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  • Comment: This is a prime example of WP:CITEKILL/WP:BOMBARD This paragraph:
    "Solar 2.0.[1][2][3][4][5] Mattson currently serves as CEO of Siva Power, a thin-film solar power startup based in Silicon Valley. He is the only person to date who has founded two semiconductor equipment startups that successfully went public.[6][7][8][9][10] Mattson is widely regarded as a visionary in the semiconductor industry and is gaining prominence in the field of solar power.[2][4][7][11][12][13][14][15][16]
    Mattson currently holds 12 patents, has won an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, was named as one of the 50 Most Influential People in the Semiconductor Industry by the European Semiconductor Magazine in April 2005, won the Engineering Award of Distinction from San Jose State University, and has won the Founders Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the Ignatian Award from Santa Clara University.[11][17][18][19][20]"
    shows the vast number of references. Three per fact is the maximum, two is fine, one is ideal.
    On this basis I have not checked the references nor the draft. Please refine your referencing, and redeploy any spare references to cite different facts.
    For a living person we have a high standard of referencing. Every substantive fact you assert, especially one that is susceptible to potential challenge, requires a citation with a reference that is about them, and is independent of them, and is in WP:RS Fiddle Faddle 19:54, 13 April 2015 (UTC)
Brad Mattson
Born (1954-10-29) October 29, 1954 (age 69)
Massachusetts, United States
NationalityAmerican
EducationMt. Pleasant High School
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley (transferred)
San Jose State University
Santa Clara University
Occupation(s)Entrepreneur, engineer, inventor
Known forSiva Power,Mattson Technology, Novellus Systems, SEMI, Santa Clara University
TitleCEO of Siva Power,
Chairman of Husk Power Systems,
Board Member of Advenira and Siva Power

Brad Mattson (born October 29, 1954) is an American entrepreneur, engineer, and author of The Solar Phoenix: How America Can Rise from the Ashes of Solyndra to World Leadership in Solar 2.0.[1][2] Mattson currently serves as CEO of Siva Power, a thin-film solar power startup based in Silicon Valley. He is the only person to date who has founded two semiconductor equipment startups that successfully went public.[3][4] Mattson is widely regarded as a visionary in the semiconductor industry[5][6][7] and is gaining prominence in the field of solar power.[8][9]

Mattson currently holds 12 patents,[10] has won an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award,[11] was named as one of the 50 Most Influential People in the Semiconductor Industry by the European Semiconductor Magazine in April 2005, won the Engineering Award of Distinction from San Jose State University,[12] and has won the Founders Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the Ignatian Award from Santa Clara University.[13][14]

Early Life and Education

Mattson was born in Massachusetts, but his father’s career moved the family to California when Mattson was a child. Mattson graduated from Mt. Pleasant High School and then studied at UC Berkeley’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science before transferring to San Jose State University, where he earned a BSc in aeronautical engineering. Mattson also holds an MBA in Finance from Santa Clara University.

Semiconductor Career

Applied Materials

After graduating San Jose State University, Mattson took a job with Applied Materials as a field service engineer, working his way up into specialized design and deployment teams.[15] Noticing inherent design flaws in many of the systems he was sent to repair, Mattson was eager to more effectively redesign those systems but was unable to do so effectively from the field. He was told he should go into marketing, since that was where design was being influenced, so he repositioned his career into product management and marketing, eventually becoming a product manager and then director of marketing for Applied Materials’ etch division.[15]

Cost of Ownership Model

One of Mattson’s earliest contributions to the semiconductor industry was developing what became an industry standard, the cost of ownership (COO), model.[16][17] In the late 1970's there was no commonly accepted method that would forecast the total cost of ownership that spanned the equipment’s lifetime once all costs were considered. To help solve this problem Mattson developed a COO model for Applied, and after it was shown to customers, Applied starting winning more sales.[16] Still this metric was not commonly used in the industry. Later at Novellus, Mattson used COO not just for sales purposes, but for designing a new system that would out-perform others on cost. Novellus promoted COO to the entire industry where various companies like AMD, TI, and others finally adopted it for all of the equipment they used.

