Behind the specs

Please tell us a little bit about your role.

I take care of establishing relationships with new external stakeholders in Japan. For example, I work with Furukawa (a product development partner), Sony (a major customer in semiconductor), and consult with our business and technical advisors. I support sales and marketing for establish relationships for new business. I am also responsible for administration of hiring for the Tokyo office. I also support product development and Quality for the ASTON mass spectrometry and ATON multi-laser optical spectroscopy product lines.

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Please share a bit about your background.

I have worked semiconductor process development for ~35 years. My expertise is all unit process (e.g., CVD, wet process , lithography, CMP)  I have also been responsible for general management of process development and  integration for such as  DRAM, Logic, Analogue and Power devices.

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What drew you to join Atonarp?

After long career at an established, big semiconductor company (NEC/Renesas), the start-up Atonarp was a new challenge for me. I wanted to know how start-up is different from old established company and how I can contribute to building a company using my experience.

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What qualities does a person in your position need to possess?

Do everything I can contribute to the development, business, manufacturing, quality, and internal/external relationship management with plenty of experience so far.

Do not stop. Keep going forward.

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What are your guiding principles for team management?

It is very similar to mountain climbing. You need to have a goal and a plan. “I will reach the summit of this mountain. The team will pursue this path.” What I can do as an individual and what we can do as a team is advance one step at a time. Focus on completing that step successfully and never stop. Repeat the step and continue. Don’t select the wrong step stone otherwise you will fall. For Start-up, do it quickly otherwise the summit disappears.

Don’t complain about what we don’t have now, but 200% creatively  utilize the tools that we do have now. That is what your brains are for! Nobody in the world has what we have now. That is the start-up.

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What do you like to do in your free time?

I like Ham radio, mountain trekking, radio control airplane, occasionally Japanese traditional game fishing, and Hera-buna.