Technology >> CEO Interviews >> March 21, 2001
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. Profile
the company over the past six months with this seeming downturn going
on?
Mr. Kulicke: There's no seeming about it. The
