Alain Harrus

Director, Board of Directors

Alain Harrus joined Crosslink in 2006 to focus on the firm’s Energy Technologies and Computing & Semiconductor venture investing activities.  He has spent more than 25 years in the semiconductor industry as a technologist and an investor in high-growth early-stage companies.

Mr. Harrus began his career at AT&T Bell Laboratories’ advanced materials development group where he developed thermal and plasma processes for thin film dielectrics deposition for semiconductor device manufacturing. From there, he joined Novellus Systems, leaving briefly to join Lam Research as director of deposition technology in the chemical vapor deposition business unit. Throughout his tenure at Novellus, his roles ranged from director of technology for dielectrics to director of strategic marketing, where he championed the company’s pursuit of a total copper metallization solution for advanced semiconductor manufacturing. In February 1996, Mr. Harrus became Vice President and Chief Technical Officer of Novellus, chartered with evaluating new technologies and opportunities designed to fuel Novellus’ growth in target markets. Before joining Crosslink, he was a General Partner at Compass Technology Partners investing in technology-intensive, early stage companies.

Mr. Harrus has a BS in Mathematics and MS in Physics from the University of Paris XI at Orsay, France and a Ph.D. in Experimental Solid State Physics from Temple University in Philadelphia.