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Management
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Donald Mitchell
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Don S. Mitchell joined Chaska, Minn.-based FSI International, Inc., as chief executive officer and president in December 1999. He was appointed to the Board of Directors in March 2000, and in January 2002, became chairman of the Board.
Prior to his association with FSI, since its formation in 1998, he was president of Air Products Electronic Chemicals, Inc., located in Carlsbad, Calif., a division of Pennsylvania-based Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. From 1991 to 1998 he served as president of Schumacher, a leading global chemical equipment and services supplier to the semiconductor industry. He held various executive positions, including vice president of operations and vice president of sales and marketing.
Mitchell served on the board of directors of Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI), a leading global industry trade association, from 1994 to 2005 and as its 1999/2000 board chairman. He currently serves on the board of directors for Advanced Material Sciences.
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Benno Sand
Executive Vice President, Business Development, Investor
Relations and Secretary
Benno Sand joined FSI in 1982. In 1987 he was appointed
vice president of finance and has held his current position
since January 2000. During his tenure at FSI, Sand has
served in several executive financial management roles,
including executive vice president, chief administrative
officer, chief financial officer and assistant secretary.
Mr. Sand also serves as a director at TestQuest, MathStar
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Patricia Hollister
Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary
Patricia Hollister has served as chief financial officer
since January 1998. She joined FSI in 1995 as corporate
controller, a position she held until November 1999. Prior
to FSI, Hollister worked at KPMG Peat Marwick LLP in Minneapolis,
Minnesota, where she served over 12 years on various audit
and consulting engagements, most recently as a senior manager. |
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John Ely
Vice President, Global Sales and Service
John Ely was named corporate vice president of Global Sales
and Service in June 2003 and previously held the position
of president of FSI International's Surface Conditioning
Division since August 2000. Ely joined FSI in 1985 as the
Surface Conditioning Division sales/marketing/applications
manager from 1985 to 1997; general manager, 1995 to 1997;
product specialist/product manager, 1989 to 1995; and direct
sales, 1985 to 1989. Previous to FSI, he was in sales and
the western territory manager based in California for Galtek,
a subsidiary of Entegris. He received an MBA from the University
of St. Thomas in 1996. |
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Scott Becker
Vice President of Marketing
Scott Becker was named corporate vice president of marketing
in May 2003. Previously he held the position of vice president
of product management for FSI International's Surface Conditioning
Division since August 2000. Employed at FSI from 1983 to
1985 as a Process Development Engineer, he rejoined FSI
in 1992 as the single wafer product manager, adding the
responsibility of chief technologist in 1999. From 1985
to 1992, he held management positions in engineering and
business development for Honeywell's Solid State Electronics
Division. He served four years as the co-chair of the Surface
Prep Sub-Technology Working Group of the International Technology
Roadmap for Semiconductors. Dr. Becker holds several wafer-cleaning
patents and has authored many papers on cleaning technologies.
He received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of
Notre Dame in 1984. |
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Mike Baxter
Vice President of Engineering and Operations
Mike Baxter was named vice president of engineering and
operations in June 2003. He joined FSI International in
1996 as design engineering manager for batch products, then
was appointed director of platform engineering in 2000 and
vice president of engineering in 2002. Prior to FSI, Baxter
worked for the Solvay Group doing polymer product and process
development in Brussels, Belgium and Detroit, Michigan.
Dr. Baxter received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
from Purdue University in 1991, and has an MS in Mechanical
Engineering from the University of New Mexico and BS in
Chemical Engineering from the University of Minnesota. |
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John Walker
Vice President, Strategic Initiatives
John Walker was named vice president of strategic
initiatives in September 2004, to lead efforts associated
with new product and service development that address current
and future FSI customer needs. In addition, he retains
his role as general manager of FSI Allen, TX operations
and POLARIS® Systems
and Services. Walker began his
FSI career in 1994 as manager of manufacturing operations
and served FSI in a variety of capacities, including director
of product management for the Microlithography Division
and sales and account management functions. Before joining
FSI, Walker had an eleven year manufacturing engineering
and management career with Honeywell in their Military
Avionics Division designing and developing processes for
technologically advanced optical and electronics programs.
Mr. Walker has a MS in Manufacturing Systems from the University
of St.Thomas and a BS in Industrial Technology from the
University of Wisconsin-Stout.
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