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Rodney Smedt

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VP of Engineering, BBP at KLA
📍 Los Gatos, California, United States

Rodney Smedt is the VP of Engineering for Broad Band Plasma Wafer Inspection at KLA, leveraging decades of leadership in the semiconductor industry. His career includes senior executive roles managing metrology and R&D at Onto Innovation and Nanometrics. He is an engineering graduate from San José State University.

A Los Gatos resident, Rodney has been involved in community safety, assisting a person who was assaulted and encouraging vigilance and preparedness among local residents.

He leads the engineering for some of the worlds most differentiated and intriguing wafer inspection technology.

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Experience
46 Years
Current Role
VP of Engineering, BBP
Job Level
Senior
Location
Los Gatos, California, United States
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Wafer Inspection
Currently leads all engineering functions for KLA's advanced Broad Band Plasma Wafer Inspection technology.
Semiconductor Metrology
Has extensive experience managing metrology business units and developing production thin film metrology equipment at Onto Innovation and Nanometrics.
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Career

Work history

2-2022
VP of Engineering, BBP
KLA
11-2019 - 2-2022
Sr VP & General Manager
Onto Innovation
11-2014 - 11-2019
Sr VP, R&D
Nanometrics
4-2005 - 11-2014
VP, Engineering
ReVera Incorporated
2002 - 2005
VP, Engineering
Therma-Wave, Inc. (now KLA-Tencor)
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Engineering
San José State University
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