LFE and Startup Inspiration

Mattson left Applied after about five years and to become VP for the plasma systems group of Laboratory for Electronics (LFE) in Massachusetts. At LFE, Mattson faced difficulty with corporate management who was holding back funding for the new technology and ideas that Mattson wanted to commercialize.[15] Frustrated with upper-management, Mattson resigned his VP-position and started his own company. Mattson wrote his business plan while still in Massachusetts and then returned to California to found his first startup, Novellus Systems, which would achieve a market capitalization over $3B, becoming one of the largest semiconductor equipment companies in the world.[15][18][19]

Novellus Systems

When Mattson came back to California in the early 1980s to found Novellus Systems, the semiconductor industry was in a downturn and there were many layoffs, so he had difficulty raising funding. Mattson still had confidence in his ideas for making equipment that would surpass other chemical vapor deposition (CVD) systems at the time, so he incorporated the company in 1984 and funded it with his own money.[15][19]

Using the COO model he developed at Applied Materials, Mattson designed a CVD system that would be superior to anything on the market. [16] After a few months, Mattson had designed and built Novellus’ first two prototype CVD systems. At the time, CVD equipment was achieving about ±5 percent uniformity on 6-inch wafers, but Novellus prototypes were achieving one percent uniformity on 8-inch wafers that were processed ten-times faster.[15] With proof of concept, Mattson went back out to raise funding in 1985 and pitched his idea unsuccessfully to about 50 venture capitalists. Finally, branching out past VCs to strategic investors, Mattson came across Monsanto, who understood the significance of what Novellus had created since they sold wafers to the semiconductor industry, and they decided to invest.

With new financing to expand operations, Mattson quickly developed the technology and grew Novellus into one of the top three CVD equipment companies in the late 1980's, just as the market was taking off; Novellus supplied CVD systems to major semiconductor producers like Motorola, Advanced Micro Devices, NEC, and LSI Logic.[19] Four years after its founding, Novellus had its IPO on NASDAQ in August 1988. Novellus Systems was acquired by LAM Research in 2011 for $3.3 billion dollars[18].

Mattson Technology

While taking a break from work in the late 1980s, Mattson began investing in companies on the side. In 1988, Mattson was helping one company develop stripping hardware designs for wafers. The unique designs and creations excited Mattson and he decided to get more personally involved. Soon after, he became CEO and the firm was incorporated as Mattson Technology.[15][20]

With innovative products that were the first to market, Mattson Technology quickly grew from a startup in 1988 to a publicly traded company in 1994.[20] In 2001, Mattson stepped aside as CEO of Mattson Technology but remained as Vice Chairman until 2002.[21][22]

Technology Benefiting Humanity

As Mattson was retiring from the semiconductor industry, the September 11 attacks occurred. Mattson has said the event strongly influenced his thinking about whether or not his work was actually helping people and making the world a better place,[23] or if he was only working with already “really successful countries and successful companies" despite his wanting "to see technology benefit humanity in a more direct way."[24]

Mattson began to think about how to use technology to bridge the gap between the developed and developing worlds. This was also the same year that The Tech Awards began, with the mission of recognition as “an effective way to accelerate scientific breakthrough and technological applications to improve the human condition.”[25] Mattson served as a judge for the award’s Environment category and the theme of “technology benefiting humanity” strongly influenced Mattson’s life and later career in clean technology.[24][26][27]

Social Entrepreneurship and Renewable Energy

A graduate of Santa Clara University, Mattson served as a member on the Board of Regents and also served as an Advisory Board Member for the university’s Center for Science, Technology, and Society (CSTS).[1][6][13] In addition to Mattson, other board members at the time were: former CEO of Applied Materials Jim Morgan, Leon Panetta, Doug Englebart, Bill Davidow, and Regis McKenna.

