Technology >> CEO Interviews >> November 10, 2003

Ernest Godshalk – Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates Inc (vsea)

ERNEST L. GODSHALK has served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc., since February 2001 and as Chief Financial Officer from 1999 to 2001. Mr. Godshalk was the Vice President of Finance in 1998 for Varian Associates' semiconductor equipment business before it spun out as a separate entity to form Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc., in 1999. Prior to joining Varian Associates, he was Managing Director of an investment company, Elgin Management Group, a position he held from 1993 to 1996 and again in 1998. Mr. Godshalk also was Chief Financial Officer and Secretary for the Internet company Prodigy, Inc., from 1996 to 1998. Mr. Godshalk has a Bachelor's degree from Yale University and an MBA degree from Harvard Business School. Profile
TWST: Would you begin with a capsule summary of Varian Semiconductor

Equipment Associates?

Mr. Godshalk: We are a manufacturer of ion implantation equipment used

for making semiconductors. We