Technology >> CEO Interviews >> May 10, 2004

MICHAEL PARODI – TEGAL CORPORATION (TGAL)

MICHAEL L. PARODI joined Tegal Corporation as Director, President and Chief Executive Officer in December 1997 and assumed the additional role of Chairman of the Board in March 1999. During his 30-year career in the semiconductor and capital equipment industries, Mr. Parodi served as Chairman and CEO of Semiconductor Systems Inc. and in senior management and operational roles for high technology manufacturing, engineering and new product introductions with companies such as General Signal Corporation, Signetics, Raytheon, Fairchild Semiconductor and National Semiconductor. He is a member of the Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International Board of Directors. Profile
TWST: Please give us a brief history and an overview of Tegal.

Mr. Parodi: Tegal was founded in 1972 and went public in 1995. We

invented single wafer etch technology for semiconductor