Here Sass discusses his educational background, with a particular emphasis placed on his High School education which he received in Israel. Additionally, he covers the early years of his career. The disparities he notes between High School education in the United States and other parts of the world is another item of interest. In many
Dr. Sass Somekh recently took the time to share with me insights gathered during his phenomenal career. After some initial work with Bell Labs and Intel, he spent 23 years with Applied Materials prior to becoming the President of Novellus. At Applied, he perfected a process of enabling innovation to coexist in a large company