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Michael R. Splinter
Mike Splinter was named president and chief executive officer of Applied Materials in 2003 and chairman of the board of directors in 2009. Splinter is a 30-year veteran of the semiconductor industry and has led Applied Materials to record revenue and profits during his tenure.
Splinter serves on a number of influential business and industry boards and councils, including the U.S. – India CEO Forum and the Technology CEO Council. He serves on the boards of the NASDAQ OMX Group and the Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International(SEMI). He fulfills his commitment to education by sitting on the board of the University of Wisconsin Foundation, and the board of trustees for Santa Clara University.
Prior to joining Applied Materials, Splinter was an executive at Intel Corporation where he held a number of positions in his 20 years at the company, including executive vice president and director of Sales and Marketing and executive vice president and general manager of the Technology and Manufacturing Group.
Splinter began his career at Rockwell International in the firm’s Electronics Research Center. During his tenure, he became manager of the company’s Semiconductor Fabrication Operations and was awarded two patents. Author of numerous papers and articles, Splinter earned both Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
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Gary E. Dickerson
Gary Dickerson was named president of Applied Materials, Inc. in June 2012. He is responsible for the day-to-day operation and performance of the company’s four business units: the Silicon Systems Group, Energy and Environmental Solutions, Display and Applied Global Services.
Mr. Dickerson has more than 30 years of semiconductor industry experience, recently as the chief executive officer of Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc., which was acquired by Applied Materials in 2011. Under his leadership Varian delivered record revenue and profits while consistently achieving the highest industry rankings for customer satisfaction.
Prior to Varian, Mr. Dickerson spent 18 years at KLA-Tencor Corporation where he held a variety of operations and product development roles before being appointed chief operating officer (COO) in 1999 and then president and COO in 2002. Mr. Dickerson started his semiconductor career in manufacturing and engineering management at General Motors’ Delco Electronics Division and AT&T Technologies.
Mr. Dickerson holds a bachelor of science degree in engineering management from the University of Missouri, Rolla, and an MBA degree from the University of Missouri, Kansas City.
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George S. Davis
George Davis is executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO) of Applied Materials, Inc., the global leader in Nanomanufacturing Technology™ solutions for the semiconductor, flat panel display and photovoltaic solar industries.
Mr. Davis was named CFO in November 2006 after serving as head of Applied Materials’ Corporate Business Development group, where he was responsible for merger and acquisition activities, strategic planning, and management of the Company's venture investments. In addition to his finance and business development oversight, Mr. Davis is responsible for the Company’s activities in information technology, government affairs and corporate relations. He joined Applied Materials in 1999 as corporate treasurer, leading worldwide treasury operations while managing investments, tax, financial risk management and trade and export matters.
Prior to joining Applied Materials, Mr. Davis served as vice president of finance, Europe, Middle East and Africa for Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO), where he was chief financial officer for ARCO's operations throughout the region.
Mr. Davis is a member of The Wall Street Journal CFO Network, The Conference Board Council of Financial Executives and the board of trustees for the San Jose Repertory Theatre. Previously he was the chairman of the North American Advisory Board of Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI), the global industry association serving companies that provide equipment, materials and services used to manufacture semiconductors, displays and other technology.
Mr. Davis received his undergraduate degree in economics and political science from Claremont McKenna College and his master of business administration degree from the University of California, Los Angeles.
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Randhir Thakur, Ph.D.
Dr. Randhir Thakur is executive vice president and general manager of the Silicon Systems Group at Applied Materials, Inc., which comprises the company’s entire portfolio of semiconductor manufacturing systems. In this role, Dr. Thakur is responsible for strengthening the company’s leadership in its core wafer fabrication equipment markets.
He previously was senior vice president and general manager of the Display and SunFab Solar Group from December 2008 to September 2009, where he led the business offering manufacturing systems for flat panel displays, and the company’s thin film solar products for producing large size solar photovoltaic (PV) modules. He previously was general manager of Strategic Operations from May 2008 to December 2008.
Dr. Thakur rejoined Applied Materials in May 2008 from SanDisk Corporation, the world’s largest supplier of innovative flash memory data storage products, where he served as executive vice president of Technology and Fab Operations and was responsible for the company’s NAND flash memory roadmap, design, development, and fab operations. He also served as head of SanDisk’s worldwide operations, responsible for the company’s NAND flash and back end manufacturing footprint, end-to-end supply chain management, corporate quality, corporate procurement, assembly and packaging, product and test engineering, planning and sales operations and cost reduction activities.
