GlobalFoundries has been involved in
\na hiring spurt over the last month or so,
\namong them being five executives from
\nIBM.<\/p>\n
Rumors circulated early in the year
\nthat GlobalFoundries was trying to
\npurchase the microchip manufacturing
\nbranch of IBM, involving facilities in Burlington,
\nVt., and Poughkeepsie. Several
\nmedia reports have now said that sale is
\nnot going to happen.<\/p>\n
But GlobalFoundries has hired IBM
\ntalent to help ramp up its operations at
\nthe Malta plant, called Fab 8.<\/p>\n
The hires, announced by Tom Caulfield,
\nGlobal’s senior vice president and
\ngeneral manager of Fab 8, (a former IBM
\nexecutive) include Mark Dougherty, who
\ncomes from the East Fishkill site where
\nhe worked on unit process development;
\nGeorge Jordhamo, who worked on radio
\nfrequency and silicon germanium chip
\nspecialty products; and Debra Leach
\nRiell, who has been director of IBM’s microelectronics
\nproduction procurement.<\/p>\n
“Mark, George and Deb are three of
\nthe best semiconductor technology and
\nmanufacturing leaders in the industry,
\nand we are excited to welcome these
\ndynamic and respected industry veterans
\nto our expanding team,” said Caulfield.<\/p>\n
A few weeks earlier, the semiconductor
\nmanufacturing technology plant in
\nMalta appointed Henry “Hank” DeMarco
\nas vice president, site construction and
\nfacilities for Fab 8, and John Painter as
\nsenior director, facilities, for Fab 8.<\/p>\n
“Hank and John are proven and respected
\nindustry leaders with extensive
\nsemiconductor technology and manufacturing
\nexperience, and we are excited
\nto add both gentlemen to our expanding
\nteam,” Caufield said.<\/p>\n
DiMarco built his career at IBM, where
\nhe held a number of engineering and
\nleadership positions in locations around
\nthe globe. He will have responsibility
\nfor all Fab 8 site construction and infrastructure
\nstrategy and execution as well
\nas facilities projects and operations.<\/p>\n
DiMarco joined GlobalFoundries from
\nFALA Technologies in Kingston. From
\n2000 to 2013, DiMarco served as senior
\nlocation executive for the IBM East Fishkill
\ncampus where he was responsible for
\nthe design, construction and facilities
\noperations for the IBM 300mm fab. He
\nled the day-to-day facilities operations
\nincluding site chemical, environmental,
\nenergy and maintenance operations processes
\nand ran the manufacturing operations
\nfor advanced ceramic packaging.<\/p>\n
He holds a bachelor’s of science degree
\nin computer engineering from Clarkson
\nUniversity.<\/p>\n
Painter will lead all day-to-day facilities
\noperations supporting the Fab 8
\ncampus reporting to DiMarco. He joins
\nGlobalFoundries from Intel in Hillsboro,
\nOre., where he most recently had site
\nmanagement responsibilities for facilities
\ntechnology development engineering,
\nEHS & S and site services, providing
\n24\/7 operations and maintenance for the
\nOregon campus.<\/p>\n
From 1996 to 2010, Painter held numerous,
\nprogressive leadership positions
\nin facilities, operations, engineering and
\nEHS with Intel in New Mexico. He held a
\ntechnical sales manager role with Ecolochem
\nin Norfolk, Va., and leadership
\nroles with Duke Power Co. as a nuclear
\nproduction engineer in Charlotte, N.C.
\nGlobalFoundries also posted prominent employment ads in Burlington and
\nPoughkeepsie where key IBM plants are
\nlocated.<\/p>\n
An advertisement in Poughkeepsie
\nJournal from GlobalFoundries sought
\nHudson Valley residents to apply for positions
\nin areas described as “equipment
\nengineering” and “process engineering,”
\nas well as maintenance and finance.<\/p>\n
A similar ads ran in the Burlington
\nFree Press to announce the company
\nis hiring technicians and maintenance
\nworkers at its semiconductor plant in
\nMalta, Saratoga County, known as Fab 8.<\/p>\n
Officials at the Malta plant said there
\nare approximately 2,400 direct jobs at
\nFab 8 and GlobalFoundries expects to
\nadd perhaps as many as 600 more through
\nthe end of the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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