Mr. Joseph R. Martin is the Chairman of the Board at Brooks Automation and has been a director of the Company since June 2001. In addition to serving as a director of the Company Mr. Martin is also a member of the board of Soitec, Inc., a manufacture of SOI wafers, since 2004, and SynQor, Incorporated, a manufacture of power solutions, since 2002. In June of 2006, Mr. Martin retired as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, and Office of the Chairman of Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation, a global supplier of power semiconductors. In 1997, Mr. Martin was one of the two executives that led the spinout of Fairchild Semiconductor from National Semiconductor Corp, and served as Fairchild's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 1997 to 2003. Prior to the Fairchild spinout, Mr. Martin was the Vice President of Finance, Worldwide Operations, for National Semiconductor, from 1989 to 1997, with responsibilities for all operating divisions, manufacturing sites, and corporate financial planning. Previously, Mr. Martin was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and co-founder of VTC Incorporated from 1984 to 1989. Mr. Martin was also with Fairchild Semiconductor from 1979 to 1984, where he held numerous financial positions. Mr. Martin was a member of the board of directors of ChipPAC, Incorporated, a contract semiconductor assembly and test company, from 1999 to 2001. Mr. Martin also serves on the Board of Trustees of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. |