From 2000 to 2005, he held variety of executive roles within various semiconductor product groups at Applied Materials, including group vice president and general manager for Front End Products.
Prior to joining Applied Materials in 2000, Dr. Thakur served as chief technology officer and general manager at Steag Electronic Systems, and vice president of Research Development and Technology at AG Associates, and held various technical leadership positions at Micron Technology.
Dr. Thakur holds more than 275 patents and has published more than 200 papers. He received a bachelor of science degree with honors in electronics and telecommunications engineering from the Regional Engineering College, Kurukshetra, India. He received a master of science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Saskatchewan, Canada, and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Oklahoma.
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Joseph Flanagan
Joe Flanagan joined Applied Materials, Inc. in February 2010 as senior vice president of Worldwide Operations, responsible for developing and executing an integrated supply chain strategy that enhances enterprise value. He brings a tremendous amount of experience in global operations management. Increasing efficiency and driving continuous improvement is critical to Applied’s long-term success, and Mr. Flanagan‘s expertise will be invaluable as we work to become more agile and better able to innovate and seize global market share.
He previously was president of Nortel Business Services for Nortel Networks and senior vice president of Global Operations. He served most of his career at General Electric (GE) where he most recently was general manager of the organization’s Power Controls Division. Prior to this, he held a number of positions including general manager, operations, GE Consumer and Industrial EMEA; general manager, mergers and acquisitions, GE Digital Energy; and general manager, Industrial Controls. Prior to GE, Mr. Flanagan served as manager of business development in Europe for Applied.
Mr. Flanagan holds a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from the United States Merchant Marine Academy and is a board member of Singapore Economic Development Board and the Human Capital Leadership Institute of Singapore.
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Mary Humiston
As senior vice president of Global Human Resources for Applied Materials, Mary Humiston is enabling the organization, culture and talent necessary for the company to maintain its industry leadership now and in the future. Humiston and her team are executing business-critical talent attraction and retention strategies to drive employee engagement and enable Applied’s businesses to best support their customers. Under her leadership, her team is delivering innovative new tools, technology and metrics for strategic workforce management and to enhance the manager and employee experience.
During her career, Humiston has led a number of HR functions in global high technology organizations. She joined Applied in June 2008 and has led the Global HR function since June 2009. She previously was vice president of HR at Honeywell International and held executive positions with PeoplePC (now Earthlink), Gap Inc. and GE.
Humiston has received several industry honors while at Applied, including the “Most Powerful and Influential Women of California” Award from the California Diversity Council, the “HR Top 10 Breakaway Leader Award” from Evanta, and Silicon Valley Business Journal's "2011 Women of Influence" Award. Under her leadership, Applied was recognized among Computerworld's "100 Best Places to Work in Information Technology" for three consecutive years.
Humiston is from upstate New York, and has lived in both Asia and Europe. She earned a bachelor of science degree in psychology from Siena College, and an MBA degree from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). She serves on the board of directors for Second Harvest Food Bank of Northern California.
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Thomas F. Larkins
Mr. Larkins was named senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary for Applied Materials, Inc. in November 2012. He is responsible for all legal affairs, worldwide intellectual property and global security, and brings to Applied a wealth of experience in mergers and acquisitions, global commercial transactions and operations, corporate finance, securities, and corporate governance.
Prior to joining Applied, Mr. Larkins served as vice president, corporate secretary and deputy general counsel of Honeywell International Inc., a diversified global technology and manufacturing leader, from September 2002 to November 2012. His areas of responsibility included corporate governance, public reporting, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, real estate and procurement. He joined Honeywell (formerly AlliedSignal) in 1997 and served in various positions, including vice president and general counsel of its Automation and Control Solutions business segment.
Prior to joining Honeywell, Mr. Larkins served as senior vice president, chief administrative officer and general counsel of L.A. Gear from 1994 to 1997. Before that, he was in private practice (mergers and acquisitions, securities and general corporate) in Los Angeles for seven years, most recently at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson.
Mr. Larkins received his undergraduate degree from Stanford University and his J.D. from the University of Southern California.
