Ajit Paranjpe, Veeco Instruments Dr. Ajit Paranjpe is presently Vice President of Technology in Veeco’s Compound Semi Business Group. He has over fifteen years of technology and senior management experience in the semiconductor and capital equipment industry. Most recently, he has led the technology and applications development for MOCVD systems resulting in product leadership within the HB-LED, GaN on Si power electronics, and solar CPV markets. Prior to this role, he led technology development for Veeco’s Data Storage Group. He joined Veeco from Media Lario where as VP, Lithography Products he introduced high precision collector optics for EUV lithography. Prior to Media Lario, Dr. Paranjpe served as VP, Marketing & Applications at Therma-Wave where he was responsible for their critical dimension, thin film, and implant / anneal metrology products. He joined Therma-Wave from TORREX. As CTO at TORREX he led the development of their innovative CVD & ALD mini-batch tools. Earlier he was Director of Process Technology at Veeco-CVC, Inc. where he managed process technology development and customer demonstrations for their PVD, CVD, and IBD / IBE products. He spent several years at Texas Instruments, where his technical responsibilities spanned process integration, process development, and equipment development for CMOS technology. He has broad experience related to the fabrication of semiconductor, opto-electronic & magnetic thin film devices. Dr. Paranjpe has co-authored over 30 publications with 46 issued US patents. He obtained a B.Tech. degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Stanford University.
