ORBOTECH - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- President
- President, Semiconductor Process Control
Ahmad Khan serves as President of Semiconductor Process Control at KLA.
Mr. Khan joined KLA in 2004 with responsibilities for business development before moving into management for multiple product divisions. He was named general manager of the Optical Films Metrology division in 2007, and more recently was appointed Group Vice President for the Patterning Division, which included reticle inspection, optical CD, overlay and 5D process control. He then served as Executive Vice President of the Global Products Group, where he ensured business success for inspection and metrology products. Prior to joining KLA, Mr. Khan held various project engineering and management roles with Applied Materials.
Mr. Khan earned his bachelor's degree in electronics engineering technology from DeVry University.
Job Titles:
- Chief Technical Officer and Executive Vice President, Corporate Alliances
Ben Tsai is responsible for spearheading KLA's technology roadmaps and strategic technology collaborations.
In over 35 years at KLA, he has held a wide range of technology and leadership positions, including serving as Vice President and general manager of the wafer inspection division. In 1994 he was named Chief Technology Officer. He was previously Senior Vice President of technology at Tokyo Electron Limited. He holds approximately 50 patents in areas of inspection and metrology.
Mr. Tsai received his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the National Taiwan University, and his master's degree and doctorate in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Bobby Bell - Chief Strategy Officer, EVP
Job Titles:
- Chief Strategy Officer
- Executive Vice President
Bobby Bell is responsible for the corporate strategic plan, several key corporate growth initiatives and the corporate communications, IT, corporate security, EHS, facilities and government relations groups.
Bell joined KLA in 1994 as a senior engineer in applications development, and has since held a number of strategic management positions, leading global field operations, corporate sales, corporate marketing, service business, the Wafer Inspection Group and the Semiconductor Business Organization. Before KLA, Bell worked at AT&T Microelectronics and as an AT&T assignee at SEMATECH.
Bell currently serves on the Silicon Valley Leadership Group board and is an active member of the SEMI Board of Industry Leaders.
Bell earned his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Arkansas and his master's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Missouri.
Job Titles:
- Chief Financial Officer
- Executive Vice President
Bren Higgins oversees KLA's worldwide finance and accounting organizations, global manufacturing, logistics and supply chain operations, business development, including mergers and acquisitions, and investor relations.
Since 1999, he has held numerous roles within the company, including multiple division controller assignments, group controller for KLA's largest business group, senior director of financial planning and analysis, and Vice President of corporate finance, in which he had responsibility for treasury, investor relations and corporate business development.
Mr. Higgins earned his bachelor's degree from the University of California at Santa Barbara and his Masters of Business Administration degree with a concentration in Finance from the University of California at Davis.
Job Titles:
- Executive Vice President of the KLA Global Services
- Executive Vice President, KLA Global Services
Brian Lorig serves as Executive Vice President of the KLA Global Services organization. KLA Services enables customers to maintain high availability and performance of their KLA tools and maximize the long-term value of their systems.
Mr. Lorig joined the company in 1998 and has held a number of leadership positions in Manufacturing Operations and Service, including Vice President of U.S. Manufacturing and Operations Group, and Vice President of Global Support and Services Field Operations.
Mr. Lorig earned his bachelor's degree in supply chain management from Arizona State University and his MBA from Santa Clara University.
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Director
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Audit
- Founder of Tohmon Capital Partners
Emiko Higashi is a founder of Tohmon Capital Partners, LLC. Ms. Higashi also serves on the Board of Directors of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd. and Rambus, Inc., and as senior adviser to several private consulting firms. She spent 15 years in investment banking, beginning at Lehman Brothers, and finally serving as a managing director of Merrill Lynch's global technology M&A practice. Previously, Ms. Higashi was a consultant at McKinsey & Co. in Tokyo, Japan.
Ms. Higashi brings to the board significant leadership, strategic, business development, entrepreneurial, mergers and acquisitions and financial experience relevant to large global technology corporations, as well as a comprehensive understanding of international business matters, particularly in Asia.
Ms. Higashi earned her bachelor's degree from the International Christian University and her MBA from Harvard Business School.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Member of the Nominating and Governance Committee
- Compensation and Talent
- Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ServiceSource International, Inc
Gary Moore most recently served as Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ServiceSource International, Inc. before its acquisition. Prior to this role, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Cisco Systems, Inc., where he previously held other leadership positions. Before joining Cisco, Mr. Moore served as Chief Executive Officer of Netigy Corporation, before which he held a number of senior executive positions at Electronic Data Systems, including President and Chief Executive Officer of joint venture Hitachi Data Systems.
Mr. Moore brings to the board extensive leadership experience, as well as expertise in matters relating to international operations in the technology industry. Mr. Moore provides the board and the company with valuable advice and guidance regarding operational and strategic issues faced by global technology companies.