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Charlie Pappis
Charlie Pappis is group vice president and general manager of Applied Global Services (AGS), Applied Materials’ service business supporting customers in the semiconductor, display and solar industries. In this role, Mr. Pappis leads an organization that develops and delivers a broad portfolio of products and services that enhance nanomanufacturing efficiencies to enable Applied’s customers to achieve the highest returns from their factories. Mr. Pappis has been with AGS since 2005 serving in a variety of executive management roles.
Mr. Pappis is an expert in the field of product and customer support, with more than 25 years of experience. He first joined Applied in 1986 as a process engineer for the Company’s Etch division, and has since held various management positions, including several major account general manager positions between 1998 and 2005.
Mr. Pappis received a bachelor of science degree in materials science from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1983, and attended the Stanford/AEA Executive MBA program in 1994.
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Ali Salehpour
Energy and Environmental Solutions and Display Business Group Applied Materials, Inc.
Ali Salehpour joined Applied Materials in November 2012 as group vice president and general manager of Applied’s Energy and Environmental Solutions (EES) and Display business groups. He is responsible for driving the company’s roadmap for technology that boosts solar factory productivity and cell efficiency and serves the flat panel display industry to reshape the future of the screen through touch panels, flexible substrates and OLED.
Mr. Salehpour joined Applied from KLA-Tencor where he was senior vice president and general manager of two of the company’s most successful product divisions. With more than 25 years of experience, he has earned a track record of delivering customer satisfaction, growing market share, building high-performance teams, and developing a competitive supply chain. Prior to KLA he spent ten years with Schlumberger Test Systems (formerly Fairchild Test Systems).
Mr. Salehpour received his bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering and mathematics from California State University at Long Beach.
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Omkaram (Om) Nalamasu
Dr. Omkaram (Om) Nalamasu is group vice president and chief technology officer (CTO) for Applied Materials, Inc. In this role, he reports to chairman and CEO Mike Splinter and provides critical technological insight to maintain Applied’s technology leadership in the industries it serves.
He previously was corporate vice president and deputy CTO, and served as general manager for the company’s Advanced Technologies Group (ATG) from June 2006 to January 2011. In this role, he successfully led the company’s innovation efforts through funding and incubation of long-term R&D/product development investments, funding of global academia and consortia and venture capital investments into start-ups, as well as through value-added partnerships with customers, supply chain partners and government funding agencies.
Dr. Nalamasu is a recognized expert in materials science and technology and brings extensive experience and passion in driving innovation to Applied. He previously was vice president of research and a New York State Foundation for Science, Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR) distinguished professor of materials science and engineering, as well as professor of chemistry at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). He was founding director of the $20 million Center for Future Energy Systems to help meet New York State’s goal of attaining 25 percent of its energy needs from renewable sources by the year 2012. He also conceived and founded the Center for Computational Nanotechnology Innovations (CCNI), a $100 million program established in partnership with NY state and IBM to create the world’s fastest university-based supercomputing center at RPI.
Prior to joining RPI in 2002, Dr. Nalamasu was the chief technical officer of the New Jersey Nanotechnology Consortium, a public/private nonprofit enterprise he co-founded to foster nanotechnology partnerships across academia, industry, and government using Bell Labs’ $400 million device fabrication facilities in Murray Hill, NJ. He has held key research and development leadership positions at AT&T Bell Laboratories, Bell Laboratories/Lucent Technologies, and Agere Systems, Inc., and served as director of Bell Laboratories' Nanofabrication Research Laboratory, MEMS and Waveguides Research, Condensed Matter Physics organizations.
Dr. Nalamasu has received numerous awards including the 2006 Albany-Colonie Chamber of Commerce’s “Tech-Valley’s Hot 10 Personalities;” the 2005 Pride of India Gold Award from the Non-Resident India (NRI)Institute; the 2004 ACS Roy W. Tess Award; the 2000 ACS Team Innovation Award; the 1998 Japan Photopolymer Science and Technology Award; two R&D 100 Awards; and the 1997 Bell Labs President’s Gold Medal. He has published more than 180 papers, review articles, and book chapters, has received more than 35 patents and edited two books.
His primary research interests are in the areas of nanomanufacturing, nanopatterning, electronic and photonic materials, and lithography, with special emphasis on applying patterning and materials know-how for device fabrication for electronics, photonics and energy applications. He has made seminal contributions to the fields of optical lithography and polymeric materials science and technology.
Dr. Nalamasu is a member of the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) board of directors, and the National Academies Panel on Materials Science and Engineering advisory boards. He also serves on several technical advisory boards and university advisory committees. He received his Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
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