Team

Yves Gouanvic Yves Gouanvic
Email: yves.gouanvic@precilab.com
Phone: 972-661-8160, Ext 300
President
Education: Doctor in Geology-Geochemistry-Metallogeny, University of Nancy I (France) – 1983
Experience:
  • Over 15 Years in Europe, with Merck KGaA, in Sales & Marketing, Business Development and Management in the field of various High Technology Products, including:
    Optical / Scintillation Crystals,
    Optical coating materials,
    Liquid Crystals,
    Thermochromic Liquid Crystals,
    UV curing materials,
    Special pigments,
    Semiconductor grade Chemicals, Chemical Dispense Systems and associated Services
  • Development of on-site Services (Total Chemical Management) at 3 Semiconductor Fabs in France.
  • Development of Chemical logistic network, 3 Chemical Storage and Distribution centers.
  • Development of a new State of the art Analytical Laboratory dedicated to the Semiconductor Industry in Europe.
  • Member of Merck-Praxair Semiconductor Gas& Chemicals Alliance Team (Dallas, TX 1999).
  • Founder and President of PRECILAB since 2001.
David Ditter David Ditter
Email: david.ditter@precilab.com
Phone: 972-661-8360, Ext 303
Laboratory & QA Manager
Education:
ACS certified B.S degree in Chemistry
Experience:
  • Over 20 Years experience performing semiconductor quality activities and laboratory analyses supporting manufacturing, quality control, chemical operation services and facilities departments. Achieved a high level of expertise in operating, optimizing and maintaining Thermo and Varian ICP mass spectrometers as well as GFAA, IC and UV/Vis instruments.
  • Performed numerous analytical methods development including sample preparation, instrument setup and quality control.
  • Involved in two semiconductor manufacturing facility start-ups, providing all departments with chemical certification analyses, technical quality activities, and engineering support.
  • Working knowledge of semiconductor process, chemical distribution system operations, DI water systems, clean room operations, laboratory instrument maintenance/repair, and analytical method development.
  • Supported semiconductor chemical operation departments with inventory control, chemical distribution system troubleshooting, and technical problem solving.
  • Have experience in problem solving many types of chemical analyses and provided technical support, especially in production related situations.
  • Successfully lead the ISO17025 accreditation and renewal of a semiconductor chemical testing laboratory as Quality Manager.
Marie-Claire Gouanvic Marie-Claire Gouanvic
Email: mc.gouanvic@precilab.com
Phone: 972-661-8360, Ext 301
Vice-President – Administration and finance
Education:
Diplôme Universitaire de technologie : Gestion des entreprises et des Administrations (BBA) Université de Caen
Licence de sociologie (Bachelor degree in Sociology) - Université de Nancy.
Experience:
  • Precilab Accounting
Denis DiMarco Dennis DiMarco
Email: dennis.dimarco@precilab.com
Phone: 972-661-8360, Ext 304
Senior Chemist
Education:
B.S. in Chemistry from Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
Ph.D. in Electro-Analytical Chemistry from Iowa State University
2 years Post-Doctoral research under Professor Theodore Kuwana at The Ohio State University in the area of O2 electrocatalysis using a Rotating Ring Disk Electrode
Experience:
  • Over 5 years experience performing clean room chemical analyses.
  • Over 5 years experience performing ppt level trace metals analysis using Varian and Thermo ICP Mass Spectrometers. Achieved a high level of expertise in operating, optimizing and maintaining ICPMS and IC instruments.
  • Over 5 years experience performing ppb level IC analyses using Dionex and Metrohm IC systems.
  • Several years experience in analytical research and methods development.