Technology >> CEO Interviews >> July 29, 1999

Ernest L. Godshalk – Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates Inc (vsea)

VP and CFO, Ernest L. Godshalk joined Varian Associates as VP, finance of the Semiconductor Equipment Business in 1998. Prior to joining the company, he was managing director of Elgin Management Group (an investment company), a position he held from 1993 to 1996 and again in 1998. Mr. Godshalk was chief financial officer and secretary of Prodigy, Inc. from 1996 to 1998. Profile
President & CEO, Richard A. Aurelio joined Varian Associates in 1991 from a position as executive vice president of Holland's ASM Lithography, where he was also president of its U.S. affiliate. He was hired as president of the Semiconductor Equipment Business in 1991 and was elevated to executive vice president of Varian Associates in 1992. He became President and CEO of Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates at the time of its spinout from Varian Associates in April 1999. Profile
TWST: Could we start out by you giving us a brief overview of Varian

Semiconductor Equipment Associates the company's history, products,

services, customers, those kinds of things, please?

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