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10 KLA executives
These ten current and former KLA executives have held CEO, CFO, executive vice president, senior vice president and chief officer titles at KLA, across finance, support and services, information technology, compliance, engineering, business groups and China operations. Readers can learn how senior leaders at a semiconductor company build and run their teams.
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01—10Avi Sokol
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President & CIO · KLA
Senior Vice President & CIO at KLA since August 2024, in the General Management department, after serving as VP & CIO at KLA from 2017 to 2024. Other listed roles include VP & CIO at Marvell Technology (2015–2017) and VP Global Information Technology at Marvell Technology (2011–2015).
Bren Higgins
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Head of Global Operations · KLA
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Head of Global Operations at KLA since August 2013; the profile says the role is responsible for the company's corporate accounting, FP&A, business finance, corporate tax and treasury. Other KLA roles include Vice President of Corporate Finance (2011–2013) and Sr. Director of Finance, Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis (2008–2011).
Brian Lorig
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President and General Manager, Global Support and Services · KLA
Executive Vice President and General Manager, Global Support and Services at KLA since September 2019. Other KLA roles include Sr VP GM Global Support Services (2016–2019), VP, Service Operations (2014–2016), Vice President, US Manufacturing Operations (2013–2014) and Senior Director of Materials (2008–2013).
Lena Nicolaides
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Vice President and General Manager InSIGHT Group · KLA
Sr. Vice President and General Manager InSIGHT Group at KLA since January 2025. Other KLA roles include Sr. Vice President & General Manager LS-SWIFT (2019–2024), Vice President and General Manager LS-SWIFT Division (2015–2019), Vice President & General Manager SWIFT Division (2013–2015) and Vice President & General Manager SA-VLSI Division (2011–2013).
Mark Gursky
LinkedInExperience: Vice President & Chief Compliance Officer · KLA
Vice President & Chief Compliance Officer at KLA since August 2019, in the Legal department. Earlier listed roles at Intel include Associate General Counsel, Sales & Marketing Group Legal (2018–2019), Director of Anti-corruption Compliance Program & Associate General Counsel (2016–2019) and Director of Global Compliance & Associate General Counsel (2015–2016).
Rick Wallace
LinkedInExperience: President and CEO · KLA
President and CEO of KLA, a role the profile lists as current; the summary says Wallace serves as Chief Executive Officer and President of KLA Corporation and as a member of its Board of Directors, and began as an applications engineer at KLA Instruments in 1988 and has held various general management positions with the company. Board Member at Marvell Technology since April 2024.
Tomoyasu Cho
LinkedInExperience: Sr VP, President of China Operations at KLA · KLA
Sr VP, President of China Operations at KLA, a role the profile lists as current, in the General Management department at the President/Vice President level. The profile is based in Shanghai, China, and its headline repeats the same title, Sr VP, President of China Operations at KLA.
Virendra Kirloskar
LinkedInExperience: Senior VP Finance & Chief Accounting Officer · KLA
Senior VP Finance & Chief Accounting Officer at KLA since March 2008, in the Finance & Accounting department. Other listed roles include VP Finance and Corporate Controller at KLA (2003–2008), Corporate Controller at Atmel Corporation (2002–2003), Chief Financial Officer at Ishoni Networks (1999–2002) and Business Unit and Group Controller at KLA (1993–1999).
Winter Hee
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Vice President and General Manager Data Analytics division and M&A · KLA
Former Sr. Vice President and General Manager Data Analytics division and M&A at KLA (2020–2024); the profile describes being General Manager of the Data Analytics division with responsibility for P&L and strategy. Other KLA roles include Fellow (2018–2020) and Sr. Director - Corporate strategic business development (2015–2018).
Zain Saidin
LinkedInExperience: Chief Engineer, Executive Vice President · KLA
Former Chief Engineer, Executive Vice President at KLA (2007–2016), followed by Executive Vice President (2017–2018) and Part-Time Senior Advisor (2018–2019) there. The profile says the Chief Engineer and Executive Vice President role was responsible for multi-national design teams, new product introduction, merger and acquisition integration, company-wide Product Life Cycle policy and engineering talent development.
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a process control equipment company decide which business groups and products receive investment?
- 02How is a global support and services business organized and measured alongside new equipment sales?
- 03What does a compliance or information technology leader at a large chip equipment maker look for before approving a new vendor?
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