, Marketing Director, Etch Products,

 

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Dr. Dave Thomas is Marketing Director for SPTS Technologies’ etch products. He is responsible for SPTS’s etch product line, including all aspects of marketing, product positioning and the provision of support to the worldwide sales team.

 

After completing his BSc in Chemistry in 1983 at Leeds University, he went on to the University of Bristol, where he obtained an MSc in Surface Chemistry and, a Ph.D. in Plasma Etching & Deposition. Dr. Thomas worked for Philips Components on silicon wafer processing, and Nortel Networks as a Principal Research Engineer in various areas of designing, manufacturing and testing of laser diodes.

 

He joined SPTS (the former Electrotech Equipment Ltd.) in 1994 as a process engineer in physical vapour deposition (PVD) before becoming PVD technology manager, Japan in 1996. He took up his first marketing position as product marketing manager for etch products in 1997 and subsequently promoted to Marketing Director for etch products in 2008.

 

Dr. Thomas actively participates, and presents widely on etch and deposition technologies at global conferences. He has also authored over 30 technical articles and papers.