Dr. Giovanni Nocerino Hired as President and CEO of Media Lario

February 2004 - Tony Scott of executive search firm ChampionScott Partners has placed Dr. Giovanni Nocerino as President and CEO of Media Lario (www.media-lario.com). Based in Italy, Media Lario is the world leader in manufacturing of high accuracy reflective optical components and systems to fuel commercialization in next generation Semiconductor Lithography, Telecommunications, Space and Defense, and has received venture funding from Draper Fisher Jurvetson, TLcom Capital Partners, Vision Capital and Intel Capital. Dr. Nocerino brings to Media Lario 25 years of successful management and experience gained through management and key executive roles in the semiconductor device and equipment industries. Most recently he was at ThermaWave, a provider of process control metrology equipment for the semiconductor industry, where he served as Executive Vice President.

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