Pivotal Systems Corporation announced the appointment of President and Chief Technology Officer, Joseph Monkowski to its Board of Directors as an Executive Director. In addition, the Board is in advanced discussions with an Australian Independent Non-Executive Director candidate to further strengthen the Board. Joseph Monkowski has extensive experience in the semiconductor industry focused on providing process equipment and metrology solutions for next generation device manufacturing.

Joe founded Pivotal in 2003 and has led the Company's research and development activities as Chief Technology Officer. Prior to joining Pivotal, Monkowski was the SVP of Business Development for Advanced Energy Industries, where he led the company's M&A strategy to expand its product portfolio and position the company as a market leader in the semiconductor subsystems space. Previously, he held senior executive positions at Pacific Scientific, Photon Dynamics and Lam Research, where he served as EVP and CTO.

During his career, Monkowski led efforts todesign and build a number of leading CVD and plasma etch systems, winning the R&D 100 award and multiple Semiconductor International Best Product awards. He has authored numerous patents and publications.