Ms. McClendon joined MiaSolé as its Chief Financial Officer in November 2006.
She brings to the company extensive experience as a public company CFO with expertise in the many aspects of financial management and administration important to MiaSolé's next growth stage. Ms. McClendon has over 20 years experience in finance, with 10 years in CFO roles for public and private fabless semiconductor companies including Mellanox Technologies Ltd., Transmeta Corp. and NeoMagic.
She has directed finance, legal, human resources and information technology organizations for companies which have grown from privately held startups to multi-national, public companies and has successfully completed financial equity and debt transactions, mergers and acquisitions, IP licensing and divestitures.
Ms. McClendon received her Bachelors Degree in Business Administration from San Jose State University. She is a certified public accountant and began her career as an audit manager with Deloitte and Touche.
Dr. Atiye Bayman has 25 years of experience in the semiconductor industry. Prior to joining Miasolé, she was with Novellus Systems Inc. for 8 years. At Novellus, as Director of Technology for the high density plasma products, she was responsible for process development for dielectric deposition for gap fill applications. Dr. Bayman developed expertise in device performance optimization and process integration at Synergy Semiconductor Inc., a semiconductor device company specialized in fast memory and application specific chips. During her 11 years at Synergy, she held positions in yield management and technology development. She started her career at Advanced Micro Devices, where she developed plasma etch processes for AMD’s first trench isolated bipolar technology. Dr. Bayman holds a Ph.D in solid state physics from the University of California, Santa Barbara and Bachelor of Science in physics from Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey.
Dr. Jason Corneille joined Miasolé in October 2007 to lead the company’s back-end assembly processes and engineering. He brings 12 years of innovation and accomplishments in semiconductor equipment process and integration and development. Prior to Miasolé, Dr. Corneille was Sr. Director of KLA-Tencor’s Metrology Divisions Group Marketing, where he lead strategic coordination between KLA-Tencor’s five metrology divisions and was responsible for developing strategies and growth for new markets and applications. Before KLA-Tencor, Dr. Corneille worked at Blue-29 as Sr. Director of Strategic Technology and Sr. Director of Operations. He has also held product management, account technology management, and process development management positions at Novellus Systems, Inc. Dr. Corneille received his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Southeastern Louisiana University and his Ph. D. in Analytical Chemistry (Surface Science) from Texas A&M University.
Richard (Rich) Hossfeld is Vice President of Global Business Development and Sales for MiaSolé with a prime focus on increasing the company’s sales pipeline, expanding its business model globally and executing strategic partnerships.
Hossfeld has a deep knowledge of the energy and solar industries, having previously served as vice president of business development at both First Solar and Fluidic Energy. Hossfeld also has proven experience in developing and leading market entry and go-to-market strategies in North America, Asia and Latin America . During his tenure at First Solar, the company entered the North America market, compiled a 2.2 GW pipeline of contracted projects, acquired project development and EPC businesses and launched operations in Asia. Additionally, Hossfeld has been an active participant in numerous global clean energy forums, including Clean Energy Trade delegations to China and India led by former U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke and U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu’s Clean Energy Ministerial.
Prior to joining First Solar, Hossfeld practiced corporate law at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP. Hossfeld received his bachelor's degree in economics and government from Claremont McKenna College and his juris doctor from Duke University School of Law.
