Technology >> CEO Interviews >> March 23, 2000
WILLIAM A. ANGUS, III, has served as Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer since February 1996. From July 1990 to February 1996,
Mr. Angus served as Vice President of Finance and Administration.
Previously he was the Chief Financial Officer of Avant Garde Computing
Inc., a manufacturer of data communications network management systems.
He received a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the Wharton School of
the University of Pennsylvania in 1968. Profile
ROBERT P. AKINS, PhD, a co-Founder of Cymer, Inc., has served as its
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since its inception in 1986, and
served as President of the company as well from its inception until May
2000. Mr. Akins currently serves on the Board of Directors of the
Semiconductor Industry Suppliers Association (SISA). He received a
Bachelor's degree in Physics, a Bachelor's degree in Literature, and a
Doctorate in Applied Physics from the University of California, San
Diego. Profile
PASCAL DIDIER has served as President and Chief Operating Officer of
Cymer since May 2000. He Served as Senior Vice President, worldwide
customer operations, from November 1997 until May 2000, and served as
Vice President of Sales and Marketing from July 1997, when he joined the
company, until November of that year. He served as Vice President of
Worldwide Sales and Field Operations with GaSonics International, a
semiconductor capital equipment manufacturer, from June 1995 to June
1997, and served in the additional capacity of Vice President of
Asia/Pacific for that company from June 1995 to June 1996. Prior to
that, Mr. Didier served for two years as Vice President of International
Operations for Megatest Corporation, a semiconductor test equipment
manufacturer. Mr. Didier holds a Bachelor's degree in Business and
Administration from the College de Paris VII and a Bachelor's degree in
Electronics from the Institut Universitaire de Lyon. Profile
Dr. Akins: Cymer is a company that's been around for about 14 years. It
started expressly with the purpose of designing next-generation
