FormFactor CEO and leadership

Michael D. Slessor has served as the Chief Executive Officer of FormFactor, Inc. since December 2014, and as a Director since October 2013. Mike served as President from October 2013 to December 27, 2014, and as Senior Vice President and General Manager, MicroProbe Product Group from October 2012 to October 2013. Before joining FormFactor, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of MicroProbe from July 2008 through the October 2012 closing of FormFactor’s acquisition of MicroProbe. Prior to joining MicroProbe, he held various management, product-marketing, and applications-engineering positions in the semiconductor industry, primarily with KLA-Tencor. Mike received his Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Physics from the California Institute of Technology and his B.A.Sc. in Engineering Physics from the University of British Columbia.

Jarek 'January' Kister is a Senior VP:Technology R&D/CTO at FORMFACTOR INC. She has worked as Executive/CTO at Probe Technology Inc, VP:Engineering at Kulicke & Soffa, and VP:Engineering/CTO at MicroProbe Product Group. January attended Haas School of Business - UC Berkeley between 1999 and 1999, The Silesian University of Technology between 1980 and 1985, and University of Michigan between 1986 and 1988.

9 years with EY, then CFO for Wintegra, which was acquired by PMC-Sierra. PMC appointed me as VP Finance FP&A, and then corporate controller as well.

Accomplished C-level executive with 20+ years of progressive leadership experience in delivering profitability and business growth for global science-based tech companies; deep expertise across company lifecycles -- from pre-IPO stage to billion-dollar public entity; proven record of influencing B2B and B2C business success by delivering value and differentiation; known for relentlessly delivering results amid high uncertainty; fine intuition for anticipating technology trends and developing strategies to capitalize on resulting opportunities; reputation for building winning teams across functions and cultures; passionate champion of STEM education and Diversity & Inclusion in tech industries.

Michael D. Slessor has served as the Chief Executive Officer of FormFactor, Inc. since December 2014, and as a Director since October 2013. Mike served as President from October 2013 to December 27, 2014, and as Senior Vice President and General Manager, MicroProbe Product Group from October 2012 to October 2013. Before joining FormFactor, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of MicroProbe from July 2008 through the October 2012 closing of FormFactor’s acquisition of MicroProbe. Prior to joining MicroProbe, he held various management, product-marketing, and applications-engineering positions in the semiconductor industry, primarily with KLA-Tencor. Mike received his Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Physics from the California Institute of Technology and his B.A.Sc. in Engineering Physics from the University of British Columbia.