MKS Instruments has announced that John TC Lee has joined the company as Group Vice President, responsible for control and information technology and electrostatic discharge products. Dr Lee, who joins MKS from Applied Materials, will report directly to Leo Berlinghieri, Chief Executive Officer and President.
"MKS' strategy is to continue to grow faster than our core served market in semiconductor wafer fabrication equipment, by gaining share around the process chamber, improving process productivity to increase our opportunity at fabs, and leveraging technologies to capture opportunities in diverse markets," said Mr. Berlinghieri. "John brings a depth of experience in next-generation process technologies and a broad understanding of thin-film process requirements that can help us execute our growth strategies."
Most recently, Dr Lee served in Applied Material's Solar Business Group as Managing Director of the Technology and Solutions Integration Group. Earlier, he was General Manager of the Cleans Product Group and the Maydan Technology Center. He joined Applied from Lucent Technologies, where he was Research Director of the Silicon Fabrication Research Department. Earlier, he served in the Plasma Processing Research Group within Bell Labs. He holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
