The Semico Impact Conference Series: Speakers

The Semico Impact Conference Series: January 24, 2006 in San Jose, CA

Conference Speakers & Moderators: Bio's Click here for the agenda!

Jim Feldhan, President, Semico Research Corp.
Mike Polcari, President & CEO, SEMATECH
T.J. Rodgers, Founder, President, CEO & Director, Cypress Semiconductor Corp.
Arthur W. Zafiropoulo, Chairman & CEO, Ultratech, Inc.
Dr. Raul Camposano, CTO, Synopsys
William Y. Hata, VP of Product Engineering, Altera Corp.
Dr. Mark Liu, Sr. VP of Operations, TSMC
Dr. Douglas A. Grose, General Manager, Technology Development and Manufacturing Systems and Technology Group, IBM Corp.
Julie Spicer England, VP, Texas Instruments, Inc.
Robert Payne, VP for System Technology & Architecture, Philips Semiconductor
Ashwin Ghatalia, CEO, Global Technology Solutions
Jan Willis, Sr. VP of Industry Alliances, Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Dr. Simon Yang, Sr. VP & CTO, Chartered
Tom Sonderman, Director of Automated Precision Manufacturing (APM) Technology, AMD
James E. Doran, Executive VP, Group Operations, Spansion
Walter J. Trybula, Ph.D, IEEE Fellow & Sr. Fellow, SEMATECH (Session 2, Moderator)
Rick Merritt, Editor-at-Large, EETimes (Session 3, Moderator)
Stephen Rothrock, Sr. VP, Colliers International ATREG (Session 4, Moderator)

	Jim Feldhan, President, Semico Research Corp. Jim Feldhan founded Semico Research in 1994. A 20-year veteran of the semiconductor industry, he brings his management, forecasting & modeling expertise to Semico. Jim designed & developed the research methodologies & report structures, which are the basis for Semico�s Research & Portfolio Services. Jim develops Semico�s overall economic outlook as well as conducting consulting & forecasting projects. With a focus on quality, Semico Research has grown to the largest semiconductor-focused consulting & research firm. Jim was formerly the Executive Vice-President & General Manager at In-Stat. As a member of the start-up team there, Feldhan was responsible for the design & methodologies of research that was the basis for the Semiconductor Services. Mr. Feldhan has held various management positions at GTE Microcircuits & Greyhound/Dial Corporation. Jim received a BS in Business with a minor in Chemistry from the University of Arizona & a MS in Marketing focusing on statistics & market research from the University of Arizona.
	Mike Polcari, President & CEO, SEMATECH Michael Polcari was named president & CEO of SEMATECH in February of 2003. He is also Chairman of the Board for the Advanced Technology Development Facility (ATDF) Board of Directors. The ATDF is a SEMATECH subsidiary. Previously, Polcari was vice president of Procurement Engineering for IBM Global Procurement in Somers, NY. During his nearly 30-years of working for IBM, Polcari also held positions as Research Director � Silicon Technology & Director of the Advanced Semiconductor Technology Laboratory at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, & Lithography Systems Manager for the IBM Semiconductor Research & Development Center. Polcari earned a PhD. & M.S. in solid-state physics from the Stevens Institute of Technology with a doctoral thesis entitled �Electron Spin Polarization at the Nucleus of 57Fe in Iron Metal.� He earned a B.S. in physics from the University of Notre Dame. Serving as chairman of the Board of Directors of the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), Polcari has been active with industry funding of university research. He also served on advisory boards for semiconductor industry associations at both MIT & Stanford Universities. He is a member of the American Physical Society, the Electrochemical Society, the Society of Photo-Optical instrumentation Engineers & the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers.
