Sales Engineering
Resume:
Robert Preisser
Obere Straße **
Germany
And
Lohmeyerstrasse 18
Germany
Overview:
End of 2013 I retired from my active duty as global Vice President for ‘Semiconductor - and Nano- Technologies’ with
Atotech Germany as part of a ‘corporate early retirement program’ for executive managers.
However I continue to work as part time ‘adjunct professor’ for semiconductor and nano-scale engineering at the
‘Case Western Reserve University, school of engineering’ (CWRU) in Cleveland, OH, USA to share the work experience
generated in global business, management and engineering tasks over the past 40 years.
In 2014 I look for new professional challenges on full- or part- time base with the flexibility in the work place and in travelling.
A mission in education is preferred.
Profile:
In 2001 I joined Atotech in Berlin, Germany, after holding numerous technical- and management- positions with
IBM-Germany and IBM USA Semiconductor Technology Divisions (Vermont, VT and East Fishkill, NY) (1974 to
1994) and with the semiconductor material (chemistry) division of Merck, Darmstadt, Germany, until 2001.
Located at Atotech’s corporate headquarter in Berlin, Germany I managed the global activities in the new founded
division for 'process chemistries for metallizing semiconductor and nano-technology structures and devices'. The
responsibility included from scratch the definition and personal execution of the activities to build up a new business segment
for advanced chemistries within the company. Business plan development incl. the assessment and links between the new and
existing businesses, skill profile definition for the new, additional staffing for the different tasks, interview and recruitment of
scientists, commercial- and administrative- people, definition of R&D- tasks and time lines incl. cooperation's with external
partners for specific resources, the definition and execution of the marketing- and sales- activities tailored to the specific needs
of this industry and spread over 15 countries with customer companies acting in this field have been my major activities.
As specific task was In this time frame I initiated and executed the implementation of an 'Atotech nano-scale R&D center at the
‘College of 'Nano-scale Science and Engineering’ (CNSE) in Albany, NY, USA (2007) and an R&D cooperation (2010) for
electro-chemical- and organic polymer- chemistry research with the Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) in Cleveland
OH, USA. The task (incl. my personal assignment to the US- locations for ~4 years) was needed as the company infrastructure
was not able to support this R&D- activities for nano scale dimensions incl. the control of the required level of investments.
Both locations has been selected (out of 6) as they have already infrastructures of several billion US$ in place. The access to
this infrastructures including communication channels with skilled scientist has been defined in joint R&D contracts leading to
access to qualified infra-structures.
For both locations, all technical, commercial, recruitment and legal tasks (Germany/USA) were part of my responsibilities,
supported by an external legal office in New York. A total of 22 scientists are covering today the Atotech tasks in both facilities
capable to support the metallization chemistry development and the technical part for the commercial support.
Beside this R&D and commercial oriented tasks in the US a high purity chemistry pilot- and volume- production facility was
designed, build and qualified in Neuruppin, Germany in 2010. The goal was to support the volume production and logistics of
chemistries with specifications to the nano-gram scale incl. particle control to 0.1 µm. The logistic had been evaluated and
qualified to support this specifications on a global base and the 'in time deliveries' into the different countries. The associated
QA- concepts for this chemistries has been lifted up to or above international standards for both production and logistics. The
new facility was designed by myself based on know how generated in former tasks. This facility was for Atotech a major step
up and a significant challenge as purity- and QA- requirements of this industry differs much to the standard operation in the
company. International customer companies reviewed the facility and concluded that the concept is a leading edge in
comparison and an innovative solution in this field of chemistry production for today and the future needs.
Employment history:
Atotech was founded in 1920 by Schering AG in Berlin, Germany and since 1993 is wholly owned by the
French-based oil company TOTAL.
The company is one of the largest chemistry based metallization technology providers in the world with 4000
employees and about US $1 billion revenue and operates 14 technology and manufacturing centers around the
world. The Atotech metallization technologies and business areas are organized in terms of general metal
finishing, electronics, semiconductor and electronic materials divisions. The company offers chemistries,
plating equipment, including associated monitoring instruments and services for liquid based metallization’s.
Prior employer:
Prior to joining Atotech in Berlin Germany, I was associated with Merck Darmstadt as 'senior manager for high
purity chemical supply systems and products' incl. high purity chemical services (turn over ~35 million $ p.a.). In this
mission I managed the definition and construction activities of high chemistry infra- structure (several thousand kg scale) build
in 13 semiconductor fabricators around the globe (Germany, France, UK, Singapore, Malaysia, USA, Netherlands a.s.o.). The
system design and material selection followed the ITRS roadmap requirements for high and ultra- high chemistry purity to
support the yield management targets of the users. Each of this projects had a financial volume of 10 to 50 million US$.
On-site services in chemical handling and operation was also part of the offering where Merck employees supported the
customer chemical facility operation and logistics, supported from the technical center in Darmstadt. On-site teams between 1
and 12 people had been implemented.
In 1974 I joint IBM’s semiconductor division in Sindelfingen, Germany. In this time frame I was three times assigned to
the US (total of 4.5 years) to work on technical and management projects for IBM US facilities. From process development
(LP-CVD technology) to a R&D- cooperation between IBM and Siemens Halbleiter I covered technology interface missions
between IBM Burlington, VT, IBM East Fishkill, NY and Sindelfingen/Böblingen, Germany. Communality and processing
technology enhancements such as yield management has been the major tasks. IBM sold the Semiconductor activities in 1994
and I left.
Education and publication:
I hold degrees in business administration, chemical engineering (master degree) and in material science.
Participation in additional training classes included: Safety trainings, computer classes, marketing and sales trainings, finance-
and international legal- education as well as international employment rules and motivation.
I hold several national- and international- patents and more than 200 publications and presentations at international
conferences (e.g. ECS, SEMI- conferences and trade shows incl. corporate events) also with international published
magazines and books of the semiconductor- and nano-scale industry.
I live in Germany, hold an US- green card and I am flexible with my work place. My preferred field of activity is in
education or part time employment.
Robert Preisser (*.********@*******.***, mob. Phone: 017********)
Berlin, 01/27/2014
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