Richard Barnett

About Richard

Richard Barnett is Director, Etch Product Management at SPTS, with over 20 year’s experience in a number of fields in the semiconductor industry.  

In 2007, he joined what was then Aviza Technology, becoming a part of the etch product management team utilizing his background in DRIE processing to help achieve a market-leading install base for that technology.

He is responsible for the management of SPTS’ Mosaic plasma dicing product line and has written and presented many papers about this disruptive new approach to die singulation.

Richard graduated from The University of Nottingham in the UK with a bachelor’s degree in Materials Engineering and Electronics before entering the semiconductor industry.  His roles have bridged the various parts of the supply chain including fab process engineering, wafer supply, equipment vendor process engineer and product management.