• My name is
    Robert Preisser

    Consultant in the semiconductor and chemical industry

Technical Lead and Manager

Top-performing Technical Lead and Manager with extensive experience in the semi-conductor and chemical industry.

Credited with combining business, management, and engineering expertise to oversee large-scale international operations. Strong expertise in overseeing operations at multiple sites and hiring engineers and scientists and managing cross-functional personnel. Highly accomplished in spearheading large R&D operations to identify new processes and products for company innovations of semiconductor devices, UHP- chemistries and processing equipment.

Excellent communication ability including high level of presentation skill to international senior technical and management. Solid experience in providing input and coordinating industrial and governmental joint project (IPCEI for Electronic Industries) on German- (Berlin) and European- (Brussels) level.

Significant results and international experience in the area of change management.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • Semiconductors

    (R&D and mfg)

  • Nano-Technology
  • Process Chemistries

    (HP & UHP levels, filtration technologies)

  • Strategic Planning/Analysis

    (R&D and businesses)

  • Research & Development
  • Personnel Management
  • Team Leadership
  • Business and new Business Development
  • Wet process equipment develop and build incl. supply chain strategic technical management
  • Education & Instruction
  • Professional Mentoring
  • Client Relationships
  • Facility Development & Qualification for HP- and UHP- operations
  • Hardware and component QA & technical training for employees and supplier companies

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • 2015 to present

    Consultant to AP&S International, Donaueschingen Germany (2015 to present) and Robert Bosch, Semiconductor Reutlingen, Germany

    Consultant to AP&S International, Donaueschingen Germany (2015 to present) and Robert Bosch, Semiconductor Reutlingen, Germany

    • Lead the legal contract group for all technology related cooperation’s, purchaseing of critical IP parts incl. the negotiations for MCA agreements with the complete supply chain members
    • Lead the company QA- and facility- enhancement activities from planning to final qualification level to support equipment build and qualification efforts for the next generations of SC- technology needs
    • Lead the companies interaction with the German government(BMWi) the EU organization (DG-Comp.) to achieve a membership and funding in the EU- IPCEI program
    • Support R. Bosch in Technology evaluations for electroless metallization UBM structures

  • 2013 – 2018 (part time)

    SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY (CWRU)

    Adjunct Professor

    • Write and deliver lectures for semiconductor and nano-scale engineering courses in the School of Chemical Engineering.
    • Instruct students on global business, management and engineering tasks.
    • Provide and support global ‘technical’ internships and student exchange programs with other universities
    • Assess student progress through examinations, round table discussions and mentor students in entering semi-conductor and/or nano-technology industries industry.

    Director of engineering (part time as consultant)

    • Consultant to AP&S, Germany as engineering director to support the development, qualification and start-up of wet chemistry wafer processing equipment used in the semiconductor and nano- technology industry. Direct the complete hardware and manufacturing process, the contracting with suppliers and cooperation partners to enhance the product portfolio, the processing performance and the margin across the product portfolio. Since to 2015 to today.
    • Consultant to Robert Bosch GmbH for electroless processing UBM process steps with quality improvements of advanced ASIC structure

  • 2001 – 2013

    ATOTECH GERMANY

    Vice President, Semiconductor & Nano-Technology Chemicals

    • Managed and spearheaded global activities in the new founded division for “process chemistries for metallizing semiconductor and nano-technology structures and devices” with typical structures from mid µm- to low nm- dimensions.
    • Multiple years of experience developing and implementing strategic-, technical-, and commercial- plans and tactics
    • Built new positions, defined job descriptions and duties for the new business segment for advanced chemistries in the company.
    • Assessed and made connections via technical synergies between new- and existing- businesses and created new skill profiles.
    • Recruited, hired and trained engineers, scientists, commercial, sales and administrative personnel for a best fit to company needs via university cooperations
    • Defined R&D tasks and timelines, legal contracts including cooperation with external partners to add on specific resources.
    • Developed and executed marketing and sales activities in coordination with customer companies over 15 different countries.
    • Experience with leading a continuous improvement effort in technical, marketing, production and sales efforts
    • Valuated, assessed and implemented this new division for the use and upgrade of existing- and new- chemistries, implemented control units based on application functional data.
    • Successfully defined, build and qualified a new high purity chemical production and logistics facility in Neuruppin, Germany. Hired and trained technical staff for manufacturing and QC/QA.
    • Initiated and executed implementation of an Atotech nano-scale application R&D center at the College of Nano-scale Science and Engineering (CNSE) in Albany, NY and an R&D laboratory for electro-chemical- and organic polymer- chemistry at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) Cleveland OH.

