Investing Internet Technology Windows Internet Tech. The board also promoted chief financial officer Ernest L. Godshalk to the newly created position of president and chief operating officer and elected him a director of the company. It also named Robert J. Halliday vice president and chief financial officer.
All appointments are effective immediately.
Based in Gloucester, Mass., Varian makes ion implantation equipment used in the manufacture of semiconductors. O'Rourke served as chairman of Varian's previous incarnation, Varian Associates', as well as its CEO from 1990 until his retirement from the board in 1999. He has been chairman of Varian Semiconductor since the company's spin-off from Varian Associates in April 1999. Aurelio joined Varian Associates from a position as executive vice president of Holland's ASM Lithography, where he was also president of its U.S. affiliate. He was hired as president of the semiconductor equipment business in 1991 and was elevated to executive vice president of Varian Associates in 1992.