Jong S. Whang - President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Jong S. Whang has been President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of the Company since its inception in 1981, and was one of its founders. Mr. Whang’s responsibilities include the sales effort for our semiconductor equipment business and the development of new products and business opportunities in that industry. He has 33 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, including time spent in both processing and manufacturing of equipment components and systems. From 1973 until 1979, he was employed by Siltronics, Inc., initially as a technician working with chemical vapor deposition, and later as manager of the quartz fabrication plant with responsibility of providing technical marketing support. From 1979 until 1981, he was employed by U.S. Quartz, Inc. as manufacturing manager. In 1981, he left U.S. Quartz to form the Company.

Alfred W. Giese - Director
Alfred W. Giese is founder and senior partner of International Business Consultants and currently serves as acting President and General Manager of Sea Fare Foods Corp., a Kansas City, Missouri-based Company. From 1998 to 2001, he was the Vice President, Sales for Silicon Valley Group (SVG) with responsibility for both Asia and Europe. From 2001 to 2006, Mr. Giese was active in International Business Consultants with emphasis on sales and marketing for Aviza Technology Corporation, a semiconductor equipment manufacturer. He subsequently assembled and managed a sales and marketing team for Epion Corporation, a high technology equipment manufacturing company which was recently acquired by TEL (Tokyo Electron Ltd). Mr. Giese has a degree in International Business from the Industriehochschule in Essen, Germany.

Robert F. King - Director
Robert F. King has been a Director of the Company since May 2003. Since 1989, Mr. King has been President of King Associates, which provides consulting services to equipment companies serving the semiconductor and flat panel display industries. He currently serves on the advisory board of a privately-held company, which provides equipment to the flat panel display industry. From 1968 to 1988, Mr. King was employed at Varian Associates, where he served in various marketing positions, including Vice President of Marketing for the Semiconductor Equipment Division. Mr. King also served on the Board of Directors of Varian’s joint venture semiconductor equipment companies located in Korea and Japan.

Michael Garnreiter - Director
Michael Garnreiter is currently a managing member of Rising Sun Restaurant Group LLC. He serves on the boards of directors of Taser International, a manufacturer of non-lethal protection devices, and Knight Transportation Company, a nationwide truckload transportation company. From 2002 to 2006, Mr. Garnreiter was CFO of Main Street Restaurant Group, a publicly traded restaurant operating company, and from 1976 to 2002, he was a senior audit partner of Arthur Andersen LLP. He graduated from California State University Long Beach with a B.S. in Accounting and Business Administration. Mr. Garnreiter is a Certified Public Accountant.

Brian L. Hoekstra - Director
Brian L. Hoekstra is Founder, President & CEO of Applied Photonics, Inc., a leading laser solutions provider for the flat panel display industry. He has more than 25 years of professional experience including corporate management, strategic planning and business development, as well as extensive technical expertise that includes lasers, optics and electronic materials. He was previously V.P. of Technology at Accudyne Corporation and Project Scientist on the U.S. Display Consortium (USDC) sponsored laser glass separation project. He was also Founder and deputy Director of a NASA Commercial Center focused on Electronic and Optical Materials Processing in Space. Mr. Hoekstra a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy and was a pilot with the 64th Flying Training Wing. He qualified for the manned space flight program in 1988.