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Management Team

Ken Burgess - Chief Executive Officer
S2 Automation LLC

Founded S2 Automation in 2000
12 years Clean room Automation
Systems Integration Engineer
New Equipment Design
Project Management
3 years Defense Industry – Avionics/Aerospace
BSEE, AS Instrumentation & Control
  • Founded S2 Automation in 2000
  • 12 years Clean room Automation
    • Systems Integration Engineer
    • New Equipment Design
    • Project Management
  • 3 years Defense Industry – Avionics/Aerospace
  • BSEE, AS Instrumentation & Control


Yosi Astanovsky
- Chief Executive Officer
S2 Automation Israel LTD

  • 13 years Intel experience
  • Clean room expert:  design, operation and optimization ( Micro contamination Eng)
  • AMHS PRI Equipment Engineering, sustain & optimization
  • Project management /integration manager
  • BSc in Mechanical Eng ; MBA


David Dabau
- Chief Operations Officer

  • 12 years Clean room Automation (Domestic / International)
    • Project Manager US, Asia, Europe
    • 200mm and 300mm experience
  • Experience Nuclear Medicine PET/CRT Install and Implementation
    • SR Project Manager for Central / West Coast Regions including Korea and Mexico
  • Defense Industry experience – QA/QC Avionics/Aerospace
  • BSBM, AS Electronics & Computer Engineering, PMI® Certification PMP®


Tom Beck
- Director of R&D

  • AMHS installation
  • AMHS equipment manufacturing in an R&D environment
  • Commissioning equipment in the Nuclear Power industry
  • BSWT (Metallurgy Engineer)


Richard Barnes
- Director of Special Projects

  • 10 years Clean room Automation Implementation Manager US, Asia, Europe, 200mm and 300mm Experience. Including Special Projects developing Installation tools and procedures for OHV 300mm intra-bay systems
  • 5 years Specialty Clean room Equipment Design and Manufacturing
  • 15 years Specialty Prototype machine work for Sandia and Los Alamos National Labs