Ian Laidler

Ian Laidler is CTO of Wayland Additive and is a physicist and engineer with 30 years of experience directing complex technical developments of high value capital equipment for the semiconductor and medical industries. Laidler has worked on the introduction of a superconducting electron synchrotron for IBM’s X-ray lithography program, superconducting proton cyclotrons for PET scanners, X-ray beamlines for the world’s third-generation synchrotrons, and electron beam lithography systems for the semiconductor and nanotechnology industries. Throughout these programs, Laidler has been responsible for coordinating high-performing teams and delivering to incredibly demanding semiconductor fab environments, including customers such as IBM, Hitachi, SEAGATE, Hoya, KERI, and NIST. For more information, go to www.waylandadditive.com.