Richard Anthony Ware

Work History

Wolfspeed Inc.

12.2023 - 11.2025

Maintenance Manager of the Photolithography/Metrology/Bond & Grind/Wet Etch equipment modules for the NC Fab locations.
Coordinate team structure with Equipment Supervisors, Engineers, and Technicians to provide maintenance support for all areas of coverage.
Consult with Directors from Equipment, Process, and Operations modules ensuring teams are aligned to achieve organizational goals.
Work directly with Operations and Process Engineering Management teams to ensure technical support is appropriately deployed.
Conduct KPI meetings with Equipment Engineering teams to discuss tool and process projects that reduce maintenance/production costs, increase throughput, and improve quality.
Perform Semiannual/Annual Performance Appraisal and Development plans with equipment engineers, supervisors, and technicians.
Provide support to the Continuous Improvement Team in facilitating the 5S improvements and/or action items within the NC Fab locations.
Work directly with EH&S to resolve any NCF-related safety issues, tech-involved incidents, or near-misses.
Collaborate with the Procurement and Logistics teams to verify spare part fulfillments and Vendor FSE service quotes are submitted for equipment repairs or services whenever needed.
During the 2024-2025 NCF closure timeframe, worked directly with Directors and VP to ensure the remaining EOL customer orders were fulfilled by helping techs and engineers continue to perform tool recoveries and preventative maintenance in a timely manner.

Wolfspeed Inc.

06.2017 - 11.2023

Maintenance Supervisor for Photo/Metrology/Bond & Grind areas on the Front-End Nights Maintenance Team.
Served as Maintenance Supervisor for Metal/Implant/Diffusion areas, combined with PMB&G, from 2017 to 2022.
Organize team structures with management to provide better coverage for tool priorities across all shifts.
Communicate directly with the Production, Management, and Engineering teams to coordinate technical support throughout SCD and RTP Wafer Fabs, while also providing personnel and/or technical support for both fabs whenever needed.
Ensure equipment training opportunities are being coordinated within the Front-End Nights Team technicians.
Work directly with FEN technicians, individually and/or as a group, to help achieve their personal goals for growth as technicians and engineers.
Coordinate morning meetings with oncoming shifts, Management, and Engineers to ensure communication is received to all parties daily.
Able to provide troubleshooting assistance to technicians within all areas of coverage on the FEN Maintenance team.
Serve as a 5S Maintenance Champion in the RTP Wafer Fab.

Cree/Wolfspeed Inc.

03.2010 - 05.2017

Shift Lead for the Back-End Nights Maintenance Team.
Responsibilities include coordinating support to multiple areas and ensuring communication is constant between the Production Team, Maintenance Team, and the Management Team.
Served as First Point of Contact for areas such as Photo, WZ, Wafer Thinning, and Wet Etch.
Emergency Response Team member, responsible for providing support for all emergencies at Cree Inc.
Senior Technician and Maintenance Tech Trainer for Photo, Bonding, RTA, and Metrology areas.
Use Workorders to document all Maintenance activities throughout each shift daily.
Perform scheduled Preventative Maintenance tasks on all tools in Photolithography and Metrology areas.
Troubleshoot all tool issues that are in unscheduled Down states due to vacuum issues, computer communication/automation related issues, and mechanical malfunctions with the use of schematics, technical specifications/documentation, and digital electronics.
Skilled in Robot training and/or re-teaching for Genmark Robots used on tools such as Suss Gamma Coaters and Compact Aligners.

SolarWorld AG Industries

11.2008 - 02.2010

Active Member of the Equipment Maintenance Team, in which insures the Kayex 120 Furnaces are properly operating for the growth of silicon crystals used for solar cells.
Work directly with Vendors on the installations and qualifications of Kayex 120 Crystal Growing Furnaces, which also includes the wiring of operations console and furnace power supplies.
Serve as First Point of Contact for the energizing of facilities such as CDA, Argon, and Water on Kayex 120 Furnaces.
Perform regularly scheduled preventative maintenance tasks such as 10/30/60 Crystal PM's.
Use troubleshooting skills to resolve all tools in unscheduled down states due to Ebara/Airtek/Hydraulic pump issues, software communication issues, pneumatic related issues, etc.
Document all daily activities and pass down all information to the Management, Engineering, and Equipment Maintenance Teams.

Cree Inc.

09.2006 - 10.2008

Active member of the Emergency Response Team. Responsibilities include providing support for all emergencies such as chemical spills, physical injuries, etc.
Serve as Single Point of Contact for all equipment issues in Photo area of the Wafer Fab on Front End Nights Team.
Document and pass down all tool activities using work orders daily.
Perform all regularly scheduled Weekly/Bi-weekly/Quarterly/Annual Preventative Maintenance tasks on tools such as Rite Track coaters, Suss Gamma Coaters, Suss 150/150E/Compact Aligners, and Semitool Scepters.
Troubleshoot all tool issues that are in unscheduled Down states due to pump related issues, computer communication/automation related issues, and mechanical malfunctions, with the use on schematics, technical specifications/documentation, and digital electronics.
Skilled in Robot training and/or re-teaching for Genmark Robots used on tools such as Suss Gamma Coaters and Suss Compact Aligners.

Intel Corporation

05.2001 - 09.2006

Area Coordinator, which acts as Single Point of Contact for all process and equipment issues that occur in D1C FE Lithography.
L3 Certified TEL Equipment Maintenance Technician; in which preventative maintenance tasks are performed on TEL Track equipment.
Perform a variety of complex operations and routine technical duties required to process products, detect and resolve equipment and process errors, and ensure product quality with the use of Statistical Process Control software.
L2 Certified Peer Trainer for Reticle and Link operations in D1C FE Litho.
D1C FE Lithography Quality Team Representative, which serves as an actively involved member discussing with other area representatives on ways to improve quality in production, while maintaining Safety Consciousness as the number one rule.
L2 RIT equipment maintenance technician; in which preventative maintenance tasks are performed on tools used for reticle inspections.