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J. Christopher Moran
Corporate Vice President, General Manager, Applied Ventures
J. Christopher "Chris" Moran is corporate vice president and general manager of Applied Ventures at Applied Materials, Inc., responsible for the development and management of the company's venture capital fund investments in early stage, privately held companies.
Mr. Moran is currently responsible for the fund's investments in semiconductors and solar energy. He currently is board of directors observer at EnPhase, Enki, Adesto and Semprius. He managed the fund's investments in Solaicx and SunEdison which recently saw successful exits.
Mr. Moran previously served as vice president and division general manager of the company's Mask Products Division, vice president of Corporate Marketing.
Since joining Applied Materials in 1984, Mr. Moran has held a number of positions in division management, engineering, product management and marketing, including general manager of the Metal Etch Division, Etch Product Business Group where he grew the single-wafer etch business to a revenue base of $600 million.
Prior to joining Applied Materials, Mr. Moran served as a member of the technical staff at Hughes Aircraft Co., and Atari Computer Corporation. Mr. Moran holds seven US Patents in the areas of machine automation, process control and process technology.
Mr. Moran received his bachelor of science and master of science degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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