Rave CEO honored with Bacus Lifetime Achievement Award

Nov. 30, 2009

Barry Hopkins, CEO of Rave LLC (Delray Beach, FL), was recently awarded the 2009 Bacus Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2009 Photomask Technology symposium, sponsored annually by SPIE (Bellingham, WA) and BACUS, in Monterey, California.

Stephen G. Anderson

Hopkins helped found RAVE, with the idea of using the Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) technology in a revolutionary new nanomachining approach for repairing extremely small defects on advanced critical level photomasks. The company has become an industry leader in the field of advanced photomask repair.

In 2010 Hopkins will celebrate 47 years in the semiconductor industry with 40 of those years dedicated directly to the photomask industry.

"Those 40 years have been committed to every aspect of the mask making sciences, captive and commercial mask business development and eventually mask equipment technology," the award citation states. "Just when it was needed, Barry's vision and perseverance in the mask repair equipment arena provided a yield improvement pathway and tremendous cost saving advantage to advanced mask makers around the world."

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About the Author

Stephen G. Anderson | Director, Industry Development - SPIE

Stephen Anderson is a photonics industry expert with an international background and has been actively involved with lasers and photonics for more than 30 years. As Director, Industry Development at SPIE – The international society for optics and photonics – he is responsible for tracking the photonics industry markets and technology to help define long-term strategy, while also facilitating development of SPIE’s industry activities. Before joining SPIE, Anderson was Associate Publisher and Editor in Chief of Laser Focus World and chaired the Lasers & Photonics Marketplace Seminar. Anderson also co-founded the BioOptics World brand. Anderson holds a chemistry degree from the University of York and an Executive MBA from Golden Gate University.