Richard Blickman — All Star 2018: Transformed BE Semiconductor (BESI) into a highly operationally-flexible equipment supplier, that can ride assembly equipment cycles with high margins
- Recent market pullback caused 27% decline in revenues but gross margins improved
- Result of a consistent transformation of BESI into a customer-centric organization
- Highly scalable staffing and supply-chain management
- Very few equipment suppliers have this level of scalability
- This combined strategic positioning in high-growth assembly equipment segments has resulted in BESI being a leading assembly equipment supplier