SECTION 5. Corporate Governance and Management
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Principal Officers
On November 28, 2007, the Company announced the appointment of Dr. Michael A.
Russak as a Director, effective November 26, 2007. A copy of the related press
release is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.
Dr. Michael A. Russak's professional resume is as follows:
EDUCATION
Rutgers University, College of Engineering, B.S., Ceramic Engineering, 1968
Rutgers University, College of Engineering, Ph.D., Ceramic/Materials Science,
1971
PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE:
Thirty five years industrial experience progressing from a research scientist to
senior executive officer.
Expertise in thin film materials and devices for magnetic recording,
photovoltaic, solar thermal applications, semiconductor devices as well as
glass, glass-ceramic and ceramic materials.
Over twelve years experience at the executive management level of public
companies with significant off shore development and manufacturing functions.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2007 - Present: Executive Director IDEMA-U.S. Responsibilities include oversight
of activities, programs and trade shows organized and sponsored by IDEMA, the
International Disk (Drive) Equipment and Materials Association. IDEMA is the HDD
industry trade association.
2001-2006: President and Chief Technical Officer, Komag, Inc. Responsibilities
include determining overall corporate business and technical direction,
extensive interaction with customer base and investment community, led team
investigating various diversification activities including single crystal and
thin film photovoltaic devices and thin film displays. Between 2002 and 2006,
the Komag more than tripled its production output, achieved record revenue,
profitability and EPS. Yearly revenue grew from < $200M in 2001 to $900M in
2006.
1998 - 2001: Executive Vice President and Chief Technical Officer, HMT
Technology Corporation. Principal in the merger activities between HMT and Komag
in 2000. Merger completed in October 2000. Responsible for technical direction
of HMT and product transfer to manufacturing.
1993 - 1998: Vice President of Research & Development; HMT Technology
Corporation. Responsible for overall technical direction of company, research on
emerging concepts and technologies and new product and process development.
Principal in the management a leveraged buy out and subsequent IPO of HMT in
1995-1996
1985 - 1993: IBM Corporation; various positions starting as a Research Staff
Member in the IBM TJ Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY and evolving
to a middle management position. Areas of management and individual contribution
included:
Materials and processes related to high density magnetic recording, micro
magnetic modeling of soft magnetic materials.
Investigation of advanced plasma deposition and diagnostic techniques including
low pressure sputter deposition, ion beam sputter deposition, ECR deposition and
etching and various plasma emission diagnostic techniques.
Application of advanced techniques to semiconductor devices for solar energy
conversion (photovoltaic), semiconductor device structures and packaging
applications.
1971-1985; Grumman Corporation, Bethpage, N.Y., Held positions of increasing
responsibilities up to rank of Senior Staff Scientist and Senior Program
Manager. Areas of management and individual contribution include:
Photovoltaic materials, devices and applications; Led a team of scientists,
engineers and business personnel in establishing a PV business base for Grumman
Energy Systems division of the company
Experience with photo electrochemical devices, all solid state devices; single
crystal Si and GaAs as well as thin film amorphous Si, II-VI compound and
chalcogenide base devices.
Magnetic thin films for RAM and other applications.
High-Energy Laser countermeasures program.
Fundamental research into melting and fining of glasses and glass ceramic
precursors in low gravity environment.
Thermal Protection Systems; study, characterization and development of closed
pore insulation material for reusable heat shields for re-entry vehicles.
PATENTS & PUBLICATIONS: 23 Patents 90+ Publications