Applied Materials Inc. helps the world’s technology leaders build their products. The Santa Clara company, founded in 1967, is the world’s largest maker of semiconductor, flat-panel display and solar photovoltaic manufacturing equipment and software, serving high-tech, electronics and energy customers around the world. It’s now the global leader in creating high-volume tools, software and other equipment for nanomanufacturing. The company reported 2011 revenues of $10.5 billion.
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One of the best things about being a high-tech general counsel is that you’re always in the vanguard of the law, says Joseph Sweeney, general counsel of Applied Materials, which helps other companies make increasingly smaller and faster computers, flatscreens and smartphones.
