Kelly Made VP of Sales, Marketing at Axus

Surface processing solutions company Axus Technology LLC has appointed Jim Kelly its vice president of sales and marketing.

Kelly’s new role will provide management, sales, marketing and business development support to the company’s global customer base and sales team via its Richmond, Calif., facility to give additional support and focus to that region. A new sales and support office will be created, and its system repair facility will be expanded.

Kelly brings more than 20 years of experience in semiconductor automation to Axus, particularly in wafer handling. He was vice president of sales and marketing at Isel Robotik USA for five years before the company was sold to Moog, after which he stayed on as a market manager for its semiconductor portfolio for three additional years. Prior to joining Axus, Kelly was director of global sales at Metlsaw.

"Jim's vast experience in global semiconductor equipment sales will help Axus penetrate into new markets worldwide," said Dan Trojan, president of Axus Technology. "We're very excited to have Jim join us, and are looking forward to being better equipped to support our existing Silicon Valley customers and to gain new ones by his presence in the area."

Axus is a surface processing solutions company providing, global, chemical-mechanical plaraization, wafer thinning and wafer polishing services for semiconductor, microelectromechanical systems, nanofabrication and substrate applications.