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Randhir Thakur recently joined SanDisk in October 2005, filling the newly created position of executive vice president of technology and worldwide operations. He is responsible for all aspects of SanDisk’s NAND flash memory roadmap and worldwide assembly. Prior to joining SanDisk, Thakur was group vice president and general manager of the Front End Products Group at Applied Materials. He also has been chief technology officer and general manager at Steag Electronic Systems, vice president of research development and technology at AG associates and has held technical positions at Micron Technology. Dr. Thakur holds more than 250 patents and has published more than 200 technical publications. He has also served as editor or co-editor of various conference proceedings related to front end materials and technology development and is the recipient of several awards for his contributions to semiconductor process technologies. He has a B.S. degree (honors) in electronics and telecommunications engineering from the Regional Engineering College, Kurukshetra, India. Dr. Thakur also holds M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Saskatchewan, Canada and University of Oklahoma respectively. | 