Sass Somekh
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Sass Somekh was born in 1946 in Iraq
and moved to Israel
at a very young age. Sass completed his first degree in Israel, and his Masters and Ph.D in Electrical Engineering from California Institute of Technology
.
Sass began his career with Bell Labs
and stayed with them for five years. After which he joined Intel in 1978. Sass then joined Applied Materials
in 1980. Sass Somekh introduced many successful product lines at Applied Materials. After 23 years with Applied Materials, Sass joined Novellus as the President. He retired as President in Jan. 2007.
Saas Somekh holds more than 50 U.S. patents. In 1994 Sass received the Semiconductor Equipment and Materials Institute’s SEMI
Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his many contributions to the industry.
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
and moved to Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
at a very young age. Sass completed his first degree in Israel, and his Masters and Ph.D in Electrical Engineering from California Institute of Technology
California Institute of Technology
The California Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Pasadena, California, United States. Caltech has six academic divisions with strong emphases on science and engineering...
.
Sass began his career with Bell Labs
Bell Labs
Bell Laboratories is the research and development subsidiary of the French-owned Alcatel-Lucent and previously of the American Telephone & Telegraph Company , half-owned through its Western Electric manufacturing subsidiary.Bell Laboratories operates its...
and stayed with them for five years. After which he joined Intel in 1978. Sass then joined Applied Materials
Applied Materials
Applied Materials, Inc. is a capital equipment producer serving the semiconductor, TFT LCD display, Glass, WEB and solar manufacturing industries....
in 1980. Sass Somekh introduced many successful product lines at Applied Materials. After 23 years with Applied Materials, Sass joined Novellus as the President. He retired as President in Jan. 2007.
Saas Somekh holds more than 50 U.S. patents. In 1994 Sass received the Semiconductor Equipment and Materials Institute’s SEMI
Semi
Semi- is a Latin prefix to a verb, noun, or adjective meaning "half". Some compounds formed with it are often abbreviated to simply "semi" in appropriate contexts:...
Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his many contributions to the industry.