DOUGLAS DALE LEFEVER
Managing Executive Officer, Advantest Corporation
President & CEO, Advantest America Inc
President and CEO of Advantest America, Inc., Lefever is also a Managing Executive Officer of Advantest Corporation. With a background in engineering, Doug joined the company in 1998, holding pivotal roles in R&D and Business Development across all of Advantest’s Test & Measurement related product lines as well as Advantest’s front-end Nanotechnology products. Prior to being named President, Doug was the company’s EVP and principal strategist for semiconductor testers and corporate business development. Doug holds a B.S.E. from The University of Michigan, a M.S.E from The University of Texas, and an M.B.A. from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.