Listen to this FormFactor podcast about how FRT Metrology integration has changed their potential in the microchip industry.
Amy Leong, CMO & Senior VP M&A, points out the path to become #1 metrology supplier in advanced packaging. Gain insights from the founder of FRT Metrology and learn why hybrid metrology is a real game changer.
Speakers
Thomas Fries - Vice President BU & General Manager FRT Metrology
Dr. Thomas Fries studied physics at the Universities of Saarbruecken and Bonn, Germany. Focusing on surface science he started to work in metrology and nano technology in the 1980s.
After several jobs in industry, he started developing and building metrology equipment with the founding of FRT. In 2019, FRT and FormFactor joined forces to build a market leader in semiconductor metrology focused on advanced packaging applications.
Juergen Koglin - Director Applications Engineering
Dr. Juergen Koglin has been engaged in surface metrology since his diploma thesis in physics at the University of Bonn. During his doctoral thesis on optical near-field microscopy at the University of Muenster, he remained with surface metrology, and continued his research as a postdoctoral scientist after receiving his doctorate in 1996.
More than 20 years ago, he joined FRT as the head of the applications department. FRT became part of Formfactor in 2019, and Mr. Koglin now serves as Director of Applications Engineering for FRT Metrology.
Amy Leong - Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President, Mergers and Acquisitions
Amy Leong has been with FormFactor since October 2012. Prior to this, Amy was the VP of Marketing at MicroProbe from April 2010 through the October 2012 closing of FormFactor’s acquisition of MicroProbe. Before joining MicroProbe, Ms. Leong worked at Gartner, Inc. as a Research Director from 2008 to 2010 and covered the ASSP system-on-chip and microcontroller markets.
From 2003 to 2008, Ms. Leong worked at FormFactor where she served as Senior Director of Corporate Strategic Marketing and Director of DRAM Product Marketing. Prior to FormFactor, Ms. Leong worked in a variety of semiconductor process engineering and product marketing roles at KLA-Tencor and IBM.
Ms. Leong holds an M.S. in Material Science and Engineering from Stanford University and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.
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