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Management Team

RASIRC CEOJeff Spiegelman
President and CEO

Jeffrey Spiegelman has worked in the semiconductor industry since 1986. In 1990 he founded Aeronex, which was named one of Inc. Magazine's Top 500 Fastest Growing Private Companies and was awarded the prestigious University of California's Connect award for Most Innovative New Product in 2002. After selling the company to Entegris, Spiegelman founded RASIRC to address generation and delivery of new chemistries, with an initial focus on steam and pure condensate.

Spiegelman has a BS in bioengineering, an MS in Applied Mechanics from University of California at San Diego, and holds over 50 international patents and publications.

Jeff Birks
Director of Operations

Jeff Birks is responsible for manufacturing operations, supply chain management and global customer service. Birks has over 24 years of operations and customer service experience, with 14 years in the semiconductor equipment field. Prior to joining RASIRC in October 2006, Birks was the Global Field Support Manager for the Entegris Gas Micro Contamination Control division and was responsible for technical training and customer satisfaction worldwide. In addition, Birks held positions at BOC Edwards ranging from OEM Manufacturing Manager to Contract/Subcontract Manager where he was responsible for outsourcing large scale projects.

 

Upcoming Events

See us in L3/H4/D11 at PVSEC 6 - 9 September 2010

Recent News

Sept 1, 2010
Leading Chinese Solar Cell Manufacturer Orders RASIRC Steamers

July 9, 2010
RASIRC & Fraunhofer CNT Collaborate in Development of High-K Dielectrics

June 17, 2010
RASIRC & the Fraunhofer Institute present Purified Steam for Industrial Thermal Oxidation Processes, at IEEE Photovoltaic Conference

June 10, 2010
RASIRC Presents Water Vapor Delivery for CIGSe and Other Thin Film Vacuum Processes at IEEE Photovoltaic Conference

February 25, 2010
RASIRC Granted Patent for Specialty Seal in Ultrapure Environment

February 10, 2010
Matheson Tri-Gas and RASIRC Sign Exclusive Distribution Deal for RASIRC Products

Article
Alternative Method for Steam Generation for Thermal Oxidation of Silicon
—Gases & Instrumentation Magazine

Technical Paper
Passivation Quality of Wet Oxides Grown from Purified Steam

Article
Steamer vs. torch in PV manufacturing—a cost of ownership comparison

Awards

Connect 2007 Finalist

MicroNano 2007

RASIRC was selected as a winner to appear in the 2006 Semicon West Technology Innovation Showcase

RASIRC won the Attendees' Choice Award at Semicon West 2006

RASIRC won the 2006  Gassy Award

RASIRC is profiled in this video, aired on Fox Connect

 
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