Ian Laidler

Ian is a Physicist and Engineer with more than 30 years of experience directing complex technical developments of high-value capital equipment for the semiconductor and medical industries. Ian has worked on the introduction of a superconducting electron synchrotron for IBM’s X-ray Lithography program; superconducting proton cyclotrons for PET scanners; X-ray beamlines for the world’s third-generation synchrotrons; and electron beam lithography systems for the semiconductor and nanotechnology industries. Throughout these programs, Ian has been responsible for coordinating high-performing teams and delivering to incredibly demanding semiconductor fab environments, including customers such as IBM, Hitachi, SEAGATE, Hoya, KERI, NIST.