Description

Dr. Ghanbari, Vice President/General Manager at SpecCoat Corporation. After two short stints at ONTO Innovation and Boston Semi Equipment as Vice President of Engineering and Technology, Abe joined SpecCoat to lead all aspects of business including engineering, operations, marketing and sales. SpecCoat is engaged in conformal coating for the electronics industry. Previous to the recent positions, Abe spent several years at Materion Corporation where he was Vice President of Technology and Engineering, responsible for developing thin film coating and optical filters for the optics and photonics industries.

Abe’s experience includes leading the accelerated development and deployment of more than 50 state-of-the-art capital equipment products that implement leading-edge plasma and thin-film technologies used in semiconductor, optics and solar industries. Abe started his career in R&D at Varian Corporation, followed by a variety of product development and general management roles at Sony, Applied Materials, II-VI Corp. and Semblant. He currently serves on the advisory board of several technology centers, start-ups, and well-established companies. Throughout his career, he has developed technologies, products and processes that provide solutions to meet the needs of customers in emerging markets.
 
Abe holds a Ph.D. in Engineering & Applied Physics from Cornell University, M.S. in Plasma Science, and B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois, M.B.A. from Saint Mary’s College with emphasis in operations and marketing, management. He is a holder of 15 patents.