C. Alan Weber has served as a director of the Company since May 2003. Mr. Weber is the President of Alan Weber and Associates, Inc., a consulting company specializing in semiconductor Advanced Process Control, eDiagnostics, and other related manufacturing systems technologies. Before founding his own company he was the Vice President/General Manager of the KLA-Tencor Control Solutions Division, which was acquired from ObjectSpace, Inc. in March 2000. While at ObjectSpace, Mr. Weber was responsible for all aspects of the company's semiconductor manufacturing system business. Before joining ObjectSpace in early 1997, Mr. Weber spent eight years at SEMATECH and was responsible for advanced manufacturing systems and related standards R&D. Prior to this Mr. Weber spent 16 years at Texas Instruments, managing a variety of technology programs in the semiconductor CAD and industrial automation/control businesses. Mr. Weber has B.A. and M.E.E. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Rice University. |