Technology >> CEO Interviews >> April 26, 1999

Richard S. Hill – Novellus Systems Inc (nvls)

Richard S. Hill has been Novellus' Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors since December 1993. He was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors in May 1996. From 1981 to 1993, Mr. Hill was employed by Tektronix, Inc., an electronics company, where he held such positions as President of the Tektronix Development Company, Vice President of the Test and Measurement Group and President of Tektronix Components Corporation. Prior to Tektronix, he held engineering management positions at General Electric, Motorola and Hughes Aircraft Company. Mr. Hill holds a Bachelor's degree in Engineering from the University of Illinois and a Master's degree in Business Administration from Syracuse University. Profile
TWST: Can you give us a quick overview and a little bit of the history

of Novellus, just to kind of set the stage for the readers?

Mr. Hill: Novellus was founded in 1984 with the express