Mike is currently Head of Strategic & Technical Marketing within the 200mm Equipment Product Group (EPG) at Applied Materials, Inc. His group is responsible for all aspects of product marketing and marketing communications for the EPG including identifying key device level technology inflections and translating those into roadmap requirements for the continued development of Mask, Solar Inspection and ≤200mm Semiconductor Equipment and Processes in support of More-than-Moore (MtM) device technologies.
With over 20 years of technology focused product and business development experience Mike brings to his role significant MEMS domain knowledge and technology commercialization expertise. Prior to joining Applied Materials Mike held various contributor level and senior leadership positions within the United States and Australia, working for technology focused companies that include Xerox Corp., PARC Inc., Australian Microelectronics Centre (AMC) and National ICT Australia (NICTA). His technical qualifications include B.Eng (Hons) in Microelectronic engineering, a PhD in MEMS design and fabrication and an MBA with dual majors in Marketing and Business Strategy. Mike has authored over 40 journal and conference publications and holds over 28 U.S. patents concerning various applications of MtM technology.