Mr. Moore holds graduate and undergraduate degrees from Stanford University.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Nominating and Governance
- Senior Vice President and President of the E - Systems Division at Lear Corporation
Jeneanne Hanley most recently served as Senior Vice President and President of the E-Systems Division at Lear Corporation. At Lear, she previously held the titles of Corporate Vice President, Global Surface Materials; Corporate Vice President, Americas Seating Business Unit; and Vice President, Global Strategy and Business Development. Ms. Hanley serves on the Board of Directors of QuantumScape Corporation.
Job Titles:
- Chief Human Resources Officer
- Executive Vice President
John Van Camp serves as KLA's Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer.
Before joining KLA, Mr. Van Camp held a variety of leadership positions in human resources, as manager at General Electric, and later as the Vice President of Human Resources at Gap Inc.
Mr. Van Camp earned his bachelor's degree in industrial and labor relations from Cornell University and his MBA from the University of Connecticut.
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Director
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Member of the Nominating and Governance Committee
- Audit / Nominating and Governance
- Non - Executive Chair of the Board of Directors of Quanergy Systems, Inc
Kevin Kennedy is non-executive Chair of the Board of Directors of Quanergy Systems, Inc. Prior to that, Mr. Kennedy served as President, Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors of Avaya Inc., as President and Chief Executive Officer of JDS Uniphase Corporation and as Chief Operating Officer of Openwave Systems, Inc. He previously spent several years at Cisco Systems, Inc. and Bell Laboratories. Mr. Kennedy has served as a Congressional Fellow to the U.S. House of Representatives on Science, Space and Technology, and was appointed to the President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee by former President Barack Obama. Mr. Kennedy also serves on the Board of Directors of Digital Realty Trust, Inc.
Job Titles:
- Vice President, Investor Relations
- Investor Inquiries
Job Titles:
- Director
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Member of the Nominating and Governance Committee
- Audit / Nominating and Governance
- Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company
Marie Myers currently serves as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (HPE). Prior to joining HPE, she served in the following positions: Chief Financial Officer of HP Inc.; Chief Financial Officer of UiPath; global controller for Hewlett Packard; and various other leadership positions at Hewlett Packard and Compaq over the years.
Ms. Myers brings a wealth of relevant finance experience to the KLA board and Audit Committee as an executive with a track record of driving innovation and global business development.
Ms. Myers earned her bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Queensland and her MBA from the University of St. Thomas.
MaryBeth Wilkinson - Chief Legal Officer, EVP, Secretary
Job Titles:
- Chief Legal Officer
- Corporate Secretary
- Executive Vice President
MaryBeth Wilkinson serves as Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary for KLA. She helms the global legal and compliance organization and provides guidance to the board of directors, executive team, and senior leaders. Her legal oversight includes risk mitigation, corporate governance, litigation, M&A, public disclosure and SEC reporting, investor relations, interactions with regulators and governments, top-level internal investigations, international trade, transactional affairs, and capital market transactions. She helps strengthen company focus on sustainability, environmental social governance (ESG) as well as global ethics and compliance functions to supplement risk management processes.
Based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Ms. Wilkinson has more than two decades of legal experience including extensive executive and managerial experience in industrials and manufacturing. Before joining KLA in September 2020, she served as senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of O-I Glass Inc. and prior to that as a Chicago-based partner in an international law firm. Ms. Wilkinson was named to Women Inc.'s 2019 Top Corporate Counsel list.
Ms. Wilkinson earned her bachelors' degree summa cum laude from Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana (dbl. major economics and English writing). She holds a Juris Doctor degree from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law and is a graduate of Stanford University's Executive Program.
Job Titles:
- Director
- President
- Compensation and Talent
Michael R. McMullen has served as the President, since 2014, and Chief Executive Officer, since 2015 of Agilent Technologies, Inc. In his thirty-year career at Agilent, Mr. McMullen held various leadership positions, including President of Agilent's Chemical Analysis Group. He began his career as a financial analyst for Hewlett-Packard Company's Chemical Analysis business, which spun off as Agilent Technologies in 1999.
Mr. McMullen brings to the board more than 30 years of industry experience in growing global teams, building company culture, as well as finance and M&A.
Mr. McMullen holds undergraduate degrees in finance and economics from the University of Delaware, where he graduated magna cum laude. He also holds a graduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business.
Job Titles:
- Executive Vice President
- Executive Vice President, Electronics, Packaging and Components
- Member of the SEMI North American Advisory Board
Oreste Donzella serves as Executive Vice President of Electronics, Packaging and Components.
In over 20 years at KLA, he has held leadership roles in the field of customer engagement, process control solutions, application development, strategic marketing and product development. Before joining KLA, Mr. Donzella worked at Texas Instruments and Micron, where he held various engineering and management positions in process integration and yield enhancement.
Mr. Donzella currently serves as a member of the SEMI North American Advisory Board.
Mr. Donzella earned his bachelor's degree and master's degree in electrical engineering from the Sapienza University of Rome.