	T.J. Rodgers, Founder, President, CEO & Director, Cypress Semiconductor Corp. T.J. Rodgers is founder, president, CEO, and a director of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation. He is a former chairman of the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) and sits on the board of directors of high-technology companies, including SolarFlare Communications (10-gigabit Ethernet), Silicon Light Machines (light-switching ICs), Ion America (fuel cells), Silicon Magnetic Systems (magnetic memories), Infinera (optical ICs), and SunPower Corp. (advanced solar cells). He is a member of the board of Dartmouth College, his alma mater. Rodgers was a Sloan scholar at Dartmouth, where he graduated as Salutatorian with a double major in physics and chemistry. He attended Stanford University on a Hertz fellowship, earning a master's degree (1973) and a Ph.D. (1975) in electrical engineering. At Stanford, Rodgers invented, developed, and patented VMOS technology, which he sold for cash and royalties to American Microsystems Inc. (AMI). He managed the MOS memory design group at AMI from 1975 to 1980 before moving to Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), where he ran AMD's static RAM product group from 1979-1982. Rodgers was the founding CEO of Cypress in 1982 and has since built it into an international integrated circuit supplier with nearly 4,500 employees. Called "a quintessential entrepreneurial company" by The Wall Street Journal, Cypress and its management team have received many awards for excellence in financial management. These include an Encore Award from the Stanford University Business School as entrepreneurial company of the year in 1988; an Entrepreneur of the Year award from the global consulting company, Ernst & Young, in 1991; three Bronze Awards and two Silver Awards from The Wall Street Transcript for outstanding management; and a Kachina Award from market-research company In-Stat Inc. for excellence in financial management. In 2005, Cypress was named one of the "100 Best Corporate Citizens" in the U.S. by Business Ethics magazine. In its October 2001 issue, Upside Magazine cited Rodgers as one of the "100 People Who Changed Our World." Financial World magazine named Rodgers CEO of the Year in 1996. In 2002, Rodgers was named to a list of the year's "Top 100 Chief Executives" by Chief Executive magazine. In 2005, Rodgers was inducted into the Silicon Valley Engineering Council Hall of Fame.
	Arthur W. Zafiropoulo, Chairman & CEO, Ultratech Noted for both his leadership skills & technical expertise throughout the semiconductor industry since 1965, Zafiropoulo became president of Ultratech Stepper (now Ultratech, Inc.) in 1990 & in 1993 led the management buy-out & subsequently drove one of the industry�s most successful IPOs. He presently serves as Chairman & CEO of the Company. Prior to joining the company, he served as president of the General Signal Semiconductor Equipment Group�s International Operations. Previous posts include: founder & president of Drytek, a successful start-up dry etch company that was acquired by General Signal in 1986 & subsequently purchased by Lam Research Corp. in 1993; & president of Kayex, which comprised three companies...Hampco, Capco, & Spitfire. He holds several United States & foreign patents, but is best known for leading the turnaround of Ultratech Stepper, for which VLSI Research Inc. of San Jose, California inducted him into the Semiconductor Industry Hall of Fame. Mr. Zafiropoulo was honored with SEMI�s first Bob Graham Award for Marketing Excellence. The Bob Graham award was originated late in 1998 to acknowledge an individual (or group of individuals) for their outstanding contribution to marketing excellence in the semiconductor industry. Mr. Zafiropoulo serves as Past Chairman on the Board of Directors for SEMI (Semiconductor Equipment & Materials International), an international trade association representing the semiconductor, flat panel display equipment & materials industry, as well as representing majority U.S.-owned & controlled suppliers of equipment, materials & services to the semiconductor manufacturing industry.
	Dr. Raul Camposano, CTO, Synopsys Dr. Raul Camposano joined Synopsys in 1994 & currently serves as Chief Technology Officer, Senior Vice President, & General Manager for the Silicon Engineering Group. At Synopsys, he led the Design Tools business Unit from 1997 � 2000, in charge of Synopsys� entire suite of design tools. Prior to joining Synopsys, Raul was a Director for the German National Research Center for Computer Science, Professor of Computer Science at the University of Paderborn, & a Research Staff Member at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center. Raul holds a B.S & M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Chile, & a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Karlsruhe. He has published over 70 technical papers & written &/or edited three books on electronic design automation. Raul is also an Advisory Professor at Fudan University & the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was elected a Fellow of the IEEE in 1999.
	William Y. Hata, VP of Product Engineering, Altera Corp. William Y. Hata joined Altera in December 1999 as Vice President of Product Engineering. Mr. Hata is responsible for product engineering, test development & process technology development. Prior to joining Altera, he was a Director of foundry operations & product engineering at Cyrix/National Semiconductor. Mr. Hata has over 20 years of industry experience, including management positions at LSI Logic & SGS Thompson. He holds a B.S. & an M.S. in Chemical Engineering from M.I.T. & an M.B.A. from Duke University, Fuqua School of Business.
