C. Scott Kulicke

C. SCOTT KULICKE became Chairman of Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. on
October 1, 1984, after serving as President and Chief Executive Officer
since 1980. He was Executive Vice President from 1978 to 1980 and has
been a member of the Board of Directors since 1975. Mr. Kulicke first
joined Kulicke & Soffa in 1973 as Manager of Far East Operations based
in Hong Kong. In 1975 he became Product Manager in charge of the
engineering team which designed the K&S Model 1412 Automatic Wire
Bonder. Mr. Kulicke was educated at Lafayette College, and graduated
from the Wharton School of Business of the University of Pennsylvania,
with a degree in Economics. Mr. Kulicke is a Director of General
Semiconductor, Inc. He is a past President of SEMI (Semiconductor
Equipment and Materials International) and served as a SEMI Director for
eight years. He also served as one of the founding Directors of
SEMATECH, the consortium of US semiconductor manufacturers and the U.S.
Government for manufacturing competitiveness; was the founding Chairman
of SEMI/SEMATECH, Inc., an organization of semiconductor equipment and
materials suppliers supporting the goals of SEMATECH; and served as
Chairman of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Technical Advisory
Committee on Semiconductors.