People: Amtech Systems Inc (ASYS.O)

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24 May 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Jong Whang

 67 2012 Executive Chairman of the Board

Fokko Pentinga

 57 2012 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director

Bradley Anderson

 51 2011 Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President - Finance, Treasurer, Secretary

Jeong Mo Hwang

 59 2011 Vice President, Chief Technology Officer

Robert Hass

 62 2011 Chief Accounting Officer, Vice President, Assistant Treasurer, Assistant Secretary

Michael Garnreiter

 61 2007 Independent Director

Alfred Giese

 74 2007 Independent Director

Egbert Goudena

 63 2009 Independent Director

Robert King

 79 2003 Independent Director

Patty Bruner

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Biographies

Name Description

Jong Whang

 Mr. Jong S. Whang is Executive Chairman of the Board of Amtech Systems, Inc., since January 1, 2012. Also, Mr. Whang had served as President until March 2010 when Mr. Pentinga was promoted to that position. Mr. Whang’s responsibilities include the sales and marketing effort for solar and semiconductor equipment business and the development of new products and business opportunities in those industries. He has 37 years of experience in the solar and semiconductor industries, including time spent in both processing and manufacturing of equipment components and systems. From 1973 until 1979, he was employed by Siltronics, Inc., initially as a technician working with chemical vapor deposition, and later as manager of the quartz fabrication plant with responsibility of providing technical marketing support. From 1979 until 1981, he was employed by U.S. Quartz, Inc. as manufacturing manager. In 1981, he left U.S. Quartz to form Amtech.

Fokko Pentinga

 Mr. Fokko Pentinga is President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Amtech Systems, Inc. He has been Chief Executive Officer since January 1, 2012 and President since March 2010. From December of 2008 until his promotion to President in March 2010, Mr. Pentinga served as Managing Director of Amtech Europe, which is comprised of the Company’s two European subsidiaries, Tempress Systems (“Tempress”) in Vaassen, the Netherlands, and R2D Automation (“R2D”) near Montpellier, France. During that time Mr. Pentinga also served as General Manager of Tempress (a position he held for 15 years) and President of R2D (a position he held for two years). Mr. Pentinga has over 30 years of experience in the semiconductor and solar industries.

Bradley Anderson

 Mr. Bradley C. Anderson is Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President - Finance, Treasurer and Secretary of Amtech Systems Inc., since April 2006. Prior to that, Mr. Anderson spent several years in a consulting role implementing the internal control requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act for a broad range of publicly held companies. From 1996 to 2002, Mr. Anderson served as Vice President-Finance and then as Chief Financial Officer of Zila, Inc., an international provider of healthcare technology and products. Mr. Anderson began his career with Deloitte (formerly Deloitte & Touche) where he worked for over 11 years. He graduated from Brigham Young University with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting. Mr. Anderson is a Certified Public Accountant.

Jeong Mo Hwang

 Dr. Jeong Mo Hwang, Ph.D., has been appointed as Vice President, Chief Technology Officer Amtech Systems, Inc., since April 2011. Dr. Hwang was a Director from June 2009 until he resigned in April 2011. From 2009 to 2010, Dr. Hwang served as Director of Process Engineering in charge of magnetic memory process technology development for Magsil Corp. He received a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Arizona State University where his graduate research related to modeling high-level light illumination effects on solar cell efficiency. He has over 20 years of solar and semiconductor technology experience. From 2008 to 2009, Dr. Hwang was a senior manager in charge of NOR flash periphery device development for Spansion Inc. He was Director of Process Engineering for Simtek Corp. from 2005 to 2008, managing the development of non-volatile SRAM products. From 2000 to 2004, he was VP of Research and Development for Dongbu-Anam Semiconductor Inc. and led the development teams for standard CMOS logic processes as well as other specialty technologies. Prior to 2000, Dr. Hwang held engineering, and technology leadership positions with semiconductor companies, LG Semicon Co., Texas Instruments and Westinghouse. Dr. Hwang also has a Masters of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology and a Bachelors degree in Electronics Engineering from Pusan National University in Korea.

Robert Hass

 Mr. Robert T. Hass is Chief Accounting Officer, Vice President, Assistant Treasurer, Assistant Secretary of Amtech Systems, Inc. He has been the company's Chief Accounting Officer, Assistant Treasurer and Assistant Secretary since April 2006. Prior to that, he served as the Vice President - Finance, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary from June 1992 to April 2006, and as Director from February 1996 to March 2006. From 1991 until May, 1992, he operated a financial consulting practice. From 1985 to 1991, Mr. Hass was Director of Accounting Services and then Controller for Lifeshares Group, Inc., and from 1988 to 1991 was Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of some of Lifeshares’ subsidiaries. From 1984 to 1985, he was Vice President - Finance and Treasurer of The Victorio Company. From 1977 to 1984, he served in various capacities including Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Altamil Corporation, then a public diversified manufacturing company. From 1972 to 1977, he was an auditor with Ernst & Ernst, now known as Ernst & Young. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Indiana University. Mr. Hass is a Certified Public Accountant.

