ClassOne Expands Engineering Team, Appoints Alia Doll as Director of Engineering

KALISPELL, Mont., Jan. 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ClassOne Technology, a leading global provider of high-performance semiconductor wet processing tools, today announced the appointment of Alia Doll (formerly with Micron Technology) as its new director of engineering. Brought on board to guide ClassOne’s expanded engineering team, Doll reports to John Ghekiere, vice president of product and technology.

According to Exarcos, the company intends to increase staff by 25 percent through 2022, adding new hires across the engineering, sales, product and customer service functions. “Our rapid growth path is heightening industry awareness of ClassOne as a top player in semiconductor plating and surface preparation,” said Exarcos. “With her top-notch experience and fresh perspective, Alia is ideally suited and well equipped to take on the responsibility of strengthening and driving our expert engineering organization to a world-class standard as we continue to expand our engineering capacity and offering for our global customer base.”

Doll, who holds a B.S. in chemical engineering from Montana State University, joined ClassOne in November 2021. Her strong industry foundation was formed during her tenure with IM Flash Technologies, a former joint venture of industry moguls Intel and Micron Technology. At IM Flash, she worked in both technical and engineering capacities on cutting-edge NAND flash technology and emerging memory 3DxPoint technology, brought to market as Intel Optane™. Upon dissolution of the joint venture in 2019, Doll continued with Micron Technology as new product introduction (NPI) engineering manager, where she gained recognition for her success in global collaborations and her expertise in leading cross-functional and NPI teams.

About ClassOne Technology  
Headquartered in Kalispell, Montana, ClassOne Technology has become a preferred provider of advanced wet-chemical wafer processing equipment for ≤200mm semiconductor wafers. The Solstice^® series provides high-performance single-wafer electrochemical deposition (ECD) and wafer surface preparation processes. The Solstice platform is available in hardware configurations with two to eight processing chambers to cover process development as well as low-, medium-, and high-volume production. The Trident™ series provides an array of high-efficiency, highly dependable spin-rinse-dryers and spray solvent tools for batch-processing. The company brings high-performance processing technology to compound semiconductor and other key markets, including photonics, power, 5G, microLED and MEMS. Hundreds of ClassOne tools are presently in use building leading-edge devices in major fabs and research facilities around the world. Further information about ClassOne can be found at classone.com and on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Solstice is a registered trademark and Trident is a trademark of ClassOne Technology.

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