Stephen G. Newberry
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors
Lam Research

Stephen G. Newberry is vice chairman of the board of directors for Lam Research. He joined the Company in August 1997 as executive vice president and chief operating officer and was promoted to the position of president and chief operating officer in July 1998. In June 2005, he was named president and chief executive officer, and in December 2010, he was named vice chairman of the board of directors. In addition to serving as a director of Lam Research, Mr. Newberry is a director of Nanometrics and Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI), the industry’s trade association. He also serves as a member of the Haas Advisory Board, Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley and its Dean’s Advisory Council, and University of California at Davis Graduate School of Management. Prior to joining Lam Research, Mr. Newberry was group vice president of global operations and planning at Applied Materials, Inc. Mr. Newberry served five years in naval aviation prior to joining Applied Materials. He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and Harvard Graduate School of Business.