Clarence Granger
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Clarence Granger joined the company in 1996 as Executive Vice President
of Operations and was named CEO in 2002. He has a broad range of management
experience with high technology manufacturing companies.
Prior to UCT,
Granger was vice president of media operations for Seagate Technology.
Prior to that, he was president and CEO of HMT Technology. Granger
received his master's degree in industrial engineering from Stanford
University and holds a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering
from the University of California at Berkeley.
David Savage
President & Chief Operating Officer
David Savage joined UCT in 2008 as President and Chief Operating Officer.
He has over 20 years of executive experience driving operational excellence
and profitable growth in international, high technology companies by
leveraging and enhancing core competencies and expanding market presence.
Before
joining Ultra Clean, Savage was CEO Officer of Litel Instruments,
Inc., a semiconductor optical metrology business. Prior to Litel,
he was the President, Electronics Division of Meggitt USA, Inc. where
he led a division focusing on high performance sensors. Prior to
Meggitt, he was the founder and CEO of DigMedia, a media delivery
business focused on broadband service providers.
Mr. Savage holds a bachelor’s degree in metallurgical engineering
from Sheffield Hallam University in Sheffield, England. He holds
several patents in nuclear and semiconductor packaging materials.
Casey Eichler
senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Eichler joined Ultra Clean in 2009 as a senior executive with
over 25 years of diverse experience in finance, operations and
administration. His background includes public, private and startup
companies and proven success in the development and implementation
of strategic, operational and restructuring plans.
Prior to joining UCT, Mr. Eichler
was the
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Credence Systems
from January 2008 to November 2008, and the Executive Vice President
of Operations and Chief Financial Officer of MarketTools from
March 2006 to December 2007. He served as the Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer of MIPS Technologies from June 1998 to
February 2006. Prior to that, he held management positions with
several technology companies including Visigenic Software, NeXT
Software and Microsoft.
Mr. Eichler is on the board of directors
of SupportSoft, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPRT) and Magma Design Automation,
Inc. (Nasdaq: LAVA). Mr. Eichler holds a bachelor of science degree
in accounting from St. John’s
University.
Bruce Wier
SENIOR Vice President of Engineering
Bruce Wier is the Vice President of Engineering for Ultra Clean Technology.
He joined UCT as the Director of Design Engineering in 1997. He is
responsible for all of UCT's design engineering, documentation, and
new product design activity.
Bruce is a veteran in the semiconductor capital equipment industry;
prior to joining UCT, he was the engineering manager for Lam Research,
Oxide Etch Business Unit. His experience also includes engineering
management positions at Genus, Varian Associates and Eaton Corporation.
Bruce holds a bachelor's degree cum laude in mechanical engineering
from Syracuse University.
Deborah Hayward
SENIOR Vice President of Sales
Deborah Hayward was named vice president of sales in 2002. Hayward
joined UCT in 1995 as a major account manager. She assumed the position
of sales director in 1998 and was promoted to senior sales director
in January 2001, with responsibility for all sales, field service and
customer support activity worldwide.
Prior to UCT, she spent 10 years at Brooks Instruments in customer
service management and account management roles.
