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WINFRIED HOFFMANN, Ph.D.
Chief Technology Officer, Solar Business Group
Applied Materials, Inc.
Dr. Winfried Hoffmann is chief technology officer of the Solar Business Group and a member of the management board of Applied Materials GmbH, effective April 2, 2007. A solar industry veteran with nearly 30 years of experience, Dr. Hoffmann is responsible for technology development for Applied Materials in the U.S., Europe and Asia and will be based in Alzenau, Germany.
Dr. Hoffmann is also president of the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA), the world's largest industry association devoted to the solar electricity market. Dr. Hoffmann is also an executive committee member with the German Solar Industry Association (BSW).
Dr. Hoffmann began his career at NUKEM's solar division in 1979 and took over its leadership in 1985. In 1994, he formed the photovoltaic joint venture between NUKEM and Daimler-Benz Aerospace and became managing director of ASE (Applied Solar Energy) GmbH and Chairman of the Board of ASE Americas after the acquisition of Mobil Solar. In 2002, he was appointed Chairman of the Management board at RWE SCHOTT Solar GmbH. With the acquisition by SCHOTT in 2005, Dr. Hoffmann became a Member of the Management Committee of SCHOTT Solar, GmbH.
Dr. Hoffmann is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (fhG-ISE) in Freiburg and a member of the supervisory board of the Institute for Solar Energy Research (ISFH) in Hameln, Germany.
Dr. Hoffmann has a doctorate degree in physics from the University of Freiburg, Germany.
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