Zia Karim

About Zia Karim

Accomplished Executive with 22 years of experience and demonstrated success in semiconductor and compound semiconductor fabrication and capital equipment business encompassing Sales and Marketing, Technology Management, Business Development, and Product Management/Positioning. • Results oriented, hands on executive with demonstrated leadership in areas of Technical/ Product Marketing, Business Development and Product Management. Currently managing multiple product lines (ALD, MOCVD, CVD, PECVD) with responsibility for market share, revenue, gross margin, cost, quality, lead time, inventory management, operating expenses, shipments, while profitability growing the businesses.• Demonstrated expertise in strategic planning, differentiated product development and introduction, new business penetration, new opportunities assessment, and resource prioritization for market share, revenue growth and cost management. • Helped to create technology and necessary ecosystem for (GaAs, InP, InGaAs.) and GaN in Logic and Power applications; has become core company business. Led groups to help create necessary technologies for ALD applications – now the standard within the semi industry.• Proven Leader with Business, Market, Customer and Technology management experience for Semiconductor Equipment Business. Grew revenue greater than 2x market growth; became market share leader through focus on differentiating technology and productivity. Drove development of at least two semiconductor equipment platforms (ALD and epi) – the most successful in company’s history. • Led Global Customer Support Activities with marked improvement in Uptime/MTBF, Inventory control, Install and Warranty Cost reduction, Spares Management, and Gross Margin management.• Proven ability to manage strategic key accounts through exceeding customer expectations, supporting next-generation roadmap, demonstration of competitive knowledge/account strategy, and excellent presentation skills.

Experience

1. Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

   Yield Engineering Systems

   Feb 2021 — Present · Fremont, CA, US

Education

• Dublin City University

  Ph.D., EE

  1989 — 1993

• Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology

  B.S and M.S, Electrical and Electronic Engineering

  1981 — 1986

• University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business

  Certification of Business Excellence, Berkeley Executive Education, Executive Education

  2016 — 2019

Skills

• Process Integration
• Materials Science
• Failure Analysis
• Semiconductor Industry
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Java
• Cvd
• Cmos
• Integrated Circuits (Ic)
• Metrology
• Nanotechnology
• Optics
• Process Engineering
• Research and Development (R&D)
• Product Management
• Simulations
• Engineering Management
• Product Marketing
• Ic
• Semiconductors
• Design of Experiments
• Photovoltaics
• Mems
• R&D
• Thin Films
• Silicon
• Electronics
• Sensors