	Dr. Mark Liu, Sr. VP of Operations, TSMC Dr. Mark Liu joined TSMC in 1993. Currently he is a Senior Vice President of Operations in TSMC, responsible for 300mm fabs and Manufacturing Technology Center. He started up TSMC's first 200mm fab as an engineering Deputy Director in 1993. He also served as the President of Worldwide Semiconductor Manufacturing Company in 2000, before it was merged with TSMC. Prior to joining TSMC, he was with AT&T Bell Laboratory, Holmdel, New Jersey from 1987 to 1993, as a principle investigator in High Speed Electronics Research Laboratory, perform research topics on technologies for optical fiber communication systems. Before 1987, He was a process integration manager with Technology Development Division in Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA, where he developed process technologies for Intel's 32-bit microprocessors. Mark Liu served as a technical committee member for VLSI symposium from 1995 to 1999. He is currently serving in ISSM as an executive committee member. He is also serving as a member of Board of Directors in Silicon System Manufacturing Company in Singapore. He holds M.S. and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from University of California, Berkeley.
	Dr. Douglas A. Grose, General Manager, Technology Development and Manufacturing Systems and Technology Group, IBM Corp. Doug Grose leads the development and delivery of technology to enable the innovative integration of IBM�s computing systems. Prior to his current position, Dr. Grose was executive vice president and chief operating officer of NanoTech Resources, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation that develops and deploys advanced technology throughout New York State by coordinating nanotechnology education and research programs within the State University of New York (SUNY) system. Before joining NanoTech Resources, Inc., Dr. Grose was chief operating officer of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, a subsidiary business of Hitachi, Ltd. focused on hard disk drives, established through the merger of IBM�s Storage Technology Division and Hitachi Storage Technology Recording Division. Additionally, Dr. Grose was general manager of IBM�s Storage Technology Division from April 2001 through 2002. Dr. Grose joined IBM in 1979 and held a variety of management and executive positions related to IBM�s development and manufacturing of semiconductor technologies and products. In 1999 he was named vice president of server systems development and in 2000 he was appointed vice president of manufacturing and operations in the IBM Microelectronics Division. Prior to receiving his Doctorate in materials engineering and Masters in Business Administration from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Dr. Grose was a welding process engineer at Union Carbide Corporation. He received a Master of Science degree in 1974 and a Bachelor of Science degree in materials engineering in 1972, both from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
	Julie Spicer England, VP, Texas Instruments, Inc. General Manager, Texas Instruments RFid Systems Julie England is a vice president of Texas Instruments and the general manager of Texas Instruments RFid Systems. In this capacity, she is responsible for shaping the overall strategy for and directing TI�s RFID business, which is the world�s largest integrated manufacturer of wireless identification transponders. The group�s technology is used by Fortune 1000 businesses in industries including automotive, retail, supply chain, pharmaceutical, livestock and others. Previously, Julie led the $400M Sun Microsystems business unit of TI, which provides custom, high-performance microprocessors. At TI, she has held a variety of leadership positions in product engineering, wafer fabrication, quality and business management, and became a vice president in 1994. Julie is a recognized business and technology leader, and was awarded the 2004 Henry Laurence Gantt Medal in recognition of distinguished achievements in management and outstanding service to the community by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the American Management Association. She has also been honored with the Texas Tech University Distinguished Engineer award and was inducted into the Women in Technology International Hall of Fame. Julie serves on the American Electronics Association Board of Directors, the Board of Trustees of the Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, the Engineering Dean�s Council at Texas Tech University, and the board of the Dallas Arboretum, and has completed a six-year tenure as a member of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Board of Directors. Julie holds a B.S degree in Chemical Engineering from Texas Tech University and is a graduate of Stanford University�s Executive Program in Strategy and Organization.
	Robert Payne, VP for System Technology & Architecture, Philips Semiconductor Robert Payne joined Philips Semiconductors by way of the VLSI Technology Inc acquisition in early 1999. Bob had joined VLSI in October 1989 after 21 years with Honeywell in IC Design and CAD Management roles. His initial assignment in VLSI was as manager of the Technology Centers in the South and Central portion of the US. After that, Payne was manager of graphics development for VLSI�s PC Products division. Then from 1992 through early 1997 served as Chief Technical Officer with responsibility for the ASIC Core Technology. Payne then took on the assignment of leading VLSI�s design reuse IP development and the VLSI Velocity � new design paradigm based on the Rapid Silicon Prototyping concept. After VLSI's acquisition, Payne continues to work on the advanced design process through a thrust we call "System ASIC Technology" and serves as the US CTO in a guardian role for Philips CTO employees based in the USA. Robert Payne holds an MBA from the College of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota, a BSEE and MSEE from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
	Ashwin Ghatalia, CEO, Global Technology Solutions Ashwin Ghatalia has over 35 years of experience in Semiconductor Industry. He has worked on all aspects ranging from process technology developments, device design, yield management and characterization to advanced packaging and 3-5 compound technology development. He had guided IBM's technology roadmap. He managed industry transition to 300mm in his capacity as the director of productivity and Infrastructure group and I300I resp. He later joined Philips Semiconductor as the Director of Technology Transfer. Recently he has founded technology consulting company - Global Technology Solutions.
