AVIZA Technology, Inc.

Board of Directors

Jerry Cutini
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

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.

Robert R. Anderson
Independent Director

Mr. Anderson has served on our board of directors since December 2005 and on the board of directors of Trikon Technologies, Inc. from April 2000 to December 2005. Mr. Anderson is a private investor. From January 1994 to January 31, 2001, he was Chairman of Silicon Valley Research, Inc., a semiconductor design automation software company, and its Chief Executive Officer from December 1996 to August 1998, and from April 1994 to July 1995. In addition to serving as a director of Trikon, Mr. Anderson currently serves as a director of MKS Instruments, Inc. and Aehr test Systems, Inc. Mr. Anderson is a graduate of Bentley College and served as a trustee of Bentley College from 1993 through 2004.

Richard Conn
Independent Director

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.

Dana Ditmore
Independent Director

Mr. Ditmore has served on our board of directors since December 2005. From January 1997 to the present, Mr. Ditmore has served as President of Oak Valley Consulting, Inc., a consulting firm for the semiconductor industry. From January 2001 to December 2002, Mr. Ditmore served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Tru-Si Technologies, Inc. an equipment provider for the semiconductor industry. From August 1998 to August 2000, Mr. Ditmore served as Vice President and General Manager of the Customer Support Business Group of Lam Research Corporation, an equipment provider for the semiconductor industry. Mr. Ditmore received a Bachelor of Science degree and a Masters of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.

William Harding
Independent Director

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.

Boris Lipkin
Independent Director

Mr. Lipkin was appointed to our board of directors in November 2007. A 29 year veteran of our industry, he presently serves as a business and technology consultant in the semiconductor equipment industry. Mr. Lipkin has held numerous executive positions including: President and CEO of Therma-Wave, Inc.; Executive Vice President, Company Officer and President of a Track Division of ASML/Silicon Valley Group, Inc.; and Vice President and General Manager of Varian Associates. From 1978-1992, he served in various management and engineering positions at IBM's East Fishkill, NY facility. Mr. Lipkin received his B.S. and M.S. in Electromechanical Engineering from Polytechnical Institute of Kharkov, Ukraine and an Executive M.B.A. from Stanford University.

C. Richard Neely, Jr.
Independent Director

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.

Klaus Wiemer Ph.D.
Independent Director

Dr. Wiemer has more than 37 years of experience in the semiconductor industry and has served on our board of directors since September 2004 when we were privately held. From June 2002 to the present, Dr. Wiemer has been an independent consultant in the semiconductor manufacturing industry with a concentration in the Southeast Asia and European markets. He has served in a number of senior executive positions at companies in the semiconductor industry, including Texas Instruments Incorporated, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. and Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd. (Singapore). He currently serves on the board of directors of United Test and Assembly Centers, Ltd. in Singapore and InterFet Corp., Richardson, Texas. Dr. Wiemer received a Bachelor of Science degree in physics from Texas Western College (now University of Texas, El Paso), a Masters of Science degree in physics from University of Texas and a Ph.D. in physics from Virginia Polytechnic Institute.