Mr. Seidl is a recognized industry leader in lean manufactuirng development and implementation techniques. He has been in the semiconductor capital equipment business for over 20 years managing marketing, engineering and manufacturing organizations. Mr. Seidl co-developed and implemented the lean manufacturing initiative at Applied Materials starting in 1995. His current responsibility is that of developing the Applied Materials supply base into a world class lean manufacturing value chain. He will present on the tools and techniques required to drive multiple lean manufacturing implementations across a diverse set of suppliers, resulting in significant improvements in cost, quality and delivery of products.
