People: Photronics Inc (PLAB.O)

Summary

Name	Age	Since	Current Position
Constantine Macricostas	77	2009	Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer
Sean Smith	52	2005	Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President
Soo Hong Jeong	57	2006	Chief Operating Officer, President - Asia Operations
Peter Kirlin	52	2008	Senior Vice President, U.S. & Europe
Christopher Progler	49	2006	Vice President, Chief Technology Officer and Strategic Planning
Richelle Burr	49	2010	Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary
Walter Fiederowicz	66	2012	Lead Independent Director
George Macricostas	43	2002	Director
Joseph Fiorita	68	1987	Independent Director
Liang Choo Hsia	64	2012	Independent Director
Mitchell Tyson	58	2004	Independent Director
Pete Broadbent			Vice President - Investor Relations & Marketing

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Biographies

Name	Description
Constantine Macricostas	Mr. Constantine S. Macricostas is Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer of Photronics Inc. From July 20, 2008, Mr. Macricostas assumed the responsibility of Interim Chief Executive Officer and on April 3, 2009 he became Chief Executive Officer and President. From February 23, 2004 to June 7, 2005, Mr. Macricostas also served as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Macricostas also served as Chief Executive Officer of the Company from 1974 until August 1997. Mr. Macricostas is a founder, Vice Chairman of the Board and a director of RagingWire Enterprise Solutions, Inc., (“RagingWire”).
Sean Smith	Mr. Sean T. Smith is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Photronics Inc. He was promoted to Senior Vice President on January 25, 2005, and continues to serve as Chief Financial Officer. In March 2002, Mr. Smith was promoted to Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to that Mr. Smith had been Vice President-Controller. He joined Photronics in April 2000.
Soo Hong Jeong	Dr. Soo Hong Jeong is Chief Operating Officer and President - Asia Operations of Photronics Inc. He was appointed Chief Operating Officer on June 21, 2006, and continues to serve as President of Asia Operations, a position he has served in since March 22, 2004. Prior to that, Dr. Jeong served as a Vice President of the Company and President and Chief Executive Officer of PK, Ltd. (“PKL”), since August 2001.
Peter Kirlin	Dr. Peter S. Kirlin, Ph.D., is Senior Vice President, US and Europe of Photronics Inc. Prior to joining Photronics, Dr. Kirlin was Executive Chairman of Akrion, Inc. from January 2007 to July 2008. Prior to that Dr. Kirlin was Vice President of Business Development at Entegris, Inc. from May 2004 to September 2006. Prior to that Dr. Kirlin was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of DuPont Photomask, Inc.
Christopher Progler	Dr. Christopher J. Progler is Vice President, Chief Technology Officer and Strategic Planning of Photronics Inc. Dr. Progler has been employed by Photronics since 2001 starting with the position of Corporate Chief Scientist. He was promoted to Vice President and Chief Technology Officer in 2004. In 2011 Dr. Progler assumed the added responsibility of Strategic Planning for the Company. Dr. Progler is a Fellow and Board Member of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. He is Co-Chair of SPIE Advanced Lithography Symposium and Associate Editor for the SPIE Journal of Microlithography, Microfabrication and Microsystems.
Richelle Burr	Ms. Richelle E. Burr is Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary of Photronics Inc., since January 22, 2010.
Walter Fiederowicz	Mr. Walter M. Fiederowicz is Lead Independent Director of Photronics Inc. He has been private investor and consultant since August 1997. During 2011, he served as Managing Director of Painter Hill Ventures and Painter Hill Venture Fund, entities that invest in financial services and technology companies. Mr. Fiederowicz is Chairman of the Compensation Committee, and Vice Chairman of the Audit Committee. Mr. Fiederowicz brings to the Board of Directors substantial experience in analyzing and forecasting economic conditions both domestically and internationally.
George Macricostas	Mr. George Macricostas is Director of Photronics Inc. He is the Chairman of the Board and founder of RagingWire, a company that provides secure managed information technology services and data center infrastructure to data intensive enterprise companies. Mr. Macricostas is a member of the Strategy and Technology Committee of the Company. Mr. Macricostas is a member of the Board of Directors of the Jane Goodall Institute, and was a finalist in the 2007 Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year program. From November 2005 to January 2007, Mr. Macricostas was Executive Vice Chairman of RagingWire. From May 2000 through November 2010, Mr. Macricostas was Chief Executive Officer of RagingWire. Prior to the founding of RagingWire, from February 1996 until April 2000, Mr. Macricostas was a senior vice president of the Company, where he was responsible for all aspects of the Company’s global information technology infrastructure.
Joseph Fiorita	Mr. Joseph A. Fiorita Jr., CPA, is Independent Director of Photronics Inc. He has been a partner since 1973 at Fiorita, Kornhaas & Company, P.C., an independent certified public accounting firm located in Danbury, Connecticut. He is a member of the Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants (CSCPA) and American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). He serves as an advisory board member of various closely-held companies and charitable organizations. He is also a Corporator for Newtown Savings Bank.
Liang Choo Hsia	Dr. Liang Choo Hsia., Ph.D., is Independent Director of Photronics, Inc. He was formerly Senior Vice President and Senior Technical Advisor at Global Foundries. He joined Global Foundries as a result of the acquisition of Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing where, for over ten years, he played a pivotal role in defining roadmaps for advanced node migration and oversaw the company’s participation in the Joint Development Alliance with IBM for advanced manufacturing to the 22/20nm nodes. He joined Chartered after serving for three years as Director of Technology Development of United Microelectronics Corporation in Taiwan. Prior to that, he spent over a decade with IBM as an advisory scientist in various divisions. Dr. Hsia has authored or co-authored over 100 papers and over 50 patents.
Mitchell Tyson	Mr. Mitchell G. Tyson is Independent Director of Photronics Inc. He is an independent business strategy and clean energy consultant and serves on multiple industry, government and corporate boards of directors. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the Brandeis International Business School. Until October 2010, he was the Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Advanced Electron Beams. Advanced Electron Beams’ compact electron beam emitters replace thermal and chemical processes for cleaner, more efficient, lower cost manufacturing. Prior to joining Advanced Electron Beams in 2005, Mr. Tyson was a corporate consultant and lecturer. Previously, Mr. Tyson served as the Chief Executive Officer of PRI Automation, a publicly traded corporation that supplied automation systems including hardware, software and services for the semiconductor industry. From 1987 to 2002, he held positions of increasing management responsibility and helped transform PRI Automation from a small robotics manufacturer to the supplier of semiconductor fab automation systems. Prior to joining PRI Automation, Mr. Tyson worked at GCA Corporation from 1985 to 1987 as Director of Product Management and served as science advisor and legislative assistant to the late U.S. Senator Paul Tsongas from1979 to 1985.
Pete Broadbent

