Kirby Hicks – CEO and Founder

Kirby brings over twenty years experience in the semiconductor industry. Most recently he was General Manger of the Ramp Performance Division at Applied Materials, as well as Managing Director of Global Field Operations. Kirby is credited with providing the vision and leadership that enabled the establishment and institutionalization of projectized operations, which standardized capital equipment installation, improving service levels and reducing cost and cycle times company-wide. Prior to joining Applied Materials, Kirby served as Vice President and Quality Director for Motorola Semiconductor Products Sector, World Wide Sales and Marketing. At Motorola, he was also the Chairman of the Corporate Customer Satisfaction Council, and led the Semiconductor Sector Project Management Initiative. Kirby has devoted his career to streamlining and integrating business processes at the enterprise level, in order to deliver greater service and productivity to customers, while reducing costs to his company.

kirby.hicks@confoe.com