Don S. Mitchell joined Chaska, Minn.-based FSI International, Inc., as chief executive officer and president in December 1999. He was appointed to the Board of Directors in March 2000, and in January 2002, became chairman of the Board.
Prior to his association with FSI, since its formation in 1998, he was president of Air Products Electronic Chemicals, Inc., located in Carlsbad, Calif., a division of Pennsylvania-based Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. From 1991 to 1998 he served as president of Schumacher, a leading global chemical equipment and services supplier to the semiconductor industry. He held various executive positions, including vice president of operations and vice president of sales and marketing.
Mitchell served on the board of directors of Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI), a leading global industry trade association, from 1994 to 2005 and as its 1999/2000 board chairman. He currently serves on the board of directors for Advanced Material Sciences. |