Rudolph Takes On Michael Jost To Front Inspection
New Jersey based Rudolph Technologies has appointed Michael Jost as vice president and general manager of the Company's Inspection Business Unit.
Jost has over 20 years of experience with scientific products, initially in development, and most recently as vice president and general manager of the Molecular Spectroscopy Business Unit at Thermo Fisher Scientific.
He joined Rudolph in April 2012 as supply chain vice president and will assume general manager responsibilities immediately. Jost replaces Nathan Little who will remain with Rudolph working on special corporate-wide growth initiatives at the Company's headquarters in New Jersey.
"The inspection business continues to exceed expectations and now accounts for 60 percent of our total revenue," points out Paul McLaughlin, chairman and chief executive officer. "In addition to managing a broad product portfolio for both front- and back-end semiconductor manufacturing, Mike will lead the research and development of Rudolph's next-generation inspection solutions -a critical, ongoing effort that is required to address today's diverse and emerging process requirements. In addition, he will oversee the Company's centralised manufacturing operations located in Bloomington, Minnesota."
Jost holds a B.S. in physics/mathematics from St. John's University and a PhD in materials science/chemical engineering from the University of Minnesota.
Rudolph Technologies designs, develops and manufactures defect inspection, process control metrology, and data analysis systems and software used by semiconductor device manufacturers worldwide. The company's yield management solutions are used in both the wafer processing and final manufacturing of ICs, as well as in emerging markets such as FPD, LED and solar.
