ADE Corporation Appoints Brian James as New CFO.Business/Technology Editors WESTWOOD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 23, 2000 ADE Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ADEX ADEX Athens Derivatives Exchange (Athens, Greece) ADEX Air Defense Exercise ADEX Advertisement Expenditure ADEX Asociaciã³n de Exportadores (Peru) ) announced today that Brian James will be the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO See Chief Financial Officer. ). James will report directly to the CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and will be responsible for leading ADE Corporation's business activities from its corporate headquarters in Westwood, MA. Key areas of responsibility include management and direction of company-wide financial activities and financial operations, overseeing information technology, strategic planning, investor relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. , corporate governance and compliance, risk management and taxation. He will serve as the Corporation's primary liaison to the financial and investment community. Most recently, James served as CFO of two privately owned companies: CCT CCT Circuit CCT Commission Canadienne du Tourisme (Canadian Tourism Commission) CCT Correlated Color Temperature CCT Common Customs Tariff (EU) CCT Certificate of Completion of Training Inc. in Bedford, NH, where he served as Executive VP and CFO, and Aerostructures Corporation in Nashville, TN, where he worked as corporate VP and CFO. He has over 26 years of financial and operational experience, previously working at large companies such as Ford Motor Company, where he was part of the finance staff, Allied Signal, where he served in manufacturing operations, and Textron, where he served as group controller for the multi billion dollar aerospace technology segment. He holds a BA degree from the University of Vermont and an MS degree in finance from the University of Massachusetts The system includes UMass Amherst, UMass Boston, UMass Dartmouth (affiliated with Cape Cod Community College), UMass Lowell, and the UMass Medical School. It also has an online school called UMassOnline. . "We are proud to have attracted an executive of Brian's caliber to join our management team," said Robert Abbe, CEO of ADE. "His strong financial and operational background in combination with his years of high-tech experience will be extremely beneficial for ADE." ADE Corporation is a leading supplier of metrology and inspection systems for the silicon wafer and computer disk manufacturing industries. The Company's systems analyze and report product quality at critical manufacturing process steps and provide quality certification data that is relied upon by semiconductor and computer disk manufacturers. The Company's systems also are used in the fabrication of integrated circuits. |
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