Michael Garnreiter

 Mr. Michael Garnreiter is Independent Director of Amtech Systems, Inc., since February 19, 2007. He is currently Vice President of Finance and Treasurer of Shamrock Foods, a privately-held manufacturer and distributor of foods and food-related products. From January 2010 until August 2012, Mr. Garnreiter was a managing director of Fenix Financial Forensics, a Phoenix-based litigation and financial consulting firm. From August 2006 until January 2010, he was a managing member of Rising Sun Restaurant Group LLC and from December 2008 until December 2009, he was president of New Era Restaurants, LLC, both of which are privately-held restaurant operating companies. From 2002 to 2006, Mr. Garnreiter was CFO of Main Street Restaurant Group, a publicly traded restaurant operating company, and from 1976 to 2002, he was a senior audit partner of Arthur Andersen LLP. Mr. Garnreiter serves on the boards of directors of Taser International (as chairman), a manufacturer of non-lethal protection devices, Knight Transportation Company, a nationwide truckload transportation company, and IA Global, Inc., an Asian business processes outsourcing company. In addition, Mr. Garnreiter serves as a member of the board of directors for Banner Health, a multi-state health care delivery system. He graduated from California State University Long Beach with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Business Administration. Mr. Garnreiter is a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Fraud Examiner.

Alfred Giese

 Mr. Alfred W. Giese is Independent Director of Amtech Systems, Inc., since April 13, 2007. Since 2001, Mr. Giese has been the Senior Partner of IBC, International Business Consultants where, between 2001 and 2006, he focused on sales and marketing for Aviza Technology Corporation, a semiconductor equipment manufacturer. He also assembled and managed a sales and marketing team for Epion Corporation, a high-technology equipment company which was acquired by TEL (Tokyo Electron Ltd.). From 1998 to 2001, he was the Vice President, Sales for Silicon Valley Group, or SVG, with responsibility for both Asia and Europe. From 1988 to 1998, Mr. Giese held positions of Vice President of Sales with Thermco Systems, Corp. and SVG, both semiconductor equipment companies. Prior to 1988, he held various sales positions for Thermco. For several years during that time, he served on the Board of Directors of Thermco’s joint venture company in Japan. Mr. Giese has a degree in International Business from the Industriehochschule in Essen, Germany.

Egbert Goudena

 Mr. Egbert Jan Gert Goudena serves as Independent Director of Amtech Systems, Inc., since December 21, 2009. Since 1987, Mr. Goudena has been the operations manager of the research labs of the Delft Institute of Microsystems and Nanoelectronics (DIMES) of the Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands. His responsibilities include managing the logistics and infrastructure of the research labs including prototyping and small-scale production. DIMES was established in 1987 and is a international center of excellence providing experimental research in many technology areas, including solar cells. In 2008, Mr. Goudena co-founded ISZGRO Diodes, a company that was formed to deliver logistics services to technology companies and to produce extreme ultraviolet (EUV) detectors. Mr. Goudena received a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Chemical Technology from the H.T.S. Wegastraat in The Hague.

Robert King

 Mr. Robert F. King is Independent Director of Amtech Systems, Inc., since May 2003. Since 1989, Mr. King has been President of King Associates, which provides consulting services to equipment companies serving the solar, semiconductor and flat panel display industries. From 1968 to 1988, Mr. King was employed at Varian Associates, where he served in various marketing positions, including Vice President of Marketing for the Semiconductor Equipment Division. Mr. King also served on the Board of Directors of Varian’s joint venture semiconductor equipment companies located in Korea and Japan.

Patty Bruner

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total

Jong Whang

 747,013

Fokko Pentinga

 961,252

Bradley Anderson

 424,330

Jeong Mo Hwang

 230,012

Robert Hass

 225,411

Michael Garnreiter

 --

Alfred Giese

 --

Egbert Goudena

 --

Robert King

 --

Patty Bruner

 --
As Of 29 Sep 2012

Options Compensation

Name Options Value

Jong Whang

 218,700 462,975

Fokko Pentinga

 32,125 471,441

Bradley Anderson

 20,000 204,375

Jeong Mo Hwang

 0 0

Robert Hass

 11,611 148,917

Michael Garnreiter

 0 0

Alfred Giese

 0 0

Egbert Goudena

 0 0

Robert King

 0 0

Patty Bruner

 0 0

Insider Trading

Name Shares Traded Price

GOUDENA EGBERT JAN GEERT

 4,000 $4.41

PENTINGA FOKKO

 15,000 $0.00

ANDERSON BRADLEY CLARK

 8,333 $0.00

WHANG JONG S

 18,333 $0.00

HWANG JEONG MO

 2,500 $0.00

HASS ROBERT T

 2,500 $0.00

GOUDENA EGBERT JAN GEERT

 2,000 $11.70

ANDERSON BRADLEY CLARK

 4,000 $11.27

WHANG JONG S

 8,913 $11.02
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