Wang served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Solectron Corporation, a worldwide provider of electronics manufacturing services, until her retirement from Solectron in 2002. She joined Solectron as Director, Finance, in 1984 and served as CFO beginning in 1989. Prior to joining Solectron, Wang held financial and managerial positions at Xerox Corporation, Westvaco Corporation and Price Waterhouse & Co. She has served on several public and private company boards, and currently serves on the board of Cirrus Logic, a supplier of high-precision analog and digital signal processing components, and on the boards of Nektar Therapeutics and Premier, two healthcare-related companies. In addition, within the past five years, Wang served on the boards of Altera Corporation, a programmable semiconductor company, RAE Systems, a developer of sensory technology for hazardous materials, and Suntech Power Holdings, a solar energy company.

Over the course of her career, Wang has played an integral role in several significant and complex governance matters, and has served on the audit committee, including serving as audit committee chair, on several of the boards she has joined. She has extensive expertise in financial, operational and strategic matters, together with a wealth of senior management and public and private board experience.

John Peeler, Veeco’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, said, “We are very pleased to have Susan join our Board at an exciting time for the Company. We look forward to benefiting from her significant experience as a valued member of the team.”