Technology >> CEO Interviews >> October 18, 2004
WILSON W. CHEUNG joined AXT, Inc., as Vice President, Corporate
Controller and was promoted to Chief Financial Officer in May 2004. From
February 2001 to April 2004, Mr. Cheung was Corporate Controller of
interWAVE Communications International Ltd., a publicly traded
manufacturer of wireless voice and data communications systems. From
2000 to 2001, Mr. Cheung was Senior Finance Manager of Yahoo! Inc., a
global Internet products and services provider. Mr. Cheung spent over
eight years, from 1991 to 1999, in public accounting with KPMG and
Deloitte & Touche, and served as Senior Manager of Deloitte's San
Francisco office from 1997 to 1999. From 1999 to 2000, Mr. Cheung served
on the Board of Directors of the Hong Kong Association of Northern
California. Mr. Cheung is a California Certified Public Accountant, and
a member of the AICPA, California Society of CPAs and the Financial
Executives International. Mr. Cheung holds a BA in Economics/Business
from UCLA. Profile
DON TATZIN has served as Interim Chief Executive Officer of AXT, Inc.,
since May 2004. He joined the company's Board of Directors in 1998 and
was appointed Chief Financial Officer in August 2000. From 1993 to 1998,
Mr. Tatzin served as Executive Vice President of Showboat, a gaming
company. In addition, from April 1995 to October 1996, Mr. Tatzin served
as a Director for Sydney Harbour Casino, an Australian gaming company
and from April 1996 to October 1996, as its Chief Executive Officer.
From 1976 to 1993, Mr. Tatzin was a Director and Consultant with Arthur
D. Little, Inc. Mr. Tatzin has a BS degrees in Economics and Urban
Studies and a Master of City Planning degree from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. He was also awarded an MS degree in Economics
from Australian National University. Profile
company today?
Mr. Tatzin (Interim Chief Executive Officer): AXT was founded in 1986 to
commercialize Vertical Gradient
