Technology >> CEO Interviews >> March 23, 2000
CURTIS WOZNIAK joined Electroglas, Inc. as CEO in April 1996. In
August of the following year he was named Chairman of the company.
Founded in 1960, Electroglas, Inc. is a world-leading supplier of
essential process management tools to the semiconductor industry. Prior
to joining Electroglas, Mr. Wozniak was President and Chief Operating
Officer for Xilinx, Inc., the world's leading supplier of programmable
logic. Before Xilinx, Mr. Wozniak spent more than 10 years with Sun
Microsystems, most recently as Vice President, Worldwide Marketing, for
Sun's largest subsidiary, Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation (SMCC).
SMCC accounted for more than 90% of corporate revenues when Mr. Wozniak
departed in 1994. During his tenure with Sun, Mr. Wozniak also served
as Vice President, Engineering for SMCC, responsible for development of
all of Sun's hardware products and engineering operations in Mountain
View, California; Boston, Massachusetts.; Research Triangle Park, North
Carolina; and Tokyo, Japan. Earlier roles at Sun included Director of
Manufacturing; Vice President, Desktop Graphics Development; and Vice
President and General Manager of Sun's Educational Products Division,
where he was responsible for the development of SPARCstation products.
Before Sun, Mr. Wozniak spent several years as Production Engineering
Manager for Hewlett-Packard Co. He began his career at General Motors
Corp., where he spent nine years in a variety of manufacturing,
marketing and operations roles. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree
in Mechanical Engineering from GMI Engineering and Management Institute
(now Kettering University) and a Master of Business Administration from
Stanford University. Mr. Wozniak serves on the Board of Directors of
the Semiconductor Industry Suppliers Association of America (SISA)
(formerly SEMI/SEMATECH), a consortium to strengthen the semiconductor
supplier industry, and the Kettering University Board of Trustees. Profile
Mr. Wozniak: Electroglas has been in the semiconductor equipment
business for about 40 years, and was spun-off by General Signal in 1993.
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