Executive Vice President and General Manager, Laser Systems

Dr. Paul Meissner was appointed Executive Vice President and General Manager Laser Systems in July 2004.  Dr. Meissner has over fifteen years of technology leadership experience with the bulk of those years having been spent in the semiconductor capital equipment industry. His last position was a Vice President and General Manager for KLA-Tencor Corporation. Prior to joining KLA-Tencor, he spent nine years with Applied Materials Inc. in a number of senior management positions leading to his appointment as Vice President and General Manager of their Thermal Systems and Modules Group.  His last assignment at Applied Materials was as Vice President of Strategy and New Business Development.  Paul holds an undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley in materials science and engineering, and he obtained both his masters and doctorate degrees in materials science and engineering from Stanford University.