Cymer Inc.

Edward J. Brown, Jr. serves as president and chief operating officer with nearly three decades of experience in the technology sector. Prior to his appointment at Cymer, Brown held several high-level management positions at Applied Materials, Inc., the world's largest provider of semiconductor equipment and services. At Applied Materials, Brown was responsible for key business innovations, overseeing global operations, managing business units and enabling significant revenue growth. He served as group vice president of global business operations and, as senior advisor to the president. Brown also served as vice president and general manager for Applied Material's Intel business unit, as well as managing director, heading up their largest product division-global operations. Brown also served as director of manufacturing and held a variety of manufacturing and engineering-related management positions. Prior to Applied Materials, Inc., Brown held key engineering positions at TRW Corporation and Burroughs Corporation. Brown holds a master's degree in business administration from National University and a bachelor's degree in industrial studies from San Diego State University.

Peter J. Simone . Mr. Simone has served as a member of our board of directors since March 2006. Mr. Simone has served as an investment consultant and as a consultant to numerous private companies since February 2001. From June 2001 to December 2002, Mr. Simone was Executive Chairman of SpeedFam-IPEC, Inc., a semiconductor equipment company which was acquired by Novellus Systems, Inc. From February 2000 until February 2001, he served as a director and President of Active Controls Experts, Inc. He served as President, Chief Executive Officer and director of Xionics Document Technologies, Inc. from April 1997 until Xionics acquisition by Oak Technology, Inc., in January 2000. Mr. Simone serves on the board of directors for several companies, including Newport Corp., a technology supplier to several industries including microelectronics manufacturing and communications, Veeco Instruments, Inc., an equipment developer and supplier to various industries including data storage and semiconductors, and Cymer, Inc., a supplier of excimer light sources. Mr. Simone is also a member of the board of directors of several private technology companies and the Massachusetts High Technology Council. In addition, he is president of the board of Walker Home and School for Children. Mr. Simone holds a bachelor s degree in accounting from Bentley College and a master s degree in business administration from Babson College.

Edward J. Brown, Jr. Edward J. Brown, Jr. serves as president and chief operating officer with nearly three decades of experience in the technology sector. Prior to his appointment at Cymer, Brown held several high-level management positions at Applied Materials, Inc., the world's largest provider of semiconductor equipment and services. At Applied Materials, Brown was responsible for key business innovations, overseeing global operations, managing business units and enabling significant revenue growth. He served as group vice president of global business operations and, as senior advisor to the president. Brown also served as vice president and general manager for Applied Material's Intel business unit, as well as managing director, heading up their largest product division-global operations. Brown also served as director of manufacturing and held a variety of manufacturing and engineering-related management positions. Prior to Applied Materials, Inc., Brown held key engineering positions at TRW Corporation and Burroughs Corporation. Brown holds a master's degree in business administration from National University and a bachelor's degree in industrial studies from San Diego State University.

Nancy J. Baker, has served as senior vice president and chief financial officer since January 2002. Prior to that, she served as vice president, finance and treasurer from June 1998 to December 2001. During 2000, she headed the company's successful effort to implement a new ERP system, which was implemented in San Diego in only six months, and globally in only nine months. From October 1996 to June 1998 she served as director, corporate finance and treasurer. She joined Cymer as corporate controller for worldwide operations in August 1992. Nancy's professional career spans more than 20 years, and prior to joining Cymer, she held a variety of financial management positions with an international manufacturer in the San Diego area. Nancy received a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Texas at Austin in 1985 and completed the executive advanced management program (AMP) at Harvard Business School in 1999.

Paul B. Bowman has served as vice president of investor relations since May 2008 and was appointed as interim chief financial officer, treasurer and secretary in December 2008. Prior to joining us, Mr. Bowman served as chief financial officer of American Mold Guard, Inc. which was a NASDAQ listed company in the home services industry. From 1996 to April 2006, Mr. Bowman was employed at Applied Materials, Inc., holding positions as the managing director of investor relations, managing director of finance for worldwide manufacturing and controller of the worldwide service division. Prior to Applied Materials, he held various financial management positions at Unisys Corporation and IBM. Mr. Bowman received a bachelor's degree in finance from Shippensburg State University.

Rae Ann Werner has served as vice president, controller, and chief accounting officer since January 2003. Prior to that, she served as Cymer's Controller from February 1999 to January 2003. From 1993 to 1999 she held a variety of finance positions with increasing responsibilities since joining Cymer in November 1993. Ms. Werner's professional career spans more than 18 years, and prior to joining Cymer, she held a variety of financial positions with semiconductor and communications companies in the San Diego area. Ms. Werner received a bachelor's degree in accounting from San Diego State University in 1987.

Richard L. Sandstrom, Ph.D., a co-founder of the company, currently serves as the senior vice president and chief technical advisor responsible for providing technical analysis to the Office of the CTO and carrying out focused technical investigations. Prior to his current position, Sandstrom served as senior vice president and chief technical officer since January 1999. Since the company's inception, he has served under various titles in the areas of research, development and technology, including vice president of advanced research and vice president of technology, and has been instrumental in driving Cymer's technology innovation. Sandstrom, with fellow co-founder Bob Akins, received the outstanding alumnus award from UCSD, and the prestigious SEMI Award for North America, the highest honor conferred by SEMI, in 1996 for contributions to the field of DUV lithography. He received a bachelor's degree in physics and a doctorate in engineering physics from the University of California, San Diego.

William Partlo, Ph.D., currently serves as a senior vice president and chief technical officer. In this role, Partlo is responsible for managing and defining the technical direction for the company and its intersection with required products to meet the demands of the semiconductor marketplace. Prior to serving as the CTO for Cymer, Partlo has held various positions in research and technology development including; research scientist, senior scientist and most recently senior fellow in the Office of the CTO. Prior to joining Cymer in 1993, Partlo served as a staff scientist at GCA/TROPEL Inc., in Rochester, New York. Partlo holds a doctorate and master's degree, both in engineering, from the University of California, Berkeley, and a bachelor's degree in engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Edward H. Braun has served as a director of Cymer since March 2003. Mr. Braun has been chairman of the Board of Veeco Instruments, Inc since January 1990. In addition, he was Veeco’s chief executive officer from January 1990 to July 2007. Mr. Braun is a director emeritus of the Board of Directors of SEMI, of which he was chairman of the board in 1993. Mr. Braun received a BSME from Clarkson College of Technology.

Eric M. Ruttenberg joined the Cymer Board of Directors in October 2009. Mr. Ruttenberg serves as Co - Managing Member of the General Partner of Tinicum Capital Partners II, L.P., a New York based investment firm. Mr. Ruttenberg also currently serves as a director of several of Tinicum's privately held portfolio companies. Mr. Ruttenberg has previously served on the boards of several public companies, namely SPS Technologies and Kollmorgen Corporation. Mr. Ruttenberg received a B.A. from Hampshire College, where he concentrated in mathematics and business.

Pete is a technology industry veteran with more than 30 years of experience at the executive and board levels. He has held various management positions over the course of his career in the high-tech industry, including executive chairman of SpeedFam-IPEC, Inc., a semiconductor equipment manufacturer. more...