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• Manage the Diffusion, Wet and Plating Equipment Engineers and Technicians. Troubleshoot and create action plans for equipment issues. Maintain spare part stocking levels and create critical spare lists. Wrote tool specifications for all vertical furnaces and 200mm sinks. Redesigned the TEL furnace quartz ware to create a diluted steam process. Cross-trained Maintenance personnel on new TEL furnaces• MEMs Develop project: Specified and purchased all tools required to run Maxim’s MEMS process. Set up facility requirements and tool locations. Project Manager for tool installation and process release. • Magnetic Develop Project: Specified and purchased 1 Tesla Magnet Annealing Furnace and the SSEC Acid Spray tool. Set up facility requirements and tool locations. Project Manager for tool installation and process release. • 5S Champion: Implemented the 5S program for all maintenance groups at X3 fab• FMEA Champion: Implemented the FMEA program for process and maintenance on all fab tools.

• Staff Member for the 200MM fab expansion. • Specified and purchased the furnaces, sinks, plating and gas supply systems. • Worked with facilities and vendors on equipment layout and installation.• Managed the equipment startups and process releases.• Managed the removal of the 150MM equipment.• Staff Member on Maxim’s acquisition team for the purchase of the IC Work’s facility. • Managed the transition of IC Work’s tools and processes to Maxim. • Managed the Diffusion, EPI and PECVD maintenance groups. Cross-trained Maintenance personnel on Thermco furnaces and FSI Mercury tool. Set up maintenance schedules and PM check lists for all tools. Set up PM practices for the Diffusion areas at Maxim in Oregon and Dallas Semiconductor. Controlled spare parts inventory for all groups. Created quarterly zero budgeting for the Diffusion group. • Designed new quartz boats to lower Poly bridging issue and particles.

• Established the service group for Tokyo Electron American after the Varian – TEL organization was dissolved. • Set up service offices in the US. • Assisted the architects on the lay out of the Technology Center in Austin Texas.• Facilitated and managed the Applications Lab, Training and Documentation departments• Managed the Mechanical, Electrical and Process Engineering Groups. • Technical Liaison between customers and TEL’s factory in Japan.• Implemented all engineering change orders for the furnaces.

• Technical Liaison between Varian – TEL customers and TEL for Vertical Furnaces.• Negotiated furnace modifications and specifications with the customers. • Designed equipment enhancements and gas jungles to customer process requirements. • Specified all OEM components, and testing procedure for new furnaces.• Created Equipment Installation Procedure specifications and Preventive Maintenance procedures. • Supervised the building and testing of TEL Vertical Furnaces. • Trained and supported Field Service Engineers.• Trained TEL’s Japanese Engineers on U.S. safety requirements.