Semiconductor - Nanotechnology Focus Group (SNFG)
The Metroplex Technology Business Council’s Semiconductor Technology Focus Group is merging with the Nanotechnology Focus Group and will host alternating programs beginning in September 2007. With the increasing connectivity between the two industry sectors, members of SNFG can continue to explore common interests in research, development and commercialization opportunities. The current steering committee for the SNFG includes:
John Spencer – Photodigm
Jim Carroll – Toppan Photomasks
Spence Lasley – ASML
Maceo Ward – QuantumClean
Ron Cope – SyChip
Carl Johnson – Infrastructure
John Festa – PSI
Dan Youman – Texas Instruments
Matthew Goeckner – UTD
Katharine Green – Zyvex
ShaChelle Manning - Authentix
SNFG seeks to engage members of both the semiconductor and nanotechnology industries throughout North Texas in an effort to:
- Promote the North Texas area as a key center for semiconductor and nanotechnology excellence at all levels within these industries;
- Partner with existing organizations (SEMI, SPUG, SIA, MetroChips and others) to provide additional learning, networking and business-to-business opportunities that benefit the diverse aspects and emerging technologies within these industries
- Promote industry collaborations with key institutions of higher education in North Texas;
- Help attract the best and brightest workforce to the North Texas area to meet and sustain the diverse, dynamic needs of the Metroplex semiconductor and nanotechnology industries to further solidify this area as one of the most desirable places to live and do business in the U.S.
For more information, contact
Sue Walker.