Charles A. Webster serves as Tessera's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Before Tessera, Webster was Corporate Vice President, Finance and Treasury of KLA-Tencor Corporation, an S&P 500 company and world leader in yield management and process control solutions for semiconductor manufacturing and related industries. While at KLA-Tencor from July 2002 until August 2006, he was responsible for finance and accounting of all product divisions, corporate financial planning and analysis, treasury and investor relations and previously served as VP of Supply Chain Management and VP of Materials. From 1997 through June 2002, Webster worked for the Bechtel Group and Nexant, Inc. In January 2000, he led the Nexant spin-off from Bechtel and then served as Nexant’s EVP and CFO, where he led four acquisitions and three rounds of financing as well as business development, financial planning and reporting, audit, tax and treasury. From 1993 through 1996, Webster was VP and portfolio manager for Oppenheimer Capital’s global equity investment team. He began his career with Price Waterhouse. Webster has a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University, and a double major in economics and international relations from Stanford University.
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