Mr. Jerry Cutini is a 25-year veteran of the semiconductor equipment industry with significant experience in multiple areas of management and a diverse portfolio of expertise in the sectors of mergers and acquisitions, public offerings and capital financing. He is the co-founder of Aviza and has been its president and CEO and director since the Company's inception in 2003. Mr. Cutini was appointed Chairman of the Board in November 2007. He was an original co-founder and board member of OnTrak Systems, where he eventually served as president from 1997 to 1998. In this role, Mr. Cutini helped organize the successful $400 million+ merger and integration between Lam Research Corp. and OnTrak in August of 1997. Subsequently, Mr. Cutini led Gasonics International's marketing and business development activities until Novellus Systems acquired Gasonics in 2001. Mr. Cutini has also held key positions at well-known industry companies including Applied Materials and Silicon Valley Group. Mr. Cutini currently serves as a member of the board of directors of SEMI North America. Prior to beginning his career in technology, he served in the U.S. Navy and Naval Reserve from 1978 to 1984.

Mr. Conn has served on our board of directors since December 2005 and on the board of directors of Trikon Technologies, Inc. from January 1998 to December 2005. Mr. Conn formed Business Development Consulting in early 1997, which delivers sales and marketing consultancy to the semiconductor equipment industry. Mr. Conn has held several other positions in the semiconductor industry at companies that include Eaton Semiconductor Equipment, Applied Materials U.K. and ITT Semiconductors. Mr. Conn has a Bachelor of Science degree in physics from Imperial College, London University.

Dr. Harding was appointed to our board of directors in November 2007. He has served as a Managing Director of VantagePoint Venture Partners, a venture capital firm, since October 2007. Prior to joining VantagePoint Venture Partners, Dr. Harding was a Managing Director of Morgan Stanley & Co., and a Managing Member of several venture capital funds affiliated with Morgan Stanley, where he was employed from 1994 through 2007. Prior to Morgan Stanley, Dr. Harding was a General Partner of several venture capital partnerships affiliated with J.H. Whitney & Co. Previously, Dr. Harding was associated with Amdahl Corporation, a computer systems manufacturer, from 1976 to 1985, serving in various technical and business development roles. Prior to Amdahl, Dr. Harding held several technical positions with Honeywell Information Systems. Dr. Harding holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Mathematics degree and a Master of Science degree in Systems Engineering from the University of Arizona, and a Ph.D. in Engineering from Arizona State University. Dr. Harding also served as an officer in the Military Intelligence Branch of the United States Army Reserve.

Mr. Neely was appointed to our Board of Directors effective January 31, 2007. He has more than 24 years of financial and operations management experience in the semiconductor and electronic design automation industries, as well as start-up company environments. Since September 2005, Mr. Neely has served as Chief Financial Officer of Monolithic Power Systems, Inc., a NASDAQ-listed semiconductor company. From November 2002 to September 2005, Mr. Neely was the Chief Financial Officer of NuCORE Technology, Inc., a privately held developer of digital and analog imaging devices for digital still and video cameras. From August 2001 to November 2002, Mr. Neely was the principal of his own consulting practice, Neely Consulting. In addition, Mr. Neely spent 16 years, from 1980 to 1996, with Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. in a variety of senior financial management positions worldwide, including assignments in the Philippines, Singapore and Switzerland. Mr. Neely holds an undergraduate degree in economics from Whitman College and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Chicago.