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Sipex Adds Zhang to Oversee Transfer to Asian Foundry

May 07, 2006 by Jeff Shepard

Sipex Corporation has appointed Dr. Zhe Zhang to the position of Vice President and General Manager of Wafer Foundry Operations. In this newly created position, Dr. Zhang will oversee the transfer of wafer fabrication manufacturing from Milpitas, California to foundry partners in Asia, and manage foundry operations on an ongoing basis.

Dr. Zhang comes to Sipex with over ten years of related semiconductor experience. In his most recent assignment with Jazz Semiconductor, Zhang served as the general manager and director of the board of their China operations. In this role he established and managed their foundry business and built a technical and operations team in China, managed technology transfer, product qualification and fab operation metrics.

"We are very pleased to have someone with Dr. Zhang's level of experience join our team," said Joel Camarda, Senior Vice President of Operations at Sipex. "He brings a wealth of experience that we feel will assist in our transition to a fabless company."

Dr. Zhang holds a Ph.D from Harvard University and a post-doctoral fellowship with MIT.