ATMI Appoints New Board Member
09 March 2006 - 2:22AM
Business Wire
ATMI, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATMI), a supplier of specialty materials and
high-purity materials handling and delivery solutions to the
world's leading semiconductor manufacturers, today announced the
appointment of former U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce for
Technology, Cheryl L. Shavers, Ph.D., to the board of directors.
Gene Banucci, Chairman of the Board of ATMI, said, "We are
delighted to welcome to the ATMI board a leader with the depth of
experience and global perspective of Dr. Shavers, who represents
the perfect blend of scientific expertise and practical business
development acumen." Dr. Shavers said, "ATMI is playing a pivotal
role in enabling successful, efficient production of the most
advanced designs in integrated circuits. It's an exciting time to
be joining an industry-leading company." Dr. Shavers, who is Chief
Executive Officer of Global Smarts, Inc., a global business and
technology strategy firm based in Santa Clara, CA, has more than 25
years of experience in the high-tech industry in various
engineering and managerial positions at Fortune 500 companies such
as Motorola, Hewlett-Packard, Varian Associates, and Intel
Corporation. Dr. Shavers also is a member of the board of directors
of Rockwell Collins and director of Strategic Investments and
Relationships at Media Tech Capital Partners, a private merchant
bank. From 1999 to 2001, Dr. Shavers was Under Secretary of
Commerce for Technology at the Department of Commerce, in which
capacity she oversaw the Commerce Department's Technology
Administration and the Office of Technology Policy, as well as the
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the National
Technical Information Service, and the Office of Space
Commercialization. She held a variety of positions from 1987 to
1999 at Intel, including Director of Emerging Technology in the
Microprocessor Sector Group at Intel Capital, where she led
technology assessments of emerging technologies, structured
strategic business alliances, and oversaw domestic and
international equity investments and/or acquisitions of high-tech
companies. Dr. Shavers holds a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, a
Ph.D. in Solid State Chemistry, both from Arizona State University,
and an Honorary Master's degree in Engineering Management from
California Polytechnic State University. She is also a practicing
registered Patent Agent with the Patent & Trademark Office of
the Department of Commerce. ATMI provides specialty materials and
high-purity materials handling and delivery solutions to the
worldwide semiconductor industry. For more information, please
visit atmi.com. Statements contained herein that relate to ATMI's
future performance, including, without limitation, statements with
respect to ATMI's anticipated results of operations or level of
business for 2006 or any other future period, are forward-looking
statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are based
on current expectations only and are subject to certain risks,
uncertainties, and assumptions, including, but not limited to,
changes in semiconductor industry growth (including, without
limitation, wafer starts) or ATMI's markets; competition, problems,
or delays developing and commercializing new products; problems or
delays in integrating acquired operations and businesses; and other
factors described in ATMI's filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. Such risks and uncertainties may cause actual
results to differ materially from those expressed in our
forward-looking statements. ATMI undertakes no obligation to update
any forward-looking statements.
Atmi Inc. (MM) (NASDAQ:ATMI)
Historical Stock Chart
From Jun 2024 to Jul 2024
Atmi Inc. (MM) (NASDAQ:ATMI)
Historical Stock Chart
From Jul 2023 to Jul 2024
Real-Time news about Atmi Inc. (MM) (NASDAQ): 0 recent articles
More ATMI, Inc. News Articles