Technology >> CEO Interviews >> May 11, 2000

Norman Pond – Intevac Inc (ivac)

NORMAN H. POND is a founder of Intevac and has served as Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer since February 1991. Before joining Intevac, from 1988 to 1990, Mr. Pond served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Varian Associates, Inc., a publicly held manufacturer of semiconductor, communication, defense and medical products, where he was responsible for overall management of Varian's operations. From 1984 to 1988, Mr. Pond was President of Varian's Electron Device and Systems Group and became a Director of Varian in 1986. Prior to joining Varian, Mr. Pond was employed by Teledyne, a diversified electronics company, from 1963 to 1984, where he served in various positions, including Group Executive. Mr. Pond holds a BS in Physics from the University of Missouri at Rolla and an MS in Physics from the University of California at Los Angeles. Profile
TWST: Would you give us an overview of Intevac, Inc. ' a brief

description and outline of the company?

Mr. Pond: Intevac is in two businesses: equipment for producing disks

used in hard disk