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Name: Steve Schwartz.
Title: President and CEO.
Company: Asyst Technologies, the Fremont-based maker of systems which keep semiconductor wafer chips clean during processing. The 880-person company counts Intel, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing and Applied Materials among its customers and did $259 million in 2003 revenue.
Background: Schwartz spent 14 years at Applied Materials before joining Asyst as senior vice president in January 2001. He was named president and CEO in August 2002.
Education: Bachelor of science, master of science and doctorate degrees in electrical engineering from Purdue University. MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.
Residence: Los Altos.
BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY
Essential business philosophy: To get really good people and put the best ones on the most important things we have going on.
Best way to keep competitive edge: We challenge everything that's going on in the market place and we spend probably 50 percent of our time listening to customers.
Guiding principle: Do the right thing for the company and the customers by operating with honesty, integrity and mutual respect.
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