Mattson’s interest in technology benefiting humanity led him to the CSTS Global Social Benefit Incubator, where he became a social entrepreneur and a lead mentor for the program.[28][29] As a mentor, Mattson worked with social entrepreneurs around the globe by helping them develop business plans, and to fund and scale their organizations to meet the needs of their communities. Most of the companies Mattson advised were involved in renewable energy, which is where Mattson developed his passion for the industry and especially solar power.[2] A few of the companies Mattson mentored were Husk Power Systems, blueEnergy, and ToughStuff, all renewable energy companies helping to bring electricity to the 1.6 billion people in the world that do not have access to it. Mattson is currently Chairman of the Board of Husk Power. Mattson began working with small scale renewable energy at the start, but saw the impact it had, stating:

What I found whether you’re in Africa or India or in the jungles of Nicaragua, if you want to enrich lives, [if] you want to…reduce poverty, energy is at the base of it. So I was [working on projects] like solar lanterns in Africa, mini-grid biomass power plants in remote villages in India, or hybrid wind/solar-panel power installations in the jungles in Nicaragua.... And when I was working with all these social entrepreneurs, that’s when I fell in love with solar.[26]

Since solar modules are semiconductors, Mattson was able to understand the technology, and seeing firsthand the benefits of solar, he decided to get involved with renewable energy and focus on solar full-time.[24]

Renewable Energy Career

Venture Capitalist

In 2009 Mattson became a partner at VantagePoint Capital Partners, a venture capital firm that has one of the world’s largest funds for renewable energy with over $1 billion dedicated to its cleantech portfolio.[7] Mattson was in charge of the firm’s solar portfolio, where he reviewed hundreds of solar business plans and monitored the firm’s solar investments. He also developed a comprehensive solar strategy to guide the firm’s solar investment.

Siva Power

In 2011 Mattson became CEO of what was then Solexant, a solar startup developing cadmium telluride solar panels. Mattson took over, halted the company’s plans to build a factory in Oregon, and instead ramped up R&D while developing a new strategy that could effectively scale solar.[30]

After two years of intense R&D, Mattson unveiled the new company as Siva Power in 2013, which develops copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) solar technology.[31] Mattson claims that the new technology and processes developed at Siva Power will allow the company to be the number one manufacturer of solar panels globally, by providing high-efficiency panels at the world’s lowest cost.[32] In 2015, Siva Power announced its selection as the only thin-film solar panel manufacturer to win a Department of Energy manufacturing award in the SunShot SolarMat2 category.[33] Siva Power also closed its series D venture round in early 2015, bringing its total investment to $70 million.[31]

In 2014, Mattson wrote a book, The Solar Phoenix: How America Can Rise from the Ashes of Solyndra to World Leadership in Solar 2.0, in which he explains why solar is fundamental to the world’s energy future and how it is an industry that can be based in the United States.[2][34]

Leadership and Humanitarianism

Mattson is widely regarded as a visionary in the semiconductor industry and is gaining prominence in the field of solar power.[35][7][9] Mattson is also known for his commitment to “technology benefiting humanity” through social entrepreneurship, non-profits, and education.[8][36][37]

Mattson was also elected to the board of directors for the global trade association SEMI (Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International), where he served for over a decade.[1] ). Mattson has also served on the board of directors for various semiconductor and cleantech companies; he served as chairman of the board for Novellus Systems, Mattson Technology, Tegal Corporation, and ZOOM, served as a board member for blueEnergy, Senergen Devices, and Switch Lighting, and served as a board observer for Miasolé. Mattson also served as a board member for the Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose. He currently serves as chairman of the board for Husk Power Systems, and is a board member for Advenira and Siva Power.[38][39] Mattson also served for many years as a judge for The Tech Awards in the “Environment” category.[27]

