People: Aehr Test Systems (AEHR.O)
AEHR.O on Consolidated Issue listed on NASDAQ Global Market
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9 Feb 2010
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9 Feb 2010
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Summary
| Name | Age | Since | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Posedel, Rhea | 67 | 2000 | Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer |
| Larson, Gary | 59 | 1992 | Chief Financial Officer, Vice President - Finance |
| Sano, Kunio | 53 | 2001 | President of Aehr Test Systems, Japan K.K. |
| Bustos, Joel | 56 | 2007 | Vice President - Operations |
| Perkins, Gregory | 55 | 2004 | Vice President - Worldwide Sales and Service |
| Buck, Carl | 57 | 2005 | Vice President - Marketing & Contactor |
| Hendrickson, David | 52 | 2000 | Vice President - Engineering |
| Elder, William | 70 | 1989 | Director |
| Rosati, Mario | 63 | 2009 | Director |
| Patel, Mukesh | 51 | 1999 | Director |
| Anderson, Robert | 71 | 2000 | Director |
| Slayen, Howard | 62 | 2008 | Director |
Biographies
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Posedel, Rhea | Mr. Rhea J. Posedel serves as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Aehr Test Systems. He is a founder of the Company and has served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors since the Company's inception in 1977. From the Company's inception through May 2000, Mr. Posedel also served as President of the Company. Prior to founding the Company, Mr. Posedel held various project engineering and engineering managerial positions at Lockheed Martin Corporation (formerly Lockheed Missile & Space Corporation), Ampex Corporation, and Cohu, Inc. Mr. Posedel received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from San Jose State University and an M.B.A. from Golden Gate University. |
| Larson, Gary | Mr. Gary L. Larson serves as Chief Financial Officer, Vice President - Finance of Aehr Test Systems. He joined the Company in April 1991 as Chief Financial Officer and was elected Vice President of Finance in February 1992. From 1986 to 1990, he served as Chief Financial Officer, and from 1988 to 1990 also as President and Chief Operating Officer, of Nanometrics Incorporated, a manufacturer of measurement and inspection equipment for the semiconductor industry. Mr. Larson received a B.S. in Mathematics/Finance from Harvey Mudd College. |
| Sano, Kunio | Mr. Kunio Sano serves as President, Aehr Test Systems Japan K.K.. He joined the Company as Vice President, Aehr Test Systems Japan K.K., the Company's subsidiary in Japan, in June 1998 and was elected President, Aehr Test Systems Japan K.K. in January 2001. From 1991 to 1998, he served as Manager of Development Engineering Department at Tokyo Electron Yamanashi Limited, a worldwide semiconductor equipment manufacturer. Mr. Sano received a B.S.E.E. from Sagami Institute of Technology in Kanagawa, Japan. |
| Bustos, Joel | Mr. Joel Bustos serves as Vice President of Operations of Aehr Test Systems. He joined the Company as Vice President of Operations in July 2007. From 2002 to 2007, Mr. Bustos served as General Manager of the Global Consumer Business Unit of Celestica Inc., an electronic manufacturing services company. From 1996 to 2002, Mr. Bustos served as a General Manager at Flextronics International Ltd., a global provider of electronic manufacturing services. Mr. Bustos received a B.S. in Organizational Behavior from the University of San Francisco. |
| Perkins, Gregory | Mr. Gregory M. Perkins serves as Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Service of Aehr Test Systems since June 2004. From 2001 to 2003, Mr. Perkins served as Vice President of North America Customer Operations and then Vice President of North American and European Sales, for Electroglas Corporation, a producer of semiconductor wafer probers. From 1999 to 2001, he served as Vice President of Sales at Advantest America, Inc., a semiconductor tester company, and from 1997 to 1999 as Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Field Operations at LTX Corporation, a semiconductor tester company. From 1978 to 1997, Mr. Perkins held multiple management positions over 19 years with General Electric Company including Senior Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for GE Capital Computer Leasing. Mr. Perkins received a B.S. in Environmental Health Technologies from Quinnipiac University. |
| Buck, Carl | Mr. Carl N. Buck serves as Vice President - Marketing and Contactor of Aehr Test Systems. He joined the Company as a Product Marketing Manager in 1983 and held various positions until he was elected Vice President of Engineering in November 1992, Vice President of Research and Development Engineering in November 1996, Vice President of Marketing in September 1997, Vice President of Contactor Business Group in May 2002 and Vice President of Marketing and Contactor Business Group in October 2005. From 1978 to 1983, Mr. Buck served as Product Marketing Manager at Intel Corporation, an integrated circuit and microprocessor company. Mr. Buck received a B.S.E.E. from Princeton University, an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland and an M.B.A. from Stanford University. |