  • 1994 – 2001

    MERCK DARMSTADT

    Senior Manager

    • Oversaw high- and ultra-high purity chemical supply systems division and service products with revenues of over av. $35M annually.
    • Managed business and technology offerings from engineering, sales, construction and qualification activities for high purity and ultra-high purity chemistry used for semiconductor and nanotechnology applications globally.
    • Ensured business and technology solutions for these chemistries tailored to customer’s needs from R&D- to mass- production volumes.
    • Oversaw operation support team at customer facilities on service contracts to maintain ultra-high purity processing capabilities.
    • Managed definition and construction activities of high chemistry infrastructure built in 13 semiconductor fabricators around the globe (Germany, France, UK, Singapore, Malaysia, USA, Netherlands.
    • Oversaw projects with financial volume of $10-50M at these facilities, including system design and material selection to assure high and ultra- high chemistry purity on the long range to support the yield management targets during semiconductor manufacturing.
    • Experience with sales models including compensation and incentive plans
    • Implemented at customers on-site service teams of 1-12 people to support customer chemical facility operation and logistics.
    • A proven track record for coaching and developing technical and sales force including the use of analytics to paint a picture.

  • 1974 – 1994

    IBM SEMICONDUCTOR, Sindelfingen, Germany & Burlington, VT, USA

    Senior Engineer and Program Manager

    • Managed technical and management projects at IBM German and US facilities in semiconductor processing development e.g. LP-CVD and wet chemistry technologies.
    • Oversaw technology interface missions for advanced memory devices R&D between IBM Burlington, VT, IBM East Fishkill, NY and the IBM facility in Sindelfingen/Boeblingen, Germany.
    • Made communality and processing technology enhancements, such as defect control for yield, reliability and productivity management.
    • Developed new technologies to meet the processing requirements of advanced semiconductor devices, from blueprints to full qualification with a focus on FEOL process steps. The same approach was used to enhance Si-wafer diameter going in steps from 57mm up 300mm diameter.
    • Managed implementation of Siemens/IBM semiconductor technology memory device R&D cooperation for advanced memory chips (64MBit) in Burlington, VT and East Fishkill, NY, USA.
    • Responsible as program manager for the chemical and process gas infrastructure definition, build, and qualification of IBM’s advanced facility, Boeblingen-Hulb, Germany.
    • Coordinated and performed support during development and integration activities of advanced semiconductor technologies between the IBM facilities in Burlington, VT and East Fishkill NY, Sindelfingen Germany and Essonnes, France.
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Education & Training

  • Adjunct professor for nano-technology at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
  • Master of Science, Chemical Engineering, Fachhochschule for Chemistry Prof. Dr. Grübler, Isny, Germany
  • Bachelor of Business Administration, Hoehere Handelsschule, Pirmasens, Germany
  • Bachelor of Science, Material Science, Firma Helmitin Heinicke, Pirmasens, Germany

PATENTS & PUBLICATIONS

  • Fe redox mediator copper deposition for TSV, RDL and Cu pillar structures
  • High Deposition Rate Copper Metallization via substrate heating
  • Co-author of the book “Duennschicht Technology” ISBN 3-18-400670-0
  • More than 200 national and international presentations during international conferences, magazines and trade shows e.g. SEMI, ECS, ICMAT, Semicon and others.
  • Leader in supplier and employee training sessions on semiconductor processing technologies, high purity chemical production, purification incl. filtration and operation. Training in high resolution analytical chemistry and hardware analysis or in equipment cleaning concepts.
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Contact

ROBERT PREISSER
Obere Straße 54
72119 Ammerbuch 1
Germany

Phone: +49 152 27470146
Email: info@robert-preisser.de

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