Ryan Fujimoto: Council of Outstanding Early Career Engineers - 2007

Ryan Fujimoto graduated with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering in 1996. He has more than nine years of combined process engineering and leadership experience, starting at LSI Logic’s Fab 1 facility and, since 2004, at Microchip’s Fab 4 facilities.

At LSI Logic, he led the Back End of Line Layer Team, a cross-functional engineering group driving issues to improve defect density and yield. At Microchip, he is group leader for the Etch Process Engineering and Technician Group, which maintains a technical, focus on etch modules, continuous improvement, problem solving, technology transfer, and yield improvement.

While a student at OSU, Fujimoto was a member of the Oregon Army National Guard. He was awarded the Army Achievement Medal (Active Component), Army Achievement Medal (Reserve Component), and the National Defense Medal for serving in Operation Desert Storm.