People: Ultratech Inc (UTEK.O)

Summary

Name	Age	Since	Current Position
Arthur Zafiropoulo	73	2007	Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer
Bruce Wright	64	1999	Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President - Finance, Secretary
Michael Child	57	2012	Independent Director
Joel Gemunder	73	1997	Independent Director
Nicholas Konidaris	67	2000	Independent Director
Dennis Raney	69	2003	Independent Director
Henri Richard	55	2006	Independent Director
Rick Timmins	59	2000	Independent Director
Benjamin Tsai	53	2009	Independent Director

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Biographies

Name	Description
Arthur Zafiropoulo	Mr. Arthur W. Zafiropoulo is Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer of Ultratech Inc. Between September 1990 and March 1993, he was President of the Predecessor. From February 1989 to September 1990, Mr. Zafiropoulo was President of General Signal’s Semiconductor Equipment Group International, a semiconductor equipment company. From August 1980 to February 1989, Mr. Zafiropoulo was President and Chief Executive Officer of Drytek, Inc., a plasma dry-etch company that he founded in August 1980, and which was later sold to General Signal in 1986. From July 1987 to September 1989, Mr. Zafiropoulo was also President of Kayex, a semiconductor equipment manufacturer, which was a unit of General Signal. From July 2001 to July 2002, Mr. Zafiropoulo served as Vice Chairman of Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (“SEMI”), an international trade association representing the semiconductor, flat panel display equipment and materials industry. From July 2002 to June 2003, Mr. Zafiropoulo served as Chairman of SEMI, and Mr. Zafiropoulo has been on the Board of Directors of SEMI since July 1995. In December 2007, Mr. Zafiropoulo was elected as Director Emeritus of SEMI. Beginning January 1, 2013, Mr. Zafiropoulo is a member of the Board of Trustees at Northeastern University.
Bruce Wright	Mr. Bruce R. Wright is Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President - Finance, Secretary of Ultratech Inc. From May 1997 to May 1999, Mr. Wright served as Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Spectrian Corporation, a radio frequency amplifier company. From November 1994 through May 1997, Mr. Wright was Senior Vice President of Finance and Administration, and Chief Financial Officer of Tencor Instruments until its acquisition by KLA Instruments Corporation in 1997, which formed KLA-Tencor Corporation, and from December 1991 through October 1994, Mr. Wright was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Tencor Instruments. Mr. Wright serves on the Board of Directors of LTX-Credence Corporation, a global provider of automated test equipment solutions for the testing of semiconductor integrated circuits.
Michael Child	Mr. Michael C. Child has been appointed as Independent Director of Ultratech, Inc., effective April 17, 2012. Mr. Child joined TA Associates, Inc., a Boston-based private equity firm that manages over $16 billion in capital, in 1982, and currently serves as a Senior Advisor. Mr. Child is a board member of Finisar Corporation, IPG Photonics, and FreeWave Technologies. During his tenure at TA he has served as a Director of 16 public companies including AST Research, Cadence Design Systems, DH Technology, Eagle Test Systems, Fargo Electronics, Network General Corporation, Novellus Systems and Sonic Solutions. He served on the Board of Directors of Ultratech from 1993 to 1997. Prior to joining TA, Mr. Child worked for Rolm Corporation as a Product Manager, The Boston Consulting Group as a consultant, and Hewlett-Packard as a Production Engineer. Mr. Child received a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of California at Davis and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Joel Gemunder	Mr. Joel F. Gemunder is Independent Director of Ultratech Inc., since October 1997. Mr. Gemunder was President and a member of the board of directors of Omnicare, Inc., a pharmacy services provider, between 1981 and July 2010, and was Chief Executive Officer of Omnicare between 2001 and July 2010. Mr. Gemunder has also served as a member of the board of directors of Chemed Corporation since 1997, a company operating in two segments: VITAS Group and the Roto-Rooter Group. VITAS offers hospice services for patients with severe and life-limiting illnesses. Roto-Rooter operates in the sewer, drain and pipe cleaning, HVAC services and plumbing repair business and the HVAC and appliance repair and maintenance business.
Nicholas Konidaris	Mr. Nicholas Konidaris is Independent Director of Ultratech Inc., since July 2000. Mr. Konidaris has served as President, Chief Executive Officer and as a director of Electro Scientific Industries, Inc., a global supplier of manufacturing equipment to increase productivity for customers in the semiconductor, passive components and electronic equipment markets, since January 2004. From July 1999 to January 2004, Mr. Konidaris served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Advantest America, Corp., a holding company of Advantest America, Inc., which is a manufacturer of testers and handlers. From July 1997 to January 2004, Mr. Konidaris also served as Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Advantest America, Inc. Mr. Konidaris has served on the board of directors of Omniguide, Inc. since 2006, and serves as a member of its audit committee. Mr. Konidaris also served as a member of the board of directors of AISI, Inc. from 2008 to 2010.
