Niranjan Khasgiwale is Vice President of Marketing and Business Development in the Digital Lithography Group. Niranjan has more than 25 years of experience in the semiconductor equipment industry and joined Applied in 2011 following the acquisition of Varian Semiconductor, where he led strategy and marketing for the implant business unit. He previously held roles with KLA-Tencor and Formfactor. He holds a master’s degree and Ph.D.in Materials Science from Dartmouth College and Lehigh University respectively and a B.Tech in Metallurgy from the Indian Institute of Technology.