Corporate Officers

Geoff Wild

Chief Executive Officer

Geoff Wild has most recently been president and chief executive officer of Nikon Precision Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Nikon Corporation, where he has worked since 2002. Prior to that, he held general management positions of increasing responsibility at Johnson Matthey and AlliedSignal. Mr. Wild holds a B.Sc. degree in chemistry from the University of Bath, in the United Kingdom.

Eric W. Strid

Co-founder, Chairman and Chief Technical Officer

Eric W. Strid leads Cascade Microtech's advanced measurement technology development as Chief Technical Officer. Co-founding Cascade Microtech in 1983, Eric has held positions as chairman, president, and CEO. Prior to 1984, Eric served as a principal engineer with Tektronix, Inc. and with TriQuint Semiconductor, where he designed and evaluated high-frequency gallium arsenide integrated circuits. Eric holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley.

Steven Sipowicz

Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer

Steven Sipowicz joined Cascade as chief financial officer in July, 2004. Prior to that, from November 1999 through November 2003, he served as chief financial officer at Corillian Corporation, a public company that provides online financial services. Steven has also served as CFO of F.I.C.S. Group, N.V., a Belgian financial software and services company; Intrinsa Corporation, a development tools company and Integrated Systems, Inc., a public company that provided operating system software. Steven holds a BS in Chemistry from Bristol University (U.K.), an MBA from Santa Clara University and is also a certified public accountant.

John E. Pence

Vice President, Business Development

John E. Pence has served as vice president of Engineering Products Division since May 2000. From April 1997 to February 2000, he served as our vice president of Probing Systems. From 1993 to April 1997, John served us as a product marketing manager. Prior to joining Cascade Microtech, John worked as an engineer in the Space and Communications Division of Hughes Aircraft Company. He holds a BS and an MS in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University.

Willis Damkroger

Vice President, Sales and Customer Support

Willis Damkroger joined Cascade Microtech in February 2006, after 30 years in the Semiconductor, MCM, and LCD Industries. Willis has held various Sales, Business Development, Marketing and Operations positions, but most recently served as Vice President, GM at White Electronic Designs Display Division, President COO of Innovacomm Technologies, and Vice President Sales and Marketing at Maxtek, Inc. He majored in History at San Jose State University and West Valley College.

Anand Nambiar

Vice President, Operations

Anand joined Cascade Microtech as Vice President of Quality and Supply Chain in April 2008. Prior to that, he held the position of Associate Director of Quality at Nikon Precision Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Nikon Corporation. He has several years of semiconductor industry experience and is globally oriented having worked closely with subsidiaries and suppliers in Europe and Asia as well as in domestic locations. Anand has a Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering from Boston University and an MBA from UC Berkeley.

Mike Kondrat

Vice President, Marketing

Mike has over 30 years of experience in ATE and EDA industry, holding various positions in engineering, management, and marketing at Tektronix, Integrated Measurement Systems (IMS), OPMAXX, and Credence. Prior to joining Cascade Microtech, Mike served as Senior Director of Strategic Marketing for Credence Systems Corporation. Mike is an IEEE member, active in test-related forums. He published many technical papers and articles related to test and DFT. Mike holds a BS in Electrical Engineering and an MBA.