Mr. ***** is President and co-Founder of ***** ***** & Kelly, Inc. , the largest privately held operational cost and productivity management software and consulting services company. He has approximately 30 years o ***** including management positions with Mobil Oil and NV Philips. He holds a B. Sc. in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley and an MBA in Finance. He was also responsible for the design of the semiconductor industry’s de facto standard in cost of ownership, TWO COOL® and holds a patent for his work on PRO COOL® for Wafer Sort & Final Test. His large scale program management experience includes SEMATECH’s cost of ownership commercialization, SEMATECH’s semiconductor equipment database, the United States Display Consortium’s (USDC) factory simulation program, Sandia National Labs factory cost model commercialization, and Ultratech Stepper’s scanner replacement development. He is a recipient of the Texas Instruments Supplier Excellence Award for his contributions to their cost reduction efforts. For over 20 years, he has been a facilitator in the SEMI sponsored workshop, “How to Successfully Manage New Product Introductions” and “Understanding and Using Cost of Ownership. ” He is also the author of numerous articles in the fields of productivity and cost management.