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| Management Team |
David T. (Tom) Mitchell, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board
David T. (Tom) Mitchell has served as our Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of our board of directors since 2000. Mr. Mitchell founded Seagate Technology, a disk drive manufacturing company, in 1979. Mr. Mitchell served as the president of Seagate Technology from 1983 to 1991, where he established manufacturing operations in Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, the PRC and India. Mr. Mitchell earned a bachelor of science degree in economics from Montana State University.
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Dr. Teera Achariyapaopan, Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer
Dr. Teera has served as our Chief Operating Officer and as Executive Vice President of
Fabrinet Co., Ltd. since 2004 and as Senior Vice President for Operations and Managing Director of Thailand Operations of Fabrinet Co., Ltd. from 2000 to 2004. From 1988 to 1998, Dr. Achariyapaopan served as the executive director of engineering for Seagate Technology, a disk drive manufacturing company, in Thailand where he was responsible for all aspects of manufacturing and engineering, including product transfers, yield and
process improvements and cost reductions. From 1984 to 1988, Dr. Achariyapaopan served as a member of the technical staff with Bell Communications Research in New Jersey. Dr. Achariyapaopan earned a doctor of philosophy degree in electrical engineering from the University of Florida. |
| Dr. Harpal Gill, Executive Vice President, Operations
Dr. Gill has served as Executive Vice President, Operations of Fabrinet USA, Inc. and Fabrinet Co., Ltd. since May 2005. Prior to joining us, from July 2003 to January 2005, Dr. Gill served as the senior vice president of engineering for Maxtor Corporation, a disk drive manufacturer. From January 1999 to July 2003, Dr. Gill served as the vice president of engineering for Read Rite Corporation, a supplier of magnetic recording heads for data storage devices, in Bangkok, Thailand. From June 1996 to October 1998, Dr. Gill served as the managing director of JTS Corp., a disk drive manufacturer, in Chennai (Madras), India. Dr. Gill has also held senior management positions with Seagate Technology and Stanton Automation. Dr. Gill earned a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from Brunel University in the United Kingdom and a doctor of philosophy degree in engineering from the University of Bradford in the United Kingdom.
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Mark Schwartz, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Schwartz has served as our Chief Financial Officer and Secretary and as Executive Vice President of Fabrinet USA, Inc.since March 2004. Mr. Schwartz was previously our Secretary and the Senior Vice President, Global Finance of Fabrinet USA, Inc., from May 2000 to March 2004. Mr. Schwartz manages our finance functions, global contracts and corporate compliance. Prior to joining us, from 1997 to May 2000, Mr. Schwartz practiced corporate law at Morgan Franich, Fredkin & Marsh in San Jose, California where he specialized in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and technology licensing. Mr. Schwartz earned a bachelor of business administration degree from the University of Miami and a juris doctor degree from the University of San Diego.
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Nat Mani, Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing
Mr. Mani has served as Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing of Fabrinet USA, Inc. since June 2006 and as Senior Vice President, Business Development of Fabrinet USA, Inc. from 2003 to June 2006. Mr. Mani manages worldwide business development activities for us. Prior to joining us, from 1997 to 2001, Mr. Mani held management positions in strategy and business planning with International Business Machines Corporation, Radius Inc. and Siemens. Mr. Mani earned a master’s degree in management studies from Birla Institute of
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Mike Alarid, Senior Vice President for Automotive Operations
Mr. Alarid has over 25 years management experience in procurement, materials and manufacturing operations in high technology companies. Earlier in his career, Mr. Alarid spent 13 years with Seagate Technology in various materials and manufacturing management roles. Ten of these years were spent in Thailand where, as Senior Director of Operations, he managed the manufacturing operations and coordinated the material activities. Prior to Fabrinet, Mr. Alarid was responsible for developing contract manufacturers in Malaysia and Thailand for a start-up cartridge removable disk drive company.
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Dr. Tawee Tanbun-Ek, Senior Vice President, Chief Technical Officer
Dr. Tanbun-Ek has over 25 years of experience in the design, epitaxial growth, and manufacturing of optoelectronic devices. He has held positions at Standard Electrik Lorentz (SEL) in Germany , the Swedish Microwave Institute of Technology in Sweden , and the Compound Semiconductor Device Research Department of AT&T Bell Laboratory, NJ where he was a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff (DMTS). At Lucent he pioneered 1310nm and 1550nm wavelength distributed feedback (DFB) lasers for both analog and digital applications and initiated the development effort of Electroabsorption Modulated Lasers (EML). He co-founded Multiplex, Inc. and AdTech Optics Inc. Dr. Tanbun-Ek holds 9 US patents, 4 European patents, and has authored over 235 publications. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan.
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Pornchai Wessatada, Senior Vice President, Finance
Mr. Wessatada has over 17 years of experience in public and corporate accounting. His management experience includes a stint as the Group Controller of the Siam Sindhorn Co., Ltd. where he played a leading role in managing key investments, annual financial planning and tax accounting. Prior to that endeavor, Mr. Wessatada spent more than 10 years with Ernst and Young as a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Wessatada has a Bachelor Degree in Accounting, an MBA in Finance and a Masters degree in management from Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Toh-Seng (TS) Ng, Senior Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller
Ng joins Fabrinet with nearly 28 years of international financial management experience in the Semiconductor and Data Storage industries. Prior to joining Fabrinet, Ng managed financial operations at Magnecomp Precision Plc in Thailand, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies in San Jose, and Read-Rite Corporation in a series of progressively responsible positions, culminating in his role as corporate controller and vice president of finance. T.S. holds a B.S. in Accountancy from the University of Singapore and a C.P.A. He holds an M.B.A. in international management and is a Certified Internal Auditor.
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