Mark Durcan (2017): Critical to keeping America competitive in advanced memory manufacturing
- Mark was the operational counterpart to Steve Appleton’s hard-edged business acumen that made Micron Technology so successful in the 90s and 2000s
- Stepped back in out of retirement to stabilize Micron after the untimely death of Appleton
- He then led them to acquire Elpida which had been formed out of Japan’s leading memory companies