Dennis Raney	Mr. Dennis R. Raney is Independent Director of Ultratech Inc., since April 2003. Mr. Raney has served as Managing Director of PrimeMark Advisors, a real estate consulting firm, since November 2008. Mr. Raney served as Principal of Liberty-Greenfield, LLP, from May 2005 until the company was wound up in November 2008. Mr. Raney served as Chief Financial Officer of eONE Global, LP, a company that identifies, develops and operates emerging electronic payment systems and related technologies that address e-commerce challenges, from July 2001 to June 2003. From March 1998 to July 2001, Mr. Raney served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Novell, Inc. From January 1997 to December 1997, Mr. Raney served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of QAD, Inc. Mr. Raney served as the chief financial officer of Bristol Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Group from October 1993 to January 1996. Mr. Raney also served as a director of EasyLink Services Corporation (“EasyLink”), from March 2003 until August 2007, and served as chair of the audit committee of EasyLink’s board of directors from June 2004 until August 2007. Mr. Raney also served as a director and audit committee member of Redleaf, Inc., from April 1999 to June 2003. Mr. Raney previously served as a director and audit committee member of W.R. Hambrecht & Company, from March 1999 to July 2001 and served as a director and audit committee member of ADAC Laboratories, a company that designs, develops, manufactures, sells and services electronic medical imaging and information systems, from March 1999 to March 2001. Mr. Raney holds a B.S. degree in chemical engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology and an MBA from the University of Chicago.
Henri Richard	Mr. Henri Pascal Richard is Independent Director of Ultratech Inc., since April 2006. Since September 2007, Mr. Richard has served as Senior Vice President, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer at Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. (“Freescale”). Prior to joining Freescale in September 2007, Mr. Richard was Executive Vice President, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer at Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (“AMD”), where his duties included oversight of the company’s global field sales and support organization, corporate marketing, and go-to-market activities for all AMD customer segments, including commercial, consumer and innovative solutions groups, and the company’s 50x15 digital inclusion initiative. Mr. Richard joined AMD in April 2002 as Group Vice President, Worldwide Sales. He was promoted to Senior Vice President in May 2003 and was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Sales and Marketing Officer in February 2004. Prior to joining AMD, Mr. Richard was Executive Vice President of Worldwide Field Operations at WebGain, Inc., a privately held provider of Java software for Fortune 500 companies. Before WebGain, he was vice president of Worldwide Sales and Support for IBM’s Technology Group. Mr. Richard has also held senior executive positions with several notable companies in the United States and Europe, including tenures as President of the Computer Products Group at Bell Microproducts, Executive Vice President at Karma International, and Vice President at Seagate Technology/Conner Peripherals.
Rick Timmins	Mr. Rick Timmins is Independent Director of Ultratech Inc., since August 2000. Since April 2009, Mr. Timmins has served as a Venture Partner and investor with G-51 Capital, a seed-stage venture capital firm that invests in the software, hardware, Internet, and clean technology sectors. From January 1996 until April 2008, Mr. Timmins served as Vice-President of Finance for Cisco Systems, Inc. Since January 2010, Mr. Timmins has served as a member of the board of directors of IRIS International, Inc., a company that designs, develops, manufactures and markets in-vitro diagnostic products, consumables and supplies for urinalysis and body fluids. Mr. Timmins serves as a member of the audit committee of IRIS International. Since April, 2010 Mr. Timmins has served as a member of the board of directors of privately held company Socialware, a company that provides a social middleware platform. In January, 2011 Mr. Timmins joined the board of directors of privately held company Nexersys, which provides personal fitness exercise equipment. Mr. Timmins served as a member of the board of directors of Transmeta Corporation, a developer of computing, microprocessing and semiconductor technologies, from May 2003 until January 2009, and was the chairman of the audit committee of Transmeta’s board of directors between May 2003 and January 2009. He also served as a member of the board of directors of Treaty Oak Bancorp, Inc., a local community bank in Austin, Texas from December 2008 to February 2011. Mr. Timmins holds a B.S. degree in accounting and finance from the University of Arizona and an M.B.A. degree from St. Edward’s University.
Benjamin Tsai	Dr. Benjamin Tsai is Independent Director of Ultratech Inc., since October 2009. He serves as a member of the Company’s technical advisory board. Dr. Tsai has served as Executive Vice President, and Chief Technology Officer and corporate alliances for KLA-Tencor Corporation, the world’s supplier of yield management and process control solutions for the semiconductor manufacturing and related industries, since October 2006. At KLA-Tencor, Dr. Tsai has previously served as group vice president and chief technology officer of systems of KLA, and general manager for the Wafer Inspection Division. Prior to the merger between KLA Instruments and Tencor Instruments in 1997, Dr. Tsai filled the post of chief technology officer at KLA Instruments as well as numerous executive positions in the company’s Wafer Inspection Division. From 2005 to 2006, Dr. Tsai served as senior vice president and executive officer of technology at Tokyo Electron Limited. Dr. Tsai served on the board of directors of Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc, between May 2008 and November 2011 when Varian was acquired by Applied Materials, Dr. Tsai served on the compensation committee, audit committee, nominating and governance committee and technology and growth committee of Varian’s board of directors. Dr. Tsai holds more than 30 patents in the areas of inspection and metrology. Dr. Tsai received his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the National Taiwan University and a master’s degree and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Basic Compensation

