View PDFSan Jose, Calif., January 16, 2006 Novellus Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq NM: NVLS), the productivity and technology leader in advanced process equipment for the global semiconductor industry, today named Andrew Goh, 38, president of its Southeast Asia operations. Mr. Goh, previously deputy president for Southeast Asia, replaces John Bowers, who has returned to the United States to manage other sales activities for the company.
Based in Singapore, Mr. Goh will be responsible for directing all of Novellus' sales processes including developing customer-specific sales strategies and forecasting product demand for product lines and major/strategic accounts in Novellus' Southeast Asia region, consisting of Singapore, Malaysia, India and Australia.
"Andrew brings a wealth of semiconductor equipment knowledge, experience and customer insight to his new role," said Tom Caulfield, Novellus' executive vice president of sales, marketing and customer satisfaction. "I'm confident he will continue to grow our business with our key clients in Southeast Asia."
"At a time when the importance of Southeast Asia in semiconductor manufacturing is accelerating, and market momentum is strong, this promotion and the opportunity to work more closely with customers is truly an honor," said Mr. Goh. "Novellus has a strong and cohesive team in place to help us develop and deepen relationships with customers in the region."
Prior to being named president of Novellus' Southeast Asia operations, Mr. Goh was deputy president of the region. In that role, he managed all functions for Novellus' Southeast Asia region, including sales, customer satisfaction, process support, finance and administration. With more than 12 years of engineering, operations, sales and marketing experience, he was previously regional sales and marketing director for Veeco Asia, where he was responsible for business development in Asia. Prior to joining Veeco, he spent almost eight years at Applied Materials South East Asia Pte Ltd, where he held various positions in sales, marketing, product management, key account management and business operations. He has also held engineering positions at AST elektronik Ltd and AMD Pte Ltd.
Mr. Goh received his bachelor's degree in electronic engineering from the University of Sheffield, UK; a graduate diploma in marketing from the Marketing Institute of Singapore; and a diploma in electrical engineering from Ngee Ann Polytechnic in Singapore.
About Novellus:
Novellus Systems, Inc., an S&P 500 company, manufactures, markets and services advanced deposition, ultraviolet thermal processing (UVTP), surface preparation and chemical mechanical planarization equipment for today's advanced integrated circuits. Our products are designed for high-volume production of advanced, leading-edge semiconductor devices at the lowest possible cost. Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., with subsidiaries throughout the United States, as well as in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Ireland, Israel, Italy, India, China, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan, we are a publicly traded company on the Nasdaq stock exchange (Nasdaq: NVLS). Additional information about Novellus is available on our home page at www.novellus.com.
"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including the statements regarding the growth of Novellus' business in Southeast Asia and the strength of market momentum; as well as other matters discussed in this news release that are not purely historical data. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the unexpected loss of major or strategic accounts in Southeast Asia and adverse economic developments that affect semiconductor manufacturing in Southeast Asia; as well as other risks indicated in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). For more details, please refer to our SEC filings and the amendments thereto, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K and 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2004, our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and 10-Q/A for the quarters ended July 2, 2005, April 2, 2005 and October 1, 2005 and our Current Reports on Form 8-K. Forward-looking statements are made and based on information available to us on the date of this press release, and we assume no obligation to update them.