Dr. Shimon Koren has been with Camtek since 2006 holding various positions. Shimon was appointed Camtek CTO in 2018. Prior to that, he served 5 years as Physics and Technology group manager, leading key projects in defect detection and metrology. Before taking over Camtek Physics and technology lead, Shimon served as 3D metrology architect and algorithm team leader. Dr. Koren started his career with the semiconductor capital equipment market in 1993, joining KLA-Tencor overlay division as an algorithm developer, holding various positions in system engineering, technology and project management. From 2002 to 2006, Shimon served as algorithm and system manager at Applied Materials advanced development team, where he was working on revolutionary defect cleaning and inspection technologies.
Shimon holds a B.Sc. and PhD degree in Physics from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.
November, 2018 - present