	Jan Willis, Sr. VP of Industry Alliances, Cadence Design Systems, Inc. Jan Willis is Cadence Senior Vice President of Industry Alliances, reporting to Michael J. Fister, President and CEO. She is responsible for building alliances that shape the industry with leading foundries, semiconductor equipment manufacturers and IP providers. She and her team lead with an open approach that enables Cadence to build industry-wide initiatives and standards to help customers succeed. Willis has been instrumental in helping both the OpenAccess and X Initiatives achieve significant membership growth and acceptance throughout the industry. Willis joined Cadence from Simplex Solutions, where she served as vice president of Business Development. Before Simplex, she worked at Synopsys, Inc., where she was director of product marketing and semiconductor partnerships. Prior to Synopsys, Willis spent more than five years at Hewlett-Packard Company, where she held various technical and management positions. Willis serves on the board of Si2 and is a founder and steering group member for the X Initiative. She also serves on the Board of Directors of The Tech Museum of Innovation. Willis has a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Missouri at Columbia, and an M.B.A. from Stanford University.
	Dr. Simon Yang, Sr. VP & CTO, Chartered Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Dr. Simon Yang joined Chartered in October 2005 as senior vice president and chief technology officer, reporting to the president & CEO. Dr. Yang is responsible for developing and driving strategic programs in support of Chartered's corporate objectives and long-term strategic direction. Dr. Yang brings more than 18 years of experience in the semiconductor industry. He previously held key positions in technology development and advanced fab operations. Dr. Yang was a senior vice president for logic technology development and manufacturing at Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) and prior to that, a director of logic device and process integration at Intel. Prior to joining Chartered, he was president and CEO of Ciwest, a semiconductor start-up based in China. Dr. Yang has been awarded 12 U.S. patents and is the author or co-author of more than 30 technical papers. Dr. Yang holds a bachelor�s degree in electrical engineering from Shanghai University of Science and Technology, and a master�s degree in physics and doctorate degree in materials engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York.
	Tom Sonderman, Director of Automated Precision Manufacturing (APM) Technology, AMD Thomas Sonderman is the Director of Automated Precision Manufacturing (APM) Technology for AMD with global responsibility for the design, development and implementation of manufacturing technologies within AMD�s wafer fab and assembly operations. Thomas has held numerous management and engineering positions during his 15-year tenure with AMD. Prior to joining AMD, Sonderman worked as a process control engineer for Monsanto Chemical Inc. He obtained a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Missouri in 1986 and a Masters degree in Electrical Engineering from National Technological University in 1991. Thomas has a broad range of experience in the area of manufacturing automation and its application to high-volume semiconductor fabrication. He is a highly sought-after speaker at industry conferences and is a member of two advisory committees at the University of Texas: Chemical Engineering and Science, Technology and Society. Sonderman is the author of over 40 patents/patents pending and has published numerous articles in the area of automated control and manufacturing technology.
	James E. Doran, Executive VP, Group Operations, Spansion James Doran is Spansion's executive vice president of Group Operations. With over 30 years experience in the semiconductor industry, Doran is a seasoned executive with leadership experience in developing and managing global operations for extremely high-growth companies. He currently shares responsibility for global manufacturing, technology development, logistics, IT and quality with fellow executive vice president, Kazunori Imaoka. Doran transitioned to Spansion from AMD in 2004 after having served in various capacities for more than 15 years. He began his lengthy AMD career as director of the Submicron Development Center (SDC) when the facility was first beginning construction. Under his careful instruction and influence, the SDC introduced several submicron process technologies and developed into a major revenue-producing facility. His efforts as director of the SDC helped to establish AMD as a recognized leader in its category and led to numerous promotions thereafter including vice president of AMD's Fab 25, vice president and general manager of AMD's Saxony GmbH in Dresden, Germany and group vice president of AMD's Worldwide Technology Development and Manufacturing. Prior to joining AMD, Doran was vice president of operations for Paradigm Semiconductor and a fab manager at Intel Corporation. Doran holds a bachelor's degree in physics from Northwestern University and a master's degree in physics from the University of Wisconsin.
