John Boyd Email & Phone Number

Ottawa

Freemont, California

Managed and executed projects for the New Product Development group including pathfinding, concept and feasibility; defined process and equipment requirements for prototype systems. Technology areas included CMP (chemical mechanical planarization), single wafer cleaning for front- and back-end applications, interface engineering and preparation and electrochemical and electroless plating. Helped define and manage joint R&D and development programs with various industry and academic partners (IMEC/Belgium, Institute of Chemistry/Vilnius, Lithuania, and some additional confidential partners in Europe). Additional responsibilities included IP development strategy for the above applications, and reviewing Lam's IP portfolio for underutilized assets that could be divested for incremental revenue. Granted >200 patents

San Luis Obispo, California

Reported to the President and CEO, set strategic technology goals, managed CMP process technology R&D programs, and field support groups. Direct-reports were managers of Field Applications, Process Tooling R&D, Process Applications (customer demos) and Process R&D. Under my direction the Process Technology group delivered a variety of techniques for planarization of copper, aluminum, oxide (ILD, IMD and STI), tungsten and polysilicon. In some cases this work has resulted in both invited and submitted technical papers. Successful completion of two Cu CMP/clean Sematech programs. Participated in the development of Strasbaugh's Intellectual Property Portfolio and technology partnerships, joint development ventures and technical evaluation of potential acquisitions. Developed and presented technology marketing and sales materials internationally (foreign travel

Ottawa, Canada Area

Responsibilities included development of customer's process patent portfolio, process analysis techniques development related to reverse engineering of IC's for structural and process analysis, and development/training of junior engineers.

Ottawa, Canada Area

Various engineering positions in Semiconductor Manufacturing, Process research and development, and process integration and architecture. Experienced in NMOS, CMOS, BiCMOS and bipolar process integration techniques, parasitic test structure design and layout for process development test masks. 10 patents granted

Analysis and identification of various diverse organic and inorganic substances for tariff classification purposes (pre-NAFTA). The use of various analytical techniques included NMR, GCMS, liquid chromatography, emission spectroscopic techniques as well as classical assay techniques.

Hons. Bsc

B.Sc. (Hons

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