Bringing Moore’s Law to Test
Michael is the former President and COO of Entegris, Inc., the global leader in materials integrity management for the semiconductor, data storage, and flat panel display industries. Through Wright's efforts, Entegris grew from $260 million in revenue in 1999 to ~ $700 million in 2005. Michael has contributed corporate leadership in a broad range of senior executive management positions at such flagship semiconductor related technology companies as Integrated Air Systems (IAS), General Signal (GCA, Ultratech), IDC, Integrated Solutions and Empak.
In 2004 he co-authored the book, "The New Business Normal", an acclaimed exploration of the perspectives and practices required for business vitality in the accelerated, globalized business conditions of our new century. Michael is on the board of Rudolph Technologies (NASDAQ: RTEC), Starview Technologies, the Center for the Development of Technology Leadership (CDTL) at the University of MN, and WWK, he also serves as co-chair of SEMI's Industry Strategy Symposium (ISS) and is a past member of SEMATECH's competitive analysis group (CAG) .
Jay brings to AISI 20 years of technology-based business experience from the aerospace and semiconductor capital equipment markets. His most recent roles include executive leadership positions with FEI Company, a NASDAQ traded public company, as Sr. VP and General Manager of the MicroElectronics Product Group where he grew revenue from $45M to $120M, and Sr. VP of Corporate Marketing with responsibilities for M&A, Business Development and Investor Relations where he oversaw both acquistions and divestitures, and re-defined the company as the leader in Tools for Nanotechnology. Prior to joining FEI Jay was a Senior Member of the Technical Staff at AeroJet ElectroSystems Corporation, an aerospace and defense contractor, where he worked on special programs associated with space surveilance vehicles. Jay holds a Ph.D. degree in Physical Chemistry from the University of California, a B.Sc. in Chemistry with minors in Mathematics and Biology from the University of Puget Sound, and completed the Executive MBA program at Stanford University.
Bruce was Co-Founder, President and CEO of Network Elements, Inc. (NEI), a company established with the goal of revolutionizing the networking market. Bruce and his team raised $115M in funding for NEI and developed multiple successful products. Prior to NEI, Bruce was at Tektronix for 15 years, most recently as Vice President of Technology and General Manager. In this role Bruce established himself as a leader in the development of technology-based growth opportunities. New business areas and products resulting from Bruce’s partnership-based, distributed R&D model include compressed video transport, MPEG-based storage, ATM networking, and SONET networking. Bruce also started the Video Data Services business for which he was responsible for sales, marketing, engineering and P&L management. Bruce has an MS in Nuclear Physics from MIT and was a Visiting Industrial Scientist at UC Berkeley, working on novel silicon micromechanical devices and superconducting electronics. Bruce has eleven patents, with several others pending, and has contributed to a presidential committee on technology.
Morgan is a co-founder of AISI and the inventor of its core technology. Prior to founding AISI, Morgan co-founded Prototype Solutions where he invented and developed a set of signal integrity technologies that form the basis of a successful startup company based in Vancouver, Washington. Previously, Morgan was special advisor to the CEO of Triquint Semiconductor where he successfully designed and had fabricated the world’s fastest semi-custom chips at that time. Prior to Triquint, Morgan founded LaserPath, a quick-turn, semi-custom chip company in Silicon Valley. LaserPath completed and successfully delivered 200 chip designs. While at LaserPath Morgan invented, patented and implemented three classes of semiconductor custom parts; laser programmed, single-masked programmed and via-masked programmed devices. Prior to LaserPath Morgan was part of the CRAY II team.
Bill is responsible for developing AISI’s supply chain and manufacturing capabilities in preparation for volume production. Prior to joining AISI Bill spent 11 years at FEI Company where he was most recently Director of Quality. FEI Company is the leader in nanotechnology tools, providing process diagnostic capabilities to the semiconductor, data storage and research markets. During his tenure at FEI Company Bill gained broad experience in the design, manufacture, and support of complex analytical systems for the company’s demanding markets, serving in numerous leadership roles within the manufacturing, customer support, and corporate organizations. In addition to this industry-specific experience Bill brings to AISI a 20-year track record of successfully leading high-performance teams in demanding high-tech environments.
Chuck currently manages finance, human resources, information technology and facilities for AISI. He brings over 30 years of high technology experience in sales, marketing, engineering and operations. Prior to AISI, Chuck was the Marketing Manager for the Vanguard product line at IMS (now a division of Credence Systems). Vanguard was IMS’s largest revenue and profit contributor. Prior to IMS, Chuck managed product lines for semiconductor test systems and logic analyzers at Tektronix, including 3 years in charge of systems marketing in Europe. Before joining Tektronix, he spent 5 years at Varian Associates as a design and systems engineer. Chuck holds both BS-EE and MS-EE degrees from Stanford University.