Conference Moderators:
	Walter J. Trybula, Ph.D, IEEE Fellow & Sr. Fellow, SEMATECH (Session 2, Moderator) Walter (Walt) J. Trybula, Ph.D., an IEEE Fellow, is a Senior Fellow at SEMATECH in Austin, TX. At SEMATECH, Dr. Trybula's current activities involve the emerging technologies in both semiconductors & nanotechnology. Additional interests address super high-numerical aperture (NA) immersion lithography, emerging lithography technologies, semiconductor photomask issues, business concerns, & nanotechnology commercialization. His most recent published emphasis is on nanotechnology, cleaning/contamination issues, & patterning with both charged particle maskless & nano imprint. Before SEMATECH, Walt was President of Ivy Systems, Incorporated, a company working in the manufacturing automation & analysis arena. For twelve years prior to Ivy Systems, Walt was with the General Electric Company. The last nine of those years were as a Senior Consultant on corporate staff working in manufacturing automation. He has a Ph.D. in Information Science from the University of Texas at Austin, an MBA from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, & a B.S. in Physics from the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago.
	Rick Merritt, Editor-at-Large, EETimes (Session 3) Rick Merritt has sixteen years experience writing about the computer and communications industries. Since 2001, Rick has been the editor at large of EE Times, the leading news weekly for engineers and technical managers. EE Times was the 1997 winner of the Computer Press Association award for best trade newspaper. Previously, Rick was the founding editor of OEM Magazine. OEM was a winner of a Jesse H. Neal award for investigative reporting in 1996, a winner of Folio Magazine's Editorial Excellence award in 1995 and a runner up for best trade magazine in the Computer Press Association awards in 1996. Previous to the launch of OEM Magazine, Rick was a bureau editor for Electronic Engineering Times and Electronic World News in Hong Kong. From 1988-1991 he served as editor of Asian Computer Monthly, a regional magazine for IS managers in Asia.
	Stephen Rothrock, Sr. VP, Colliers International ATREG (Session 4, Moderator) Stephen directs ATREG, the Colliers Advanced Technology Real Estate Group's, strategic advisory and transactional activities with responsibilities for domestic and international coordination. He has extensive experience assisting corporate clients with their real estate portfolios. He has used his global marketing experience to carry out numerous transactions in both the United States and Europe, ranging from single investment sales to multi-city representation and disposal work. His clients include, among others: Amazon.com, British Petroleum, British Telecom, Microsoft, Cisco Systems, AT&T, NCR, Dun & Bradstreet, Ford of Europe, Fujitsu, IBM , Maxim, Matsushita, Boeing Employees Credit Union, Fisher Communications, Sony, Dupont Photomask, Park Corporation, UPS, Regus Business Centers and Silicon Graphics. Significant disposition experience with 'advanced/specialized manufacturing facilities in challenging markets has been carried out on behalf of many companies, including BP (sale of 437,000 SF HQ), Matsushita Corporation of America (Panasonic) (sale of 710,000 SF Semiconductor Fab), Fujitsu (sale of 826,500 SF Semi Fab), Microsoft (sale/leaseback of 360,000 SF Operations Center IRE and 170,000 SF design build purchase of new Canadian HQ ), WiredZone (purchase/lease up of 335,000 SF Advanced technology Center), Sony Corporation ( sale of 327,000 SF CD-Rom Manufacturing Fab), Maxim (purchase of 500,000 SF, 172 acre Semiconductor Fab from Philips). Stephen is fluent in French and has a Masters Degree from Hull University in England and BA from the University of Washington. Stephen started in real estate in 1979 with a regional brokerage and development company in Washington State where he rose to Vice President of Marketing and Development. In 1991, he joined Savills in London where he held positions as Associate Director of the US Desk, European Corporate Services Director and served as a Director on the Savills International Board. He joined Colliers to head their US Corporate Services Group in 1997. He has been a top 10 producer the last five years at Colliers and earned the Industrial Broker of the Year award in 2002 from the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR) and received the Colliers 'Presidents Award" in 2003 . Stephen has been involved with IDRC/CoreNet since 1991, served as UK Chapter Chairman, Seattle Executive Board and Procurement Chairman for the 2000 World Congress. He has been a speaker and presenter at US/European congresses.