Novellus Names Seasoned High-Tech Leader to Board of Directors; Lucent's William R. Spivey elected.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 25, 1998--Novellus Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:NVLS NVLS Novellus Systems (stock symbol) ), the productivity and innovation leader in thin film deposition Placing thin films of material onto metal, ceramic or semiconductor substrates. See sputtering. technologies for the global semiconductor industry, today announced the election of William R. Spivey, Ph.D., 51, to its board of directors. Dr. Spivey, group president of Lucent Technologies' Network Products Group (Murray Hill Murray Hill may refer to one of the following places:
Commenting on the board changes, Novellus' Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Richard S. Hill stated, "Joe Van Poppelen has been an outstanding board member over the last five years. His marketing and sales knowledge helped shape the future of Novellus." Hill continued, "While we are sorry to see him leave, we are pleased to have someone of Dr. Spivey's caliber come on board." "Dr. Spivey's experience managing multibillion-dollar companies will be helpful as Novellus manages its growth over the next few years. Novellus is at the forefront of a fundamental change in metallurgy technology for the semiconductor industry. Our board members will act as a management resource as the company leads the industry into the copper age. Dr. Spivey's strong leadership skills as well as his technical and financial experience will prove invaluable as we strive to help our customers attain smaller, faster, cheaper ICs with greater processing capabilities," said Hill. Spivey has more than 27 years of managerial experience in high-volume, high-technology and electronic-oriented businesses. At Lucent Technologies since 1997, Spivey is directly responsible for the company's network products organization, with approximately 15,000 employees and $4 billion in revenues. Prior to Lucent, Spivey served for three years as the vice president of AT&T Corp.'s Microelectronics Systems and Components Group in Basking Ridge, N.J. From 1992 to 1994, he was president of Tektronix Development Co. (Wilsonville, Ore.) and vice president of the company's Business Alliances Group. Spivey also spent 13 years in various executive and managerial positions at Honeywell, Inc. in Minneapolis. Spivey holds a bachelor's degree in physics from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, a master's degree master's degree n. An academic degree conferred by a college or university upon those who complete at least one year of prescribed study beyond the bachelor's degree. Noun 1. in physics from Indiana University Indiana University, main campus at Bloomington; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1820 as a seminary, opened 1824. It became a college in 1828 and a university in 1838. The medical center (run jointly with Purdue Univ. in Indiana, Pa. and a doctorate in administration and management from Walden University Walden University is a private, for-profit, specialized distance learning institution of higher learning. Headquartered in the Mills District in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Walden University embraces a post-baccalaureate educational system. in Minneapolis. About Novellus Systems Novellus Systems develops, manufactures, sells, and services semiconductor equipment used in the fabrication of integrated circuits. It is a leading supplier of chemical vapor deposition (CVD), physical vapor deposition (PVD), electrochemical deposition (ECD), chemical mechanical Novellus Systems, Inc. manufactures, markets and services advanced automated wafer fabrication systems for the deposition of thin films. Novellus deposition systems are designed for high-volume production of advanced, leading-edge semiconductors at the lowest overall cost. Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., with subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the Netherlands, China, Japan, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan, Novellus is a publicly traded company publicly traded company A company whose shares of common stock are held by the public and are available for purchase by investors. The shares of publicly traded firms are bought and sold on the organized exchanges or in the over-the-counter market. on the Nasdaq stock exchange (Nasdaq:NVLS). Additional information about the company is available on Novellus' home page on the World Wide Web, located at http://www.novellus.com
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