Executive Officers
Yuval Wasserman
President, Chief Executive Officer
A 30-year veteran of semiconductor and electronics industries, Yuval Wasserman has been with Advanced Energy since August 2007. Having joined as senior vice president of sales, marketing, and service, he was promoted several times, most recently to president and chief executive officer in September 2014. Under his leadership, the company has diversified and grown significantly through a variety of strategic new products and acquisitions.
Previously, Mr. Wasserman served as president and chief executive officer of Tevet Process Control Technologies Ltd., a semiconductor metrology company. Prior to that, he held senior executive and management positions at Boxer Cross, Inc., a metrology company that was acquired by Applied Materials; Fusion Systems, a plasma strip company that was a division of Axcelis Technologies, Inc.; and AG Associates, a semiconductor capital equipment company focused on rapid thermal processing.
Mr. Wasserman started his career at National Semiconductor, Inc., where he held various engineering and management positions. He currently serves as a director of Syncroness, Inc. Mr. Wasserman has a BS degree in chemical engineering from Ben Gurion University in Israel, and he studied business at the AeA/Stanford University Executive Institute.
Tom McGimpsey joined Advanced Energy in April of 2009. He initially served as the vice president and general counsel, and, after several promotions, now serves as the executive vice president, chief financial officer, and general counsel. Additionally, Mr. McGimpsey was the executive vice president of corporate development from 2011-2015 and managed IT functions from 2010-2013.
Prior to joining Advanced Energy, Mr. McGimpsey was the vice president of operations for First Data Corporation, executive vice president of business development and chief legal officer at McDATA Corporation, and was a senior corporate attorney at US WEST, Inc. He also worked at many national law firms in private practice and was a senior engineer for Software Technology, Inc.
Mr. McGimpsey received his MBA from Colorado State University (with honors), his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Colorado, and his BS degree in Computer Science (with a minor in electrical systems) from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Mr. McGimpsey is a commissioner on the State of Colorado Higher Education Commission and is on the Board of Directors of CPP, Inc., a leading wind and air quality engineering company. He also is on the boards of several international companies affiliated with Advanced Energy and is a NACD Leadership Fellow.
Board of Directors
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Frederick A. Ball » (1,2,4) |
54 |
2008 |
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Frederick A. Ball is the chief financial officer of Marketo, a leading provider of a cloud-based marketing platform, a position he has held since May 2011. Prior to Marketo, Mr. Ball was the chief financial officer of Webroot Software, a leading provider of software security solutions, a position he had held from June 2008 to April 2011. From August 2004 to November 2007, Mr. Ball was the senior vice president and chief financial officer of BigBand Networks, a provider of digital video networking platforms. From September 2003 until May 2004, Mr. Ball served as chief operating officer of CallTrex Corporation, a provider of customer service solutions. Prior to his employment with CallTrex, he was employed with Borland Software Corporation, a provider of enterprise software development solutions, from September 1999 until July 2003. Prior to his employment with Borland, Mr. Ball served as vice president, mergers and acquisitions for KLA-Tencor, a supplier of process control and yield management solutions for the semiconductor and related microelectronics industries, and prior to that as its vice president of finance. Mr. Ball was an accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers for over 10 years. Mr. Ball has been a director of Electro Scientific Industries, Inc., a publicly held technology company, since 2003 and is a member of its audit committee.
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Grant H. Beard » (2,3,4) |
56 |
2014 |
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Grant H. Beard has been a director of Advanced Energy since 2014 and was appointed chairman of the board in May 2016. Mr. Beard has served as chairman, president, and CEO of Wolverine Advanced Materials LLC since July 2012. From October 2010 to June 2012, Mr. Beard served as president and chief executive officer of Constar International, Inc. From February 2009 to September 2010, Mr. Beard was an operating partner and principal at Anderson Group, a private equity/merchant banking group. From March 2001 to January 2009, Mr. Beard served as president and chief executive officer of Trimas Corporation and served as a director from June 2002 to January 2009. From August 2000 to March 2001, Mr. Beard was president, chief executive officer, and chairman of HealthMedia, Inc. From January 1996 to August 2000, he was president of the Preferred Technical Group of Dana Corporation, a manufacturer of tubular fluid routing products sold to vehicle manufacturers. He served as vice president of sales, marketing, and corporate development for Echlin, Inc., before the acquisition of Echlin by Dana in late 1998. Mr. Beard has experience at two private equity/merchant banking groups, Anderson Group and Oxford Investment Group, where he was actively involved in corporate development, strategy, and operations management.
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Ron Foster » (1,2,4) |
66 |
2014 |
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Ron Foster has over 25 years of financial management and operations experience. Mr. Foster has been the chief financial officer and vice president of finance of Micron Technology, Inc. since 2008, when he was appointed to the role after serving as a member of Micron's board of directors from 2004 to 2005. Before joining Micron, Mr. Foster was the chief financial officer and senior vice president of FormFactor, Inc., a semiconductor wafer test equipment company. Prior to FormFactor, he served as the chief financial officer for JDS Uniphase, Inc. and Novell, Inc. and in various financial and operational roles at Applied Materials, Egghead Software, and Hewlett-Packard. He currently serves as a director of Inotera Memories, Inc. and has also been a director of LUXIM Corporation. Mr. Foster holds a BA in economics from Whitman College and an MBA from the University of Chicago.
