Agere Systems Inc.

Adam Healey is a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff at Agere Systems. Adam joined Lucent Microelectronics / Agere Systems in 2000. Prior to joining Agere Systems, Adam worked for 7 years at University of New Hampshire's InterOperability Lab where he developed many of the test procedures and systems used to verify interoperability, performance, and compliance to standards of 10, 100, and 1000 Mb/s electrical and optical links. Adam is a member of IEEE and contributes to the development of international standards as a member of IEEE 802.3 working group. He currently serves as chair of the IEEE P802.3ap Backplane Ethernet Task Force. Adam received a BS and MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of New Hampshire.

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Richard S. Hill has been Novellus' chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors since 1993. He was appointed chairman of the board in May 1996. Before joining Novellus, Mr. Hill spent 12 years at Tektronix, Inc., where he held a variety of positions, including president of Tektronix Development Company, vice president of the Test and Measurement Group and president of Tektronix Components Corporation. Prior to joining Tektronix, he held engineering management positions at General Electric, Motorola and Hughes Aircraft Company. Mr. Hill holds a bachelor's degree in engineering from the University of Illinois and a master's degree in business administration from Syracuse University. He is a board member of the University of Illinois Foundation and serves on the boards of LSI and Arrow Electronics.