Douglas McCutcheon

DOUGLAS MCCUTCHEON joined Asyst in January 1996 as Senior Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer. From January 1991 to November 1995, Mr.
McCutcheon was Vice President, Corporate Finance at Cadence Design
Systems, Inc., a design automation software company. Prior to 1991, Mr.
McCutcheon was President of Toshiba America Medical Credit, a captive
financing subsidiary of Toshiba America.