Mattson frequently speaks and presents at leading organizations devoted to energy and humanitarianism, including: Intersolar,[40] Greentech Media Solar Summits,[41] the Rotary Club,[42] IEEE,[43] Department of Energy conferences,[3] and the Commonwealth Club, where he spoke alongside Jigar Shah.[44]

Mattson has given guest lectures at Santa Clara University and UC Berkeley on sustainability, business, and engineering.[4][45]

Awards

  • Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, Northern California[11]
  • 50 Most Influential People in the Semiconductor Industry, 2005 European Semiconductor Magazine[citation needed]
  • Engineering Award of Distinction, San Jose State University[12]
  • Founders Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Santa Clara University[13]
  • Ignatian Award, Santa Clara University[14]

Patents

  • Plasma Contamination Removal Process, United States 5,198,634[10]
  • Inductive Plasma Reactor, United States 5,811,022[10]
  • System & Method for Thermal Processing, United States 6,002,109[10]
  • System & Method for Thermal Processing, United States 6,043,460[10]
  • System & Method for Thermal Processing, United States 6,046,439[10]
  • Method & Apparatus for Thermal Processing, United States 6,133,550[10]
  • Inductive Plasma Reactor, United States 6,143,129[10]
  • System & Method for Thermal Processing, United States 6,172,337[10]
  • Apparatus & Method for Thermal Processing, United States 6,342,691[10]
  • Method & Apparatus for Thermal Processing, United States 6,355,909[10]
  • Method & Apparatus for Thermal Processing, United States 6,399,921[10]
  • System & Method for Thermal Processing, United States 6,403,925[10]

References

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  2. ^ a b c The Solar Phoenix, accessed April 7, 2015
  3. ^ a b The 2014 SunShot Grand Challenge Summit 2014: Speakers, U.S. Department of Energy, accessed April 7, 2015
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  7. ^ a b c "VantagePoint Venture Partners Adds Two Experienced Partners to CleanTech Practice". Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  8. ^ a b Speaker Biography: Brad Mattson, Climate One at The Commonwealth Club, accessed April 7, 2015
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  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "US Patent Collection". Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  11. ^ a b "Finalists for Northern California's Entrepreneur of The Year(R) Awards Announced". Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  12. ^ a b "San Jose State University Engineering Alumni Awards of Distinction". Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  13. ^ a b c "2008 Founders Award Recipients". Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  14. ^ a b "Ignatian Award Past Recipients". Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  15. ^ a b c d e f g SEMI Oral History Interview - Brad Mattson, SEMI, February 4, 2004, accessed April 7, 2015
  16. ^ a b c Mattson, Brad. The Solar Phoenix: How America Can Rise from the Ashes of Solyndra to World Leadership in Solar 2.0. Robertson Publishing. 2014. pp. 117
  17. ^ "SEMI E35-0312 - Guide to Calculate Cost of Ownership (COO) Metrics for Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment". Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  18. ^ a b "Lam Research Agrees to Buy Novellus Systems for $3.3 Billion". Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  19. ^ a b c Pederson, Jay P. International Directory of Company Histories, Vol. 18. Detroit: St. James Press, 1997. Funding Universe. Web. April 8, 2015. http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/novellus-systems-inc-history/
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  27. ^ a b "The Intel Environment Award". Retrieved 8 April 2015.
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  31. ^ a b "Solexant Rebrands as Siva and Looks to Scale CIGS Thin-Film Solar". Retrieved 8 April 2015.
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  33. ^ "Solar Manufacturing Technology 2". Retrieved 8 April 2015.
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  35. ^ Rosenzweig, Phil, Left Brain, Right Stuff, PublicAffairs, 2014, pp.230-232
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  37. ^ "The Humanitarian Side of Renewables, Part II". Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  38. ^ About: Board of Directors, Advenira Enterprises, Inc., accessed April 8, 2015
  39. ^ "Siva Power: Board of Directors". Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  40. ^ "Intersolar North America 2013 Conference Program" (PDF). Retrieved 9 April 2015.
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