Job Titles:
- Chief Communications Officer
- Senior Vice President
Randi Polanich serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer of KLA. She works across the company to drive brand and reputation strategy through high-quality, consistent communications and brand experiences for key stakeholders including employees, customers and investors. She ensures the KLA brand continues to thrive and that strategic communications programs support business priorities.
Ms. Polanich has a career spanning more than 20 years as a leader focused on executing results-driven communications and public relations. Before joining KLA in 2019, she held roles counseling executives and leading teams through strategic communications programs for global technology brands including GE, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and SAP.
Ms. Polanich earned her bachelor's degree in journalism and public relations from San Diego State University.
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer
- President
Rick Wallace serves as the Chief Executive Officer and President of KLA as well as a member of the company's Board of Directors. He began as an applications engineer at KLA Instruments in 1988, and has held various general management positions throughout his 30+-year tenure with the company. Earlier in his career, he held positions with Ultratech Stepper and Cypress Semiconductor.
Mr. Wallace also serves on the Board of Directors of Splunk Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLK). Mr. Wallace previously served on the Board of Directors of Proofpoint through their acquisition in 2021 by Thoma Bravo, as well as the Board of Directors of SEMI (Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International), including as SEMI's Chairman of the Board.
Mr. Wallace earned his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan and his master's degree in engineering management from Santa Clara University.
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Chairman of the Board
- Member of the Nominating and Governance Committee
- Chairman of the Board of Directors and Interim Chief Executive Officer and President at Citrix Systems, Inc
Robert Calderoni most recently served as Chairman of the Board of Directors and interim Chief Executive Officer and President at Citrix Systems, Inc. before its acquisition. Prior to that role, Mr. Calderoni served as President of SAP AG's cloud business after they acquired Ariba, Inc., where he had been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Calderoni also held many financial executive positions, including Chief Financial Officer at Avery Dennison Corporation, Senior Vice President Finance at Apple Inc., and Vice President Finance at IBM. Mr. Calderoni serves on the Board of Directors of Ansys, Inc.
Mr. Calderoni provides our board with extensive and relevant leadership, corporate governance and international operations experience, and leads our Audit Committee.
Mr. Calderoni holds a bachelor's degree in accounting and finance from Fordham University.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Member of the Audit Committee
Robert Rango serves on the Board of Directors of Enevate Corporation, having recently retired from his position as Enevate's President and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to holding this position, Mr. Rango served as Executive Vice President and General Manager of Broadcom Corporation's Mobile and Wireless Group. During his tenure with Broadcom, Mr. Rango held many senior management positions in the company's Network Infrastructure Business Unit, Mobile and Wireless Group and Wireless Connectivity Group. Mr. Rango also previously held several Vice President and General Manager positions at Lucent Microelectronics and at Agere Systems in its Optical Access, New Business Initiatives and Modern/Multimedia Divisions. Mr. Rango serves on the Board of Directors of Keysight Technologies, Inc. and Microchip Technology, Inc.
Mr. Rango possesses significant operating and leadership skills, including extensive experience in global semiconductor product marketing, development and sales. He also offers a vast understanding of mobile, wireless, semiconductor, optical, software and technology management.
Mr. Rango holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from State University of New York at Stony Brook and a master's degree in electrical engineering from Cornell University.
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer of Xilinx
- Compensation and Talent
- President, Adaptive
- Victor Peng / Director
Victor Peng serves as President, Adaptive and Embedded Computing Group at Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ("AMD") and is responsible for managing all aspects of strategy, business management, engineering and sales for FPGAs, Adaptive SoCs and embedded processors. Mr. Peng rejoined AMD in 2022 after 14 years at Xilinx, most recently serving as President, Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors. Mr. Peng has close to 40 years of experience defining and delivering leadership technologies across FPGAs, SoCs, GPUs and high-performance CPUs.
During his tenure as Chief Executive Officer of Xilinx, Mr. Peng solidified Xilinx's leadership as the number 1 provider of FPGAs and Adaptive SoCs and led the development of Xilinx's strategic growth strategy. Mr. Peng oversaw Xilinx's transformation from a silicon to platform solutions provider, including the introduction of the industry's first Adaptive Compute Acceleration Platforms with the launch of the Versal ACAP family, a new line of Alveo data center accelerator cards, and a unified software suite that simplifies the development of software and accelerated applications on Xilinx products. In his previous role as Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Peng managed Global Sales, Product and Vertical Marketing, Product Development, and Global Operations and Quality. Prior to that, he served as Executive Vice President and General Manager of Products, leading the definition, development, and marketing for the company's portfolio of products and differentiated technologies.
Prior to joining Xilinx, Mr. Peng worked at AMD as Corporate Vice President of silicon engineering for the Graphics Products Group (GPG) and led the central silicon engineering team supporting graphics, game console products, and CPU chipsets. Prior to that, Mr. Peng held executive and engineering leadership roles at TZero Technologies, MIPS Technologies, SGI, and Digital Equipment Corp.