Laith Altimime
President
Semi Europe

Biography
As President of SEMI Europe, Laith Altimime leads SEMI’s activities in Europe and Middle East and North Africa (MENA). He has overall responsibility for regional events, programs, membership, advocacy, and collaborative forums. Additionally, he manages and nurtures relationships with SEMI members in the region, as well as with local associations and constituents in industry, government, and academia. He provides support and services to SEMI members worldwide that have supply chain interests in Europe.Altimime has more than 25 years of experience in the industry, mostly in Europe. He has held leadership positions at Altis, Infineon, Qimonda, KLA-Tencor, Communicant Semiconductor AG, NEC Semiconductors, and imec.Altimime holds a BS from Heriot-Watt University, Scotland.

Thomas Richter
Vice President of the Wafer Fab 150 / 200mm & MEMS
Robert Bosch GmbH

Biography
Thomas Richter, since July 2015 Vice President of the Wafer Fab 150 / 200mm & MEMS at BOSCH Reutlingen, was born 1974 in Chemnitz.Working for SIEMENS, INFINEON, QIMONDA and MELEXIS he now has about 23 years of experience in the semiconductor industry.He holds a Diploma in Micro Technology of the University of Applied Sciences Zwickau (WHZ).

NEXTIN Inspection System

Harald Moder
Founder & CEO
merconics - distributor of Nextin

Abstract
Nextin is a global leading company in the fields of process defect detection and metrology with its proprietary technology and development of innovative ideas in semiconductor and display industries.─With its superior defect detection technology and metrology solutions for its world-wide customers, Nextin is helping its users achieve early process stabilization from the initial R&D phase and maximize their profits during mass production.Nextin’s headquarters is in Dongtan, Hwasung, Korea and its Software Development Center is in the Technical Golden Triangle in Israel to provide high-quality solutions and technical support to its global customers.

Biography
Harald Moder,Founder & CEO, merconics - official distributor of Nextin in EuropeFounder and President of merconics is Harald Moder who is a semiconductor industry veteran with a broad experience in international account and general management. His sales expertise and professional skills generated record bookings and market share year over year.

ZEUS (Cleaning Equipment)

Mark Chung
President, N. America
Global ZEUS

Abstract
Global Zeus: A leader in semiconductor process equipment (wet bench and single wafer) as well as robots and advanced technology.Zeus has grown alongside the development of the Semiconductor, LCD, LED, renewable energy and IT industries. Regardless of the customer’s geographic location or their specific needs and requirements, our company provides the highest quality in available solutions and excellence in customer relations support. This has been our unwavering goal and entrepreneurial spirit for over the last 40 years and it will continue to drive our motivation and enthusiasm towards good business practices. Through this objective, we have maintained our role as a total solution provider, implicitly partnering up with other sources to deliver a variety of products and solutions for the Semiconductor & LCD industries. These products and services include cleaning equipment, HP/CP, In-Line software (CIM), chemicals, parts, and robots. As an enterprise with more than 40 years of direct industry experience, we are thoroughly preparing for a second leap into becoming a global leading company by developing new fields of business. In order to achieve this accomplishment, we will improve the value of our customer relations by applying more distinctive and competitive ideas into the equipment that we make. On top of fundamentally applying pioneering measures to our equipment, as a team all of our employees will desperately strive to further advance the company abroad under the flag of global Zeus.

Biography
Mark Chung is the president of the N. America organization for Global Zeus. He is leading the global growth initiatives for Global Zeus, helping customers find solutions for their challenges for improved performance and better cost of ownership. He has been in the semiconductor industry for most of his career, beginning as a process engineer at IBM, and progressing in his career to sales, management, investor relations, and executive positions. Prior to joining Global Zeus, he was president of Brooks Korea for 8 years, successfully leading market share gains, operational excellence, and customer satisfaction. He has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Northwestern University and MBA from Duke University.