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Edward C. Grady » (2,3) |
69 |
2008 |
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Edward C. Grady is currently president and chief executive officer and a director at Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. (ESI), a supplier of laser-based micro-fabrication systems for consumer products, semiconductor, and industrial applications, having assumed the position of president and chief executive officer in February 2014. He has been a member of the board of directors at ESI since 2010. He served as chairman and chief executive officer of Reel Solar, an early stage start-up company focused on low-cost PV solar panel production technology and process, from 2010 until February 2014. Mr. Grady retired in October 2007 from his position as president and chief executive officer of Brooks Automation, a publicly held provider of automation solutions to the global semiconductor and other complex manufacturing industries, including clean tech and data storage. Prior to joining Brooks Automation in February 2003, he ran multiple divisions at KLA-Tencor, a publicly held process control company, and had served as chief executive officer of Hoya Micro Mask Inc., a supplier of photo masks and services to the semiconductor industry. Mr. Grady began his career as an engineer for Monsanto/MEMC and, during his 14 years with the company, rose to the position of vice president of worldwide sales for EPI, a division of MEMC. Mr. Grady also served on the board of directors of Brooks Automation from 2003 to 2008, Evergreen Solar, Inc. from 2005 to 2011, and Verigy Ltd. From 2007 to 2011.
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Thomas M. Rohrs » (1,2) |
66 |
2006 |
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Thomas M. Rohrs has served as chairman of the board of Ichor Systems since June 2013. Previously, he was the chief executive officer of Skyline Solar, a solar equipment manufacturer, from June 2010 to September 2012. Mr. Rohrs had been an advisor and consultant to a number of companies, both public and private, including renewable energy companies from February 2009 to June 2010. From April 2006 to February 2009, Mr. Rohrs served as chief executive officer and chairman of the board of Electroglas, Inc., a then public supplier of wafer probers and software solutions for the semiconductor industry. In July 2009, Electroglas filed a voluntary petition under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, citing the dramatic decline in semiconductor manufacturing equipment resulting from the global economic recession. In August 2009, Mr. Rohrs began serving as interim chief executive officer of Electroglas, which subsequently has sold substantially all of its assets. From December 2004 to March 2010, Mr. Rohrs served as a director of Electroglas. From 1997 to 2002, Mr. Rohrs was with Applied Materials, Inc., a semiconductor equipment company, most recently as senior vice president of global operations, and served as a member of Applied’s executive committee. Mr. Rohrs serves on the board of directors of Foliage Systems, a product development company; Vignani Technologies Pvt. Ltd., an engineering services company; Intevac, Inc., a publicly held leading supplier of magnetic media processing systems; and Ichor Systems, a private technology equipment provider. Mr. Rohrs served on the board of directors of Magma Design Automation, Inc., a publicly held electronic design automation software and design services company, from July 2003 to March 2012. Mr. Rohrs served on the board of Seque Manufacturing Services, a private manufacturing services company, from 2008 to 2012. Mr. Rohrs served on the board of directors of Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. from 2003 to 2008 and was a member of its compensation and nominating committees. Mr. Rohrs served as a director of Ion Systems, Inc., a then private electrostatic control company, from 2003 until January 2006 when Ion Systems was sold.
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John A. Roush |
52 |
2016 |
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John A. Roush was appointed as chief executive officer and board member to GSI Group Inc. (“GSI Group”) on December 14, 2010. Mr. Roush joined GSI Group after a twelve-year career with PerkinElmer, Inc. (“PerkinElmer”), a provider of technology and services to the diagnostics, research, environmental, safety and security, industrial, and laboratory services markets, where he was a corporate officer and served in several leadership positions. Prior to joining PerkinElmer, Mr. Roush held management positions with Outboard Marine Corporation; AlliedSignal, Inc., now Honeywell International; McKinsey & Company Inc.; and General Electric. Mr. Roush also serves as a director of Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. (NASDAQ:LMAT), a global provider of medical devices and implants for the treatment of peripheral vascular disease, and as a member of its audit committee. Mr. Roush holds a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from Tufts University and an MBA from Harvard University.
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Yuval Wasserman » |
62 |
2014 |
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A 30-year veteran of semiconductor and electronics industries, Yuval Wasserman has been with Advanced Energy since August 2007. Having joined as senior vice president of sales, marketing, and service, he was promoted several times, most recently to president and chief executive officer in September 2014. Under his leadership, the company has diversified and grown significantly through a variety of strategic new products and acquisitions. Previously, Mr. Wasserman served as president and chief executive officer of Tevet Process Control Technologies Ltd., a semiconductor metrology company. Prior to that, he held senior executive and management positions at Boxer Cross, Inc., a metrology company that was acquired by Applied Materials; Fusion Systems, a plasma strip company that was a division of Axcelis Technologies, Inc.; and AG Associates, a semiconductor capital equipment company focused on rapid thermal processing. Mr. Wasserman started his career at National Semiconductor, Inc., where he held various engineering and management positions. He currently serves as a director of Syncroness, Inc. Mr. Wasserman has a BS degree in chemical engineering from Ben Gurion University in Israel, and he studied business at the AeA/Stanford University Executive Institute.
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(1) Member of the Audit and Finance Committee.
(2) Member of the Nominating and Governance Committee.
(3) Member of the Compensation Committee.
(4) Member of the Pricing Committee
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