Name	Fiscal Year Total
Arthur Zafiropoulo	5,340,240
Bruce Wright	3,119,260
Michael Child	--
Joel Gemunder	--
Nicholas Konidaris	--
Dennis Raney	--
Henri Richard	--
Rick Timmins	--
Benjamin Tsai	--

As Of 30 Dec 2011

Options Compensation

Name	Options	Value
Arthur Zafiropoulo	1,075,308	2,708,240
Bruce Wright	824,254	4,172,133
Michael Child	0	0
Joel Gemunder	0	0
Nicholas Konidaris	0	0
Dennis Raney	0	0
Henri Richard	0	0
Rick Timmins	0	0
Benjamin Tsai	0	0

Insider Trading

Name	Shares Traded	Price
TIMMINS RICHARD	8,000	$41.04
TIMMINS RICHARD	8,000	$18.89
GEMUNDER JOEL F	8,000	$18.89
GEMUNDER JOEL F	8,000	$40.35
KONIDARIS NICHOLAS	314	$40.27
KONIDARIS NICHOLAS	314	$20.00
ZAFIROPOULO ARTHUR W	50,000	$41.31
ZAFIROPOULO ARTHUR W	50,000	$21.83
ZAFIROPOULO ARTHUR W	50,000	$21.83
ZAFIROPOULO ARTHUR W	50,000	$41.16
ZAFIROPOULO ARTHUR W	967	$41.19
ZAFIROPOULO ARTHUR W	49,033	$21.83
KONIDARIS NICHOLAS	5,756	$40.60
ZAFIROPOULO ARTHUR W	49,033	$40.76
RICHARD HENRI P	3,000	$40.21
ZAFIROPOULO ARTHUR W	967	$21.83
KONIDARIS NICHOLAS	5,756	$20.00
ZAFIROPOULO ARTHUR W	48,700	$39.93
KONIDARIS NICHOLAS	1,930	$20.00
ZAFIROPOULO ARTHUR W	1,300	$40.55
ZAFIROPOULO ARTHUR W	48,700	$21.83
RANEY DENNIS ROY	8,000	$13.51
KONIDARIS NICHOLAS	1,930	$39.97
RANEY DENNIS ROY	8,000	$39.83
ZAFIROPOULO ARTHUR W	1,300	$21.83

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