Biography:
Bill Pierson is VP of Products and Strategy for Semiconductors and Manufacturing at KX, leading the growth of streaming data analytics in this vertical. Bill is also the chair for the SEMICON West Smart Manufacturing Conference and an active team member of the SEMI Americas Chapter. He has extensive experience in the semiconductor industry including working for Samsung, ASML and KLA. He has generated numerous publications and blogs and has several patents. Bill specializes in applications, analytics, and control. He lives in Austin and when not working can be found on the rock-climbing cliffs (see Patagonia_Climbing feed) or at his son’s soccer matches.