Basic Compensation

Name	Fiscal Year Total
Constantine Macricostas	1,526,060
Sean Smith	615,381
Soo Hong Jeong	879,938
Peter Kirlin	522,500
Christopher Progler	464,713
Richelle Burr	--
Walter Fiederowicz	--
George Macricostas	--
Joseph Fiorita	--
Liang Choo Hsia	--
Mitchell Tyson	--
Pete Broadbent	--

As Of 27 Oct 2012

Options Compensation

Name	Options	Value
Constantine Macricostas	338,000	1,266,850
Sean Smith	238,825	191,522
Soo Hong Jeong	315,002	508,173
Peter Kirlin	12,500	70,648
Christopher Progler	136,118	15,115
Richelle Burr	0	0
Walter Fiederowicz	0	0
George Macricostas	0	0
Joseph Fiorita	0	0
Liang Choo Hsia	0	0
Mitchell Tyson	0	0
Pete Broadbent	0	0

Insider Trading

Name	Shares Traded	Price
MACRICOSTAS CONSTANTINE S	48,400	$7.90
MACRICOSTAS CONSTANTINE S	15,178	$7.84
MACRICOSTAS CONSTANTINE S	35,122	$7.65
MACRICOSTAS CONSTANTINE S	50,000	$7.63
MACRICOSTAS CONSTANTINE S	50,000	$7.87
MACRICOSTAS CONSTANTINE S	50,000	$7.66
MACRICOSTAS CONSTANTINE S	4,100	$7.43
MACRICOSTAS CONSTANTINE S	47,200	$7.42
MACRICOSTAS CONSTANTINE S	46,984	$7.30
MACRICOSTAS CONSTANTINE S	3,016	$7.22
MACRICOSTAS CONSTANTINE S	50,000	$7.19
MACRICOSTAS CONSTANTINE S	50,000	$7.14
MACRICOSTAS CONSTANTINE S	50,000	$7.00
FIORITA JOSEPH A JR	12,000	$6.41
MACRICOSTAS CONSTANTINE S	150,000	$0.76
FIEDEROWICZ WALTER M	6,500	$6.49
FIORITA JOSEPH A JR	12,000	$6.50
MACRICOSTAS GEORGE C	2,500	$4.42
FIEDEROWICZ WALTER M	18,000	$0.76
MACRICOSTAS GEORGE C	6,250	$0.76
FIEDEROWICZ WALTER M	9,750	$5.40
MACRICOSTAS GEORGE C	8,691	$5.42
MACRICOSTAS GEORGE C	7,433	$5.53
BURR RICHELLE E	3,500	$5.55
BURR RICHELLE E	3,500	$0.76

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