawa, senior vice president and executive officer, general manager, Corporate Business Strategy, Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd.; Way Tu, CEO and president, Allegro Holding and Kazuo Ushida, director, member of the board, senior executive officer, president of Precision Equipment Company, Nikon Corporation.
Mary G. Puma, chairman and CEO, Axcelis Technologies Inc., was elected to her first term as an ex-officio member. Robert P. Akins, chairman and CEO, Cymer, Inc.; J.C. Kim, representative director and chairman, Edwards Korea Limited; and Kosei Nomiya, chairman, Ultratech Japan K.K., were elected to respective second terms as Ex-Officio members of the SEMI board.
SEMI's 17 voting directors, 4 non-voting ex-officio members, and 10 emeritus directors, represent companies from Europe, China, Japan, Korea, North America, and Taiwan.
SEMI is a global industry association serving the manufacturing supply chains for the microelectronic, display and photovoltaic industries. For more information, visit www.semi.org
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