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Stephen Newberry joins Nanometrics Board of Directors
Newberry is the CEO of Lam Research and serves as a director and vice chairman of Lam’s Board of Directors. He is also a director of SEMI, the semiconductor industry's trade association.
Nanometrics Incorporated, a supplier of advanced metrology systems to the semiconductor industry, has announced that Stephen G. Newberry, a veteran of the semiconductor capital equipment industry, has joined its Board of Directors.
“Steve has a track record of creating shareholder value and brings to Nanometrics his extensive experience driving operational excellence,” said Bruce C. Rhine, Chairman of the Board of Directors at Nanometrics. “He will be an important sounding board for our management team and contributor to our Board as we focus on growing the value of Nanometrics in the framework of excellent corporate governance.”
Newberry is the chief executive officer of Lam Research Corporation and currently serves as a director and vice chairman of Lam’s Board of Directors. He joined Lam in August 1997 as executive vice president and chief operating officer and was promoted to the role of chief executive officer in June 2005.
Newberry also serves as a director of Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI), the semiconductor industry's trade association. In addition, he serves as a member of the Haas Advisory Board, Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley and as a member of the Dean’s Advisory Council, University of California at Davis Graduate School of Management.
Prior to joining Lam Research, Stephen Newberry was group vice president of global operations and planning at Applied Materials. He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and the Harvard Graduate School of Business.
