Richard J. Faubert
President and CEO
AmberWave Systems

As President and CEO of AmberWave Systems, Richard (Richie) J. Faubert is responsible for overseeing all day-to-day corporate and strategic business operations, as AmberWave Systems transitions from R&D to full commercialization of its strained silicon and advanced material technology. Faubert is also a member of the company’s board of directors.

Prior to joining AmberWave Systems, Faubert was president and CEO for Speedfam-Ipec, a global leader in the design, development and manufacturing of chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) systems used in the fabrication of semiconductor devices and other high-throughput precision surface processing systems. At Speedfam-Ipec, he successfully led the company through an acquisition by Novellus Systems, who hired Faubert as executive vice president as part of the merger.

Before his tenure with Speedfam-Ipec and Novellus, Faubert was employed by Tektronix, a test, measurement and monitoring technology company, first as general manager of its Instruments Business Unit and then as vice president and general manager of the Television and Communications Business Unit, Measurement Business Division. Prior to joining Tektronix, Faubert served as vice president of product development of GenRad Inc.

Faubert is currently a member of SEMI's North American Advisory Board and is a director of two public companies: RadiSys Corporation (Nasdaq: RSYS), a leading global provider of embedded systems for computing, data processing and network-intensive applications to the commercial systems, enterprise systems, and service provider systems markets; and Electro Scientific Industries Inc. (ESI; Nasdaq: ESIO), one of the world's leading suppliers of innovative production laser systems for micro-engineering applications.

Faubert earned his bachelor’s of science degree in electrical engineering from Northeastern University.

Dr. Anthony Lochtefeld has led AmberWave Systems' research organization since 2005 in its development of practical solutions for epitaxy of high-quality germanium and compound semiconductor layers on silicon substrates, with applications in CMOS devices, optoelectronic integration and photovoltaics.

Previously, as director of Device Technology, he led pioneering explorations of strained silicon materials and devices in collaboration with five, top-20 CMOS integrated device manufacturers, and collaborated on AmberWave’s development of the world’s first true strained-silicon-on-insulator (SSOI) substrate technology.

Dr. Lochtefeld has a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from MIT, and master's and bachelor's degrees in electrical engineering from Purdue and Ohio Northern Universities, respectively. Dr. Lochtefeld is the author or co-author of more than 60 technical articles in the field of semiconductor materials and devices, and is a senior inventor with more than 25 issued U.S. patents.

C. Wade Sheen, Ph.D.
Vice President of Marketing and Business Development
AmberWave Systems

Wade Sheen brings more than 15 years of experience to his role as vice president of business development for AmberWave Systems. In addition to business development, Sheen is also responsible for the company’s sales and marketing activities.

Prior to joining AmberWave Systems, Sheen was director of strategic marketing, Asia Region, for Novellus Systems. Sheen’s extensive experience in semiconductor capital equipment business includes working in customer-focused roles such as field applications engineer, product marketing manager, and other strategic marketing and sales positions at the director and vice president level.

Sheen earned his bachelor’s of science in chemical engineering from Brigham Young University and his doctorate in materials science from Pennsylvania State University. He is author of numerous scientific articles and holds four patents in LCD panel processing and design.