Don Tran, Co-Founder, President & CEO
Don Tran is a 20 year veteran of the Semiconductor equipment industry with
over 15 years of leadership experience managing product development, global sales
and marketing operations. Prior to co-founding GES,
he had co-founded Twinstar Systems in 2004 and Speedworks Software in 2002 and had
been Vice President at Mattson, Semitool, SVG, and Watkins Johnson. Don received
his MS in Engineering from San Jose State University and his M.B.A. from Pepperdine
University, George L. Graziadio School of Business and Management.
Dr. Dan Maydan – Former president of Applied Materials.
Dr. Maydan is known as the industry visionary with 4 decades of leadership experiences
in Semiconductor manufacturing and equipment industry. Under his leadership, Applied
Materials became the world's #1 semiconductor equipment manufacturer. He is
granted 188 patents, "Life time achievement award" from SEMI, and SV Engineering
Hall of Fame. Dr. Maydan is currently on the board of directors of several high
tech companies in US and Israel including Ponte Solutions, INNI, Cambrio, Drexter
Technology, Infinera, EFI, and Solyndra
Dr. Henry H. Nguyen – Managing General Partner, IDG Ventures Vietnam.
Prior to joining IDG Ventures, Henry held positions at Goldman Sachs and was a co-founder
of VITC Telecommunications, Vine Quality Hospitality Group, S2S Medical Publishing,
and Medschool.com. Henry is on the Board of the Vietnam Strategic Venture Network
and previously was a Governor of the American Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam. He
also serves on the Board of iSphere Software, Punch Entertainment, DreamViet, Vega
Technology Group, and VinaPay. Henry received a B.A. in Classics at Harvard University
and his M.D. and M.B.A. from Northwestern University and the Kellogg School of Management.
Julien Nguyen, Chairman - General Partner IT Farm Venture.
Julien has 25 years of operational entrepreneur and early stage information investment
experiences. Julien found AMAT venture in 2001 and Concept Venture in 2005. He was
a founder or was part of founding team of four successful start-ups. He sits on
the board of Envision, Grandis, ZillionTV, Takumi, and Sigma Design (Nasdaq: SIGM).
Julien received a MS degree from Ecole Poly Polytechnique Paris, France.
Mr. Robert MacKnight III - CEO - Reno Sub-Systems
Mr. MacKnight's distinguished career in the semiconductor equipment industry has
spanned over 30 years. Most recently, he was President & CEO of Crossing Automation,
a venture backed company where he managed an impressive turnaround, then successfully
sold to Brooks Automation. Prior to Crossing, he was President and COO of Mattson
Technology (NASDAQ: MTSN). He also served as 'C' level and senior executive at other
public and private companies including Watkins Johnson, Eaton, Cymer, Microbar,
Peak Systems and Markem. He has served on the Boards of several companies including
Aktis Corporation, Silicon Valley Technology Center, Crossing Automation and Astute
Networks.
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