News Release from: Cimetrix
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 7 January 2005

Two new VPs for Cimetrix

After posting three consecutive quarters of profit and on track for a profitable 2004, Cimetrix is strengthening its executive team and realigning two key departments to support growth in 2005.

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After posting three consecutive quarters of profit and on track for a profitable 2004, Cimetrix is strengthening its executive team and realigning two key departments to support growth in 2005. The moves are designed to ensure the company continues to provide 'passionate support' to its customer base in the areas of standard product technical support and delivery of custom software services while simultaneously accelerating new product development activities in high growth areas. Essential to this strategy are two key executive management appointments.

First, Kourosh Vahdani, a 20-year semiconductor industry veteran, has been appointed to the new position of Vice President of Global Services, with responsibility for customer support and professional services.

Vahdani will head up a new customer services and support centre that will focus on providing excellent product support for customers who integrate Cimetrix software products by themselves, and professional services to assist customers with custom software development or integration projects.

Vahdani's expertise lies in the area of factory automation and systems integration.

His extensive experience in meeting the evolving information technology needs of semiconductor manufacturing processes, automation, manufacturing execution systems (MES), advanced process control (APC) and quality information systems will be an asset to Cimetrix's service organisation.

Having been in the semiconductor industry for nearly 20 years, he has held senior management positions at Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and TRW.

While at TRW, Vahdani was a major contributor in building the Manufacturing Solutions Group that became the largest and most successful independent systems integrator serving semiconductor manufacturers worldwide.

In another important move, Cimetrix has promoted Michael Feaster to Executive Vice President of Research and Development.

In this position he will assume full responsibility for an expanded R and D department that will be charged with accelerating development and rollout of new products.

Feaster will initially focus on the company's CIMPortal product line and other complementary products associated with the new Interface A standard.

Feaster joined Cimetrix in April of 1998 as Director of Customer Services.

In December of 1998 he was promoted to vice President of software development.

Prior to joining Cimetrix he was Vice President of Software Development for Century Software, a global supplier of PC to Unix connectivity software.

'A prime objective at this time is to upgrade our infrastructure in support of anticipated growth and expansion', said Bob Reback, President and CEO.

'We believe strongly in our technology and that belief has been validated by increased customer demand and strong industry reviews of our products'.

'Accordingly, we continue to invest in the talent and infrastructure necessary to bring the most advanced factory automation solutions to the market'.

'Vahdani brings a wealth of expertise to his new position and Feaster has proven himself an invaluable member of our executive team'.

'We have great confidence in their abilities to lead their respective departments to new levels of success'.

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