Richard J. Elkus, Jr., is Vice Chairman of the Board of Tencor Instruments in Mountain View, California, a leading manufacturer of metrology and wafer inspection equipment for the semiconductor industry. Prior to the merger of Prometrix Corporation and Tencor in early 1994, Mr. Elkus was Chairman and CEO of Prometrix which he co-founded in 1983.

Mr. Elkus spent ten years at Ampex Corporation, serving variously as Production Control Manager, General Manager of the Educational and Industrial Products Division, Assistant to the President, and member of the Operations Board. He wrote the original product plan and headed the team that introduced the VCR to the world in September, 1970. The VCR changed the concept of communications worldwide and spawned the video pre-recorded tape industry.

In summary, his business experience includes:

Vice Chairman, Tencor Instruments (1994 - present)
Tencor today is the world's leading manufacturer of thin film metrology equipment and laser-based particle inspection systems for the semiconductor industry.

Director, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Prometrix Corporation (1983 - 1994)
Mr. Elkus was a founder of Prometrix Corporation which became the largest and most successful manufacturer of film thickness metrology equipment to the semiconductor industry. Prometrix revolutionized the concept of computerized wafer mapping which is now fundamental to the analysis of wafer development and production in the semiconductor manufacturing process. From their inception, both Prometrix and Tencor have grown at a rate of 20% to 30% compounded annually.

Director and Chairman (1985-1992) of Integrated Systems, Inc.
Mr. Elkus began his association as a Director, investor and finally Chairman of Integrated Systems within two years of the inception of the company. Integrated Systems, a public company, became one of the most significant producers of real-time CAE and CASE operating systems as well as a major player in the imbedded CAE and CASE software systems market.

Executive Vice President and General Manager of Geometrics, Inc. (1974- 80)
Geometrics became the world's largest independent manufacturer of magnetometers and spectrometers specifically for the geophysical survey and analysis markets. The company was also active in airborne geophysical survey work throughout Australia, Africa, Central and South America and the United States.

Director of Acacia Sales Corporation (1973-83)
Acacia Sales became one of the fastest growing independent electronic distributors in the United States during the period 1973 to 1983.