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18 May 2009

 

GaN-on-Si epi foundry Azzurro appoints VP Operations

Epiwafer foundry Azzurro Semiconductors AG of Magdeburg, Germany, which provides gallium nitride on large-diameter (50-150mm) substrates (including silicon) for LED, high-voltage and high-frequency applications, has recruited Dr Markus Sickmöller as vice president Operations.

Picture: Dr Markus Sickmöller.

In more than 15 years in the semiconductor industry, Sickmöller has held various engineering and executive functions worldwide. Before joining Azzurro, Sickmöller was senior director Production at Qimonda Taiwan, assigned to Inotera Memories Inc as part of their top management team. As VP Front-end Technology he was responsible for technology synchronization and technology transfer between sites in various global locations as well as overall technical responsibility for the global front-end manufacturing sites of Infineon Memory Products.

He also held management positions in Assembly & Test in Germany as manager of the backend facility in Dresden and as worldwide responsible Test Cluster Manager located in Malaysia.

By joining Azzurro, Sickmöller is returning to the area of his academic background of optoelectronics, which he studied at the Technical University of Braunschweig and completed with his doctorate at the University of Ulm.

“Markus’ experience in running large-volume 200mm and 300mm production facilities is precisely what Azzurro requires on its expansion path - enabling large-area GaN wafers for LED and high-voltage products,” says CEO Erwin Wolf.

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