John Hill

About John Hill

Senior Manager for the Technical Training department at Hitachi High-Tech America, Inc. Semiconductor Equipment Division (SED) for plasma etch equipment. Responsible for overall training support for our customers, internal customer service and engineering teams. Manage the technical training team, evaluation of customers’ needs to develop and implement effective training courses to meet those needs, coordinate scheduling and staffing of local and on-site training, manage the Learning Management System, and development of the technical training staff.Nearly 40 years of Semiconductor Industry experience in many engineering, management and training roles. 10 years working for Hitachi as a Senior Technical Trainer and now Senior Manager. Process Engineer, Manager and Technical Instructor at Intel Corporation for 20 years; plus another 9+ years of prior experience working for other etch equipment manufactures in both engineering and field service management roles. Experienced people manager and cross-functional team leader, developer and instructor for advanced technical equipment and process courses, and web-based training courses. Experienced Lean-Six Sigma practitioner with Green Belt 6 Sigma certifications from both Hitachi and Intel.

Experience

1. Senior Manager, Sed Technical Training Department

   Hitachi High-Tech America, Inc.

   Apr 2025 — Present · Hillsboro, OR, US

   Senior Manager of the Technical Training Department for Hitachi HTA’s Semiconductor Equipment Division (SED). In this role, manages all activities to support customer and Hitachi employee training, negotiates with customers to meet their training needs, coordinates the scheduling and staffing for local and on-site instructor-led training classes, manages the billing process for customer classes, and directs training course design and web-based training development. Implements methods for evaluating the effectiveness of the 65+ equipment training courses offered. Staffs and manages the overall technical training team.

Education

• Semiconductor Industry Training

  Intel internal College of Engineering master-level training: Process Engineering, First Line Manager

  1995 — 2015

• California State University, Northridge

  Coursework in Electrical and Electronics Engineering

• College of the Canyons

  Associate of Science (AS) Degree, Science and Math

Skills

• Instructional Design
• Fmea
• Electrical Troubleshooting
• Data Mining
• Problem Solving
• Program Management
• Six Sigma
• Quality System
• Iso 9000
• Excel Macros
• Process Control
• Semiconductors
• Spc
• Electroplating
• Design of Experiments
• Manufacturing
• Process Improvement
• Engineering
• Field Service Engineering
• Statistical Process Control (Spc)
• Yield
• Electronics
• Team Leadership
• Wet Chemical Etching
• Plasma Etching
• Root Cause Analysis
• Supervisory Management
• Jmp
• Troubleshooting
• Management
• Test Equipment
• Reactive Ion Etching
• Process Engineering
• Particle Reductiom
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Performance Improvement
• Business Process Improvement
• Professional Mentoring
• Project Management
• Lean Manufacturing