Tom St. Dennis

Tom St. Dennis was named general manager of the newly created Silicon Systems Group in June 2007. The Silicon Systems Group encompasses Applied Materials entire portfolio of semiconductor manufacturing systems. Since 2005, St. Dennis served as senior vice president and general manager of Applied's Etch, Cleans, Front End and Implant Products groups. From 2003-2005, St. Dennis helped lead Novellus Systems, Inc., serving as executive vice president and a member of the Office of the CEO.  From 1999 to 2003, St. Dennis was president and CEO of Wind River Systems, a leader in embedded software. St. Dennis holds a bachelor's degree in physics from UCLA and a master's degree in physics from UCLA.