| Hendrickson, David | Mr. David Hendrickson serves Vice President - Engineering of Aehr Test Systems since October 2000. From 1999 to 2000, Mr. Hendrickson served as Platform General Manager, and from 1995 to 1999 as Engineering Director and Software Director, of Siemens Medical (formerly Acuson Corporation), a medical ultrasound products company. From 1990 to 1995, Mr. Hendrickson served as Director of Engineering and Director of Software of Teradyne Inc. (formerly Megatest Corporation), a manufacturer of semiconductor capital equipment. Mr. Hendrickson received a B.S. in Computer Science from Illinois Institute of Technology. |
| Elder, William | Dr. William W.R. Elder serves as Director of Aehr Test Systems since 1989. From 1981 to 1996, Dr. Elder was the Chief Executive Officer of Genus, Inc., a semiconductor equipment company, and then again from 1998 until the company was acquired by AIXTRON AG ("AIXTRON") in 2005. Dr. Elder retired from AIXTRON in December 2007. Dr. Elder is currently President and CEO of Maskless Lithography Inc., a capital equipment start-up company based in San Jose, California. Dr. Elder received a B.S.I.E. and an honorary Doctorate Degree from the University of Paisley in Scotland. |
| Rosati, Mario | Mr. Mario M. Rosati serves as Director of Aehr Test Systems. Mr. Rosati is a member of the law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation which he joined in 1971. Mr. Rosati is a director of Sanmina-SCI Corporation, an electronics manufacturing services company and a publicly-held company, as well as several privately-held companies. Mr. Rosati received a B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles and a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law. |
| Patel, Mukesh | Mr. Mukesh Patel serves as Director of Aehr Test Systems since June 1999. Mr. Patel was President and Chief Executive Officer of Metta Technology, which he co-founded in 2004, until November 2006, when LSI Logic Corporation acquired it. He founded Sparkolor Corporation, acquired by Intel Corporation in late 2002, and co-founded SMART Modular Technologies, Inc. ("SMART Modular"), a high value added memory products company, acquired by Solectron Corporation in late 1999. From February 1989 to July 1995, Mr. Patel served as Vice President and General Manager Memory Product Division of SMART Modular from August 1995 to August 1998 and as Vice President, Engineering. Mr. Patel also serves as a director of SMART Modular and for several privately-held companies. Mr. Patel received a B.S. degree in Engineering with an emphasis in digital electronics from Bombay University, India. |
| Anderson, Robert | Mr. Robert R. Anderson serves as Director of Aehr Test Systems. since October 2000. Mr. Anderson currently is a director of MKS Instruments, Inc., a semiconductor components and equipment supplier. Mr. Anderson also serves as a director for Energetiq Technology, Inc., a private company. Mr. Anderson is a graduate of Bentley University and served as a trustee of Bentley University from 1993 through 2004. |
| Slayen, Howard | Mr. Howard T. Slayen serves as Director of Aehr Test Systems since 2008. Since June 2001, Mr. Slayen has been providing independent financial consulting services to various organizations and clients. From October 1999 to May 2001, Mr. Slayen served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Quaartz Inc., a web-hosted communications business. From 1971 to September 1999, Mr. Slayen held various positions with PricewaterhouseCoopers/Coopers & Lybrand, including his last position as a Corporate Finance Partner. Mr. Slayen currently is a director of Lantronix, Inc., a provider of embedded networking solutions. Mr. Slayen received a B.A. from Claremont McKenna College and a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law. |
Basic Compensation
| Name | Fiscal Year Total |
|---|---|
| Posedel, Rhea | 364,901 |
| Larson, Gary | 286,851 |
| Sano, Kunio | -- |
| Bustos, Joel | 335,436 |
| Perkins, Gregory | 285,827 |
| Buck, Carl | 261,001 |
| Hendrickson, David | 310,858 |
| Elder, William | -- |
| Rosati, Mario | -- |
| Patel, Mukesh | -- |
| Anderson, Robert | -- |
| Slayen, Howard | -- |
As Of 30 May 2009
Options Compensation
| Name | Options | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Posedel, Rhea | 212,000 | 400,113 |
| Larson, Gary | 138,000 | 305,662 |
| Sano, Kunio | 0 | 0 |
| Bustos, Joel | 0 | 0 |
| Perkins, Gregory | 85,000 | 141,651 |
| Buck, Carl | 92,090 | 204,734 |
| Hendrickson, David | 85,000 | 155,200 |
| Elder, William | 0 | 0 |
| Rosati, Mario | 0 | 0 |
| Patel, Mukesh | 0 | 0 |
| Anderson, Robert | 0 | 0 |
| Slayen, Howard | 0 | 0 |
| Name | Shares Traded | Price |
|---|---|---|
| ELDER WILLIAM W R | 24,500 | $1.42 |
| ELDER WILLIAM W R | 5,100 | $1.38 |
| ELDER WILLIAM W R | 900 | $1.35 |
| ELDER WILLIAM W R | 600 | $1.34 |
| ELDER WILLIAM W R | 2,303 | $1.40 |
| ELDER WILLIAM W R | 600 | $1.41 |
| ELDER WILLIAM W R | 550 | $1.28 |
| ELDER WILLIAM W R | 11,848 | $1.27 |
| ELDER WILLIAM W R | 99 | $1.25 |
| ELDER WILLIAM W R | 9,600 | $1.18 |
| POSEDEL RHEA J | 2,500 | $0.85 |
| ELDER WILLIAM W R | 5,000 | $0.00 |
| ELDER WILLIAM W R | 1,100 | $0.88 |
| ELDER WILLIAM W R | 5,600 | $0.90 |
| ELDER WILLIAM W R | 1,200 | $0.89 |
| ANDERSON ROBERT R | 20,000 | $0.88 |
| POSEDEL RHEA J | 4,600 | $2.60 |
| ELDER WILLIAM W R | 8,575 | $2.45 |
| ELDER WILLIAM W R | 2,425 | $2.33 |
| PATEL MUKESH | 1,000 | $2.40 |
| PATEL MUKESH | 1,000 | $2.92 |
| PATEL MUKESH | 1,000 | $2.88 |
| PATEL MUKESH | 1,000 | $3.26 |
| LARSON GARY L | 3,000 | $3.09 |
| BUSTOS JOEL | 293 | $3.09 |





