Executive Management

F. Paul Carlson

Chairman and CEO

Dr. Carlson has served as a member of the Cascade Microtech Board since September, 1992. He is president and CEO of the Carlson Group of Companies in Olympia, Washington, and a co-founder of several other high-technology firms. Other consulting activities have been in business re-engineering and restructuring projects in Saudi Arabia; Lucent Power Systems; AT&T Microelectronics, as well as development in other startup and early-stage development companies. He has also been a part of joint venture initiatives for municipal telecommunication expansions, community economic development projects, among others. Prior to becoming a consultant, Dr. Carlson was Vice President of Strategy and Business Development, at Honeywell, Inc. from 1988 to 1991. Between 1977 and 1988 he was President and CEO of Oregon Graduate Center, where he also founded OGI Telecomm, a shared tenant service provider (STS). He has served on the boards of numerous high technology and Fortune 500 companies including Frank Russell Trust Company, Tektronix, PacifiCorp, Logic Automation (Synopsis), Cascade Microtech Inc., Barrett Enclosures Inc., Simutech LLC., and Integrated Data Communications (IDC) Inc. Dr. Carlson is a registered engineer in Washington and Oregon and has a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington, where he was a Professor of Electrical Engineering for 10 years.

Eric W. Strid

Co-founder 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 L. Harris

Executive Vice President

Steve joins Cascade Microtech after having spent nearly five years as vice president of research, development and engineering at Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. When Mr. Harris joined ESI in November 1997, he first led the Central Engineering group and later served as General Manager of the Semiconductor Link Processing business unit. Prior to joining ESI, Steve was employed at Tektronix, where he began his career and spent thirteen years in a variety of product development and engineering management positions. Mr. Harris holds a BSEE from the University of Idaho.

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.

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.

Paul O'Mara

Vice President, Sales and Customer Service

After more than 30 years in the computer, broadcast equipment and electron microscopy industries, Paul O’Mara joined Cascade Microtech in March 2008. He has held various sales, service, operations and general management positions and most recently served as Senior Vice President of Customer Service at FEI Company, the leading supplier of electron and ion beam microscopy systems. Paul holds a BS in Electronic Engineering from the University of Sussex, England.

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.

Art Smith

Director, Human Resources

Art Smith joined Cascade in July, 2001. Prior to that, he served as a consultant in RW & Associates, Inc., a human resources management consulting firm. Art has also served as Director of Human Resources for the Quantum Corporation and Fujitsu Computer Products of America, both multi-national manufacturers of computer peripherals. Earlier in his career Art spent 10 years in various human resources positions in the PepsiCo family of companies. Art holds a BS in Business from Niagara University and is a certified trainer, facilitator in total quality concepts, leadership development and team building.