People: Ultratech Inc (UTEK.O)
UTEK.O on Consolidated Issue listed on NASDAQ Global Market
12.50USD
9 Feb 2010
12.50USD
9 Feb 2010
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Summary
| Name | Age | Since | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zafiropoulo, Arthur | 70 | 2007 | Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer |
| Wright, Bruce | 61 | 1999 | Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President - Finance, Secretary |
| Gemunder, Joel | 69 | 1997 | Director |
| Konidaris, Nicholas | 64 | 2000 | Director |
| Timmins, Rick | 57 | 2000 | Director |
| Raney, Dennis | 66 | 2003 | Director |
| Richard, Henri | 52 | 2006 | Director |
| Tsai, Bin-ming | 2009 | Director |
Biographies
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Zafiropoulo, Arthur | Arthur W. Zafiropoulo is a Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer and President of Ultratech, Inc. Mr. Zafiropoulo founded Ultratech in September 1992 to acquire certain assets and liabilities of the Ultratech Stepper Division (the “Predecessor”) of General Signal Technology Corporation (“General Signal”) and, since March 1993, has served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors. Additionally, Mr. Zafiropoulo served as President of Ultratech from March 1993 to March 1996, from May 1997 until April 1999 and from April 2001 to January 2004. Since October 2006, Mr. Zafiropoulo has also served as Ultratech’s President and Chief Operating Officer. 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 SEMI (Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International), 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 was on the board of directors of SEMI from July 1995 to December 2007. In December 2007, Mr. Zafiropoulo was elected as Director Emeritus of SEMI. |
| Wright, Bruce | Mr. Wright has served as Senior Vice President, Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary since joining Ultratech, Inc. on June 1999. 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. |
| Gemunder, Joel | Joel F. Gemunder has been a director of Ultratech, Inc. since October 1997. Mr. Gemunder has been President and a member of the board of directors of Omnicare, Inc., a pharmacy services provider, since 1981, and has been Chief Executive Officer of Omnicare since May 2001. Mr. Gemunder has also served as a member of the board of directors of Chemed Corporation, 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. |
| Konidaris, Nicholas | Nicholas Konidaris has served as a 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 February 1997 to July 2000, Mr. Konidaris served as the Chief Executive Officer of Advantest America, Corp. From July 1997 to January 2004, Mr. Konidaris also served as Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Advantest America, Inc. |
| Timmins, Rick | Rick Timmins has served as a 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. Mr. Timmins has served as a member of the board of directors of Treaty Oak Bancorp Inc. (“Treaty Oak Bank”), a local community bank in Austin, Texas, since December 2008, and serves on the compensation committee of Treaty Oak Bank’s board of directors. 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. Mr. Timmins is also a director of Liquid Computing Inc., a developer of software defined real time infrastructure technology, and is a member of both the audit and compensation committees of Liquid Computing Inc.’s board of directors. 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. |
| Raney, Dennis | Dennis R. Raney has served as a director of Ultratech, Inc. since April 2003. Mr. Raney served as Principal of Liberty-Greenfield, LLP, a company that advised clients on real estate issues that have significant financial or operational consequences to their business, 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., a producer of network software. From January 1997 to December 1997, Mr. Raney served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of QAD, Inc., a provider of enterprise resource planning software. Mr. Raney also served as a director of EasyLink Services Corporation (“EasyLink”), a provider of information exchange services, 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. In addition, between February 2004 and October 2008 when it was acquired by DG Fast Channel, Mr. Raney served as a director of Equinix, a provider of data center and internet exchange services from April 2003 to June 2005, From July 2002 to June 2003, Mr. Raney served as a director of ProBusiness Services, Inc., which was acquired by Automatic Data Processing, Inc. in June 2003. Mr. Raney also served as a director and audit committee member of Redleaf, Inc., a technology operating company that provides services and capital for pre-seed state technology companies, from April 1999 to June 2003. 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. |
| Richard, Henri | Henri Richard has served as a 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 U.S. 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. |
| Tsai, Bin-ming | Dr. Bin-ming Tsai is Director of Ultratech, Inc. Dr. Tsai currently serves 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. At KLA-Tencor, Tsai has previously served as group vice president and CTO of systems, and general manager for the Wafer Inspection Division. Prior to the merger between KLA Instruments and Tencor Instruments in 1997, Tsai filled the post of CTO at KLA Instruments as well as numerous executive positions in the company's Wafer Inspection Division. From 2005 to 2006, Tsai served as senior vice president and executive officer of technology at Tokyo Electron Limited, a supplier of semiconductor production equipment. Dr. Tsai also currently serves on the board of Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. 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 |
|---|---|
| Zafiropoulo, Arthur | 1,674,590 |
| Wright, Bruce | 657,081 |
| Gemunder, Joel | -- |
| Konidaris, Nicholas | -- |
| Timmins, Rick | -- |
| Raney, Dennis | -- |
| Richard, Henri | -- |
| Tsai, Bin-ming | -- |
As Of 30 Dec 2008
Options Compensation
| Name | Options | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Zafiropoulo, Arthur | 973,308 | 2,817,250 |
| Wright, Bruce | 679,500 | 2,609,843 |
| Gemunder, Joel | 0 | 0 |
| Konidaris, Nicholas | 0 | 0 |
| Timmins, Rick | 0 | 0 |
| Raney, Dennis | 0 | 0 |
| Richard, Henri | 0 | 0 |
| Tsai, Bin-ming | 0 | 0 |
| Name | Shares Traded | Price |
|---|---|---|
| ZAFIROPOULO ARTHUR W | 10,000 | $14.01 |
| ZAFIROPOULO ARTHUR W | 10,000 | $15.12 |
| ZAFIROPOULO ARTHUR W | 10,000 | $14.01 |
| WRIGHT BRUCE R | 67,570 | $14.50 |
| WRIGHT BRUCE R | 8,430 | $14.50 |
| WRIGHT BRUCE R | 67,570 | $11.88 |
| WRIGHT BRUCE R | 8,430 | $11.88 |
| ZAFIROPOULO ARTHUR W | 10,000 | $14.02 |
| ZAFIROPOULO ARTHUR W | 25,000 | $0.00 |
| WRIGHT BRUCE R | 10,000 | $0.00 |
| ZAFIROPOULO ARTHUR W | 2,200 | $16.00 |
| TSAI BIN-MING BEN | 7,500 | $0.00 |
| ZAFIROPOULO ARTHUR W | 20,000 | $14.04 |
| WRIGHT BRUCE R | 10,000 | $0.00 |
| ZAFIROPOULO ARTHUR W | 25,000 | $0.00 |
| KONIDARIS NICHOLAS | 5,000 | $0.00 |
| RANEY DENNIS ROY | 5,000 | $0.00 |
| RICHARD HENRI F | 5,000 | $0.00 |
| SOLLITTO VINCENT F JR | 5,000 | $0.00 |
| TIMMINS RICHARD | 5,000 | $0.00 |
| GEMUNDER JOEL F | 5,000 | $0.00 |
| SOLLITTO VINCENT F JR | 2,000 | $12.40 |
| ZAFIROPOULO ARTHUR W | 71,600 | $13.39 |
| ZAFIROPOULO ARTHUR W | 25,000 | $0.00 |
| JEWLER SCOTT | 6,000 | $0.00 |





