Peter Thoen, Ph. D. Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Milpitas, California, Us

Milpitas, California, Us

- New Business Development – identify and qualify new customers and customer markets for ICOS division products for the whole of North America.- Managing complex sales of capital equipment with multiple customer buying influences and creating sales strategies with internal stakeholders- Driving growth through new product penetration and driving adoption at fabless, IDM and SAT customers- Account responsibility for Intel, Micron, Qualcomm, Apple and other key accounts

Milpitas, California, Us

- Responsible for all customer communications, conflict resolution, and compliance on deliverables and revenue. - Review all major deliverables (i.e. strategic brief, function spec, tech spec, etc.) to ensure quality standards and client expectations are met. - Work closely with the project team in order to maintain a continuous knowledge of project status in order to identify potential issues and/or opportunities within or related to the projects. - Ensure that all processes and procedures are completed, quality standards are met, and that projects are profitable. - Aware and in pursuit of opportunities for account growth and new business- Communicate the client's goals and represent the client's interests to the team. - Provide regular two-way communication between the client and team, to provide strong team representation and set proper client expectations.

Milpitas, California, Us

- Act as main technical point of contact between the divisions and field (both internal and customers)- Jointly define sales strategy with Regional Sales Managers.- Monitor sales, forecasted and followed up of sales leads of several KT product lines in the North America area.- Develope technical contacts with customers to understand their roadmaps.- Worke out the technical positioning against competition by understanding competitive products and roadmaps as well the technology involved in the supported product lines.- Manage critical new projects at customer sites (i.e. new product introduction, new key customer accounts)

Working in the ICOS Vision Systems group within KLA-Tencor- Manage the US customer support team.- Organize customer training programs- Enhance company positioning within the United States business base.- Streamline internal communication and collaboration between sales and support teams.- Identify, frame and formulate new and upcoming customer requirements and directe research and development efforts accordingly.- Technical management of global technical customer support of high profile customers (US, Asia, South America).In June 2008 ICOS Vision Systems was aquired by KLA-Tencor.

Kruibeke, Flemish Region, Be

Managed aerospace equipment design and development projects for scientific research equipment for the International Space Station. To achieve this I led the product development of equipment requiring inputs from departments such as research and development, mechanical, electronic design and software development. In this function I directed a multifunctional team of 15 people, 5 international partners and more than 10 national and international subcontractors.I was responsible for project planning and control with full technical and financial responsibility (project sizes > $15.0 million).Provided and reviewed project documentation and reports to customers, partners and aerospace organizations (ESA, NASA).I also drafted project offers and tenders for new contracts for the company.

Leuven, Be

Set out, drafted and filled in cluster research strategies for the laboratory. Initiated cluster physics research at the laboratory.Designed and developed cluster research equipment currently for the lab. Performed fundamental research experiments in the field of metallic cluster physics. Published in various renowned physics magazines. Actively participated in international conferences.Assistant teacher for engineering students physics classes.Set up PC and network environment of the laboratory. Content provider and designer of laboratory website.

Ph.D., Physics - Ionization Potentials Of Li-Oxide Clusters

Master'S Degree, Physics