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About the speaker:
Dr. Mark R. Pinto is the chief technology officer, senior vice president and general manager of the New Business and New Products Group at Applied Materials. Appointed to this role in January 2004, Dr. Pinto is responsible for Applied’s technology direction, its advanced R&D programs and for developing new business opportunities. His group includes several high-growth businesses, including equipment and services for the flat panel display industry, as well as, the company’s 2006 entry into the solar photovoltaic equipment market. He also is responsible for Applied’s IP licensing business and serves as Chairman of Applied’s Venture Investment Committee.
Previously, Dr. Pinto spent 19 years with Bell Laboratories and the Lucent Microelectronics Group, later to become Agere Systems. His most recent assignments had been as vice president and general manager of a network product IC division and as chief technology officer where he led all central IC and optoelectronics R&D. He was named a Bell Labs Fellow, the company’s highest technical honor, for his contributions to semiconductor devices and simulation.
Dr. Pinto received bachelor's degrees from Rensselear Polytechnic Institute and a master's degree and Ph.D. from Stanford University. As part of his doctoral work, he developed the device simulator PISCES-II, which was a standard tool in the industry for many years. Dr. Pinto has authored or co-authored more than 150 papers and has nine patents. He has been active in industry consortia including serving on the board of directors of Semiconductor Research Corporation and the Technology Strategy Committee of the Semiconductor Industry Association. He is also a Fellow of the IEEE and served as an Adjunct Professor at Yale University.
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Mark Pinto
Applied Materials