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Biography
Dr. Akihisa (Aki) Sekiguchi currently serves as a Fellow of Tokyo Electron Limited`s Corporate Innovation Division. Aki is responsible for planning and executing the worldwide alliance strategy for the division, including programs related to AI, quantum computing, and advanced CMOS logic development.
He is currently on SEMI`s Board of Industry Leaders and is a member of the CTO Forum representing TEL.
In previous roles, he has led Corporate Marketing and Corporate Technology Development at TEL as the VP and GM.
Prior to joining TEL in 2007, he worked for IBM Microelectronics Division for 17 years. As part of the Semiconductor Research and Development Center, he worked on the development of FEOL, MOL, and BEOL process and equipment that enabled IBM`s DRAM and SOI-based logic technologies. During his last three years with IBM, he was responsible for process technology transfer from IBM to Sony (used in PlayStation 3).
Aki earned his Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Columbia University, M. Eng. and B.S. in Engineering Physics from Cornell University, and an MBA in Finance from the Stern School of Business (New York University) while working for IBM. His doctoral thesis was on experimental plasma physics for thermonuclear fusion.