Edward C. Grady has been an Evergreen Solar director since October 2005. Mr. Grady is the president and chief executive officer of Brooks Automation, Inc. (Nasdaq: BRKS), a leading worldwide provider of automation solutions to the global semiconductor and related industries. Prior to joining Brooks in February 2003, he was a partner at Propel Partners a Venture firm in Palo Alto, Calif. Prior to this he ran several divisions at KLA-Tencor and helped grow the business to a level in excess of $1 billion in revenues. Before KLA-Tencor, he served as president and CEO of Hoya Micro Mask for three years, driving restructuring and cost-reduction initiatives to transform the business from a loss to a profit in two years. He started his career as an engineer for Monsanto/MEMC, and during his 13 years with the company, rose to the position of vice president of worldwide sales for EPI, the most profitable division in MEMC. Grady holds a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from Southern Illinois University and an MBA from the University of Houston.
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