Management Team
Michael Kraft
President
Corporate Vice President of Nuclear and Semiconductor Business Units
Michael Kraft was appointed corporate Vice President of Ceradyne's Nuclear and Semiconductor Business Units in June 2007. Mr. Kraft joined Ceradyne in February 2005 in the newly created position of Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Business Development. Prior to joining, from 2003 through 2005, Mr. Kraft was a Founding Principal of SunGlobal LLC, a business growth consulting group. From 2000 through 2002, Mr. Kraft was President, USA, for Rational AG and from 1993 through 2000, he held business development and marketing positions with Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. Prior to 1993, Mr. Kraft held various management and marketing positions with General Electric Company. He holds degrees with honors from Michigan State University in electrical engineering and a Masters in Management degree from Pennsylvania State University.
Thomas Horsky Ph.D.
Executive Vice President
Chief Technology Officer
Dr. Horsky is co-founder of SemEquip and the inventor of the SemEquip ClusterIon® Source. Prior to co-founding SemEquip, he served as Director of Systems Engineering for Brooks Automation, a leading supplier of cluster tools and wafer handling automation for the semiconductor industry. He has held a variety of research positions, including Chief Scientist for Eaton Corporation Semiconductor Equipment Operations, a major manufacturer of ion implanters, where he headed ion source development and was responsible for commercializing the Extended Life Source, Eaton’s flagship ion source. Prior to joining Eaton, he served as Marketing Product Manager for Balzers, a manufacturer of vacuum process tools and analytical instrumentation. Dr. Horsky has received eighteen patents on ion source and related technologies, and has over fifty publications. He received a B.S. in physics from the
Dale Jacobson, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President
Chief Operating Officer
Chief Scientist
Dr. Jacobson joined SemEquip in August 2001. Prior to SemEquip, Dr. Jacobson was a member of the technical staff at Bell Laboratories for 22 years where he conducted independent research in high-energy ion implantation, diffusion of impurities in silicon and the physics of integrated circuit and optoelectronics processes. Dr. Jacobson supervised ion implantation processes in the research fabrication line at Bell Labs and represented AT&T/Lucent/Agere at Sematech. He is the holder of six patents in the fields of materials science, and electronic and optoelectronics device processing and has recently filed six additional patent applications. He is widely published in professional journals, has edited three books in the field of materials science, and has presented talks at dozens of professional societies and conferences. Prior to working at Bell Labs he was on the design team for the stealth fighter prototype at Lockheed Aircraft Corporation.
Mike Fowler, Ph.D.
Vice President, Marketing & Sales - Worldwide
Dr. Fowler joined SemEquip in October 2006. Prior to SemEquip, he was Japan Regional Marketing Manager for Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates (1999-2006), where he managed a major breakthrough into the Japanese ion implant market for Varian's high current implanters. Before Varian, Dr. Fowler lived for over six years in Japan, firstly as a member of the European Union's Executive Training Program, then working as both an account technologist and account sales director with Novellus Systems (1995-1999). Prior to this, he had acted as Asian Sales Manager for various high technology products of the UK's VG Instruments Group (1987-1993), having moved there following a 2-year post-doctoral position at NEC's Central Research Laboratories in Kawasaki, Japan. Dr. Fowler holds a Ph.D. and B.Sc. in Applied Physics from the University of Durham, and an M.B.A. from Endicott College.
Wade Krull, Ph.D.
Vice President, Process Technology
Dr. Krull joined SemEquip in April 2001. Previously, he was Chief Process Engineer for Axcelis Technologies (previously Eaton SEO) and leader of the process control development group for the ion implant division. His main activities involved development of advanced dosimetry systems and contamination control for all ion implant applications. While at Axcelis/Eaton (1996-2001), his personal interest was development of low-energy boron ion implant technology. Prior to Eaton, Dr. Krull was vice president of wafer technology for Ibis Technology from 1990 to 1995, where he had responsibility for all process development activities, including externally funded efforts. Prior to Ibis, Dr. Krull was a semiconductor device development engineer with Harris Semiconductor, where he specialized in new transistor structures for extreme environments, including radiation hardened and high-temperature applications. Dr. Krull holds a Ph.D. and M.E. in electrical engineering from the
Stuart Zerneri
Vice President, Operations
Mr. Zerneri joined SemEquip February, 2005. Prior to SemEquip, Mr. Zerneri was the director of supply chain and director of operations for Brooks Automation, Inc. Mr. Zerneri’s background includes 22 years with Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc., with experience as a quality manager, logistics manager, production and inventory control manager and operations manager. Prior to Varian, he was a captain in the United States Air Force serving as a material management officer. Mr. Zerneri received his M.B.A. from
Doug Adams
Vice President, Engineering and Product Development
Mr. Adams joined SemEquip in December 2004. Prior to joining SemEquip, Mr. Adams served in various capacities including general manager of the vacuum systems product group and director of manufacturing engineering and new product development, at Brooks Automation. He received a commission in the U.S. Navy after graduating from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and served eight years as an officer in the naval nuclear submarine service in various management roles including engineering, nuclear power plant operations, quality assurance and ballistic missile systems. Doug received a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from WPI. He is a licensed professional engineer and holds five patents.
