Gary E. Dickerson

Career

1. 2013 – now
   Applied Materialssrc
   President & CEO; director
   Effective 2013-09-01, succeeding Michael Splinter, who stayed as Executive Chairman through March 2015 per the same 8-K
2. 2012 – 2013
   Applied Materialssrc
   President, reporting to CEO Michael Splinter
   Effective 2012-06-19
3. 2011 – 2012
   Applied Materialssrc
   Employee reporting to the CEO on Varian merger integration
   From the November 2011 Varian acquisition to June 2012
4. 2004 – 2011
   Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associatessrc
   CEO and director
   Until Applied acquired Varian in November 2011
5. 1986 – 2004
   KLA-Tencorsrc
   Operations and product development roles, rising to President & COO
   The proxy says 18 years before he joined Varian in 2004; the 1986 start is that arithmetic, not a stated date

Undated in the sources

• General Motors Delco Electronics Division; AT&T Technologiessrc, Manufacturing and engineering management

Not located: Dates of the pre-KLA-Tencor roles and of his President & COO years at KLA-Tencor are not given in any filing read

Achievements

• CEO of Applied Materials since September 2013 after running Varian Semiconductor as CEO from 2004 to its 2011 sale to Appliedsrc
• Fiscal 2025 was the sixth straight record year; the proxy puts revenue and EPS growth over that span at about 12% and 20% a yearsrc
• Fiscal 2025 non-GAAP gross margin of 48.8% was the company's highest in 25 years, per the proxysrc
• GAAP net income was $6.856bn (FY2023), $7.177bn (FY2024) and $6.998bn (FY2025)src
• His December 2020 Value Creation Award hit its top TSR hurdle and vested at the 200% maximum (232,290 units) at the end of fiscal 2025src

Education

• University of Missouri, Rolla, BS Engineering Managementsrc
• University of Missouri, Kansas City, MBAsrc

Background

• Family No family-relationship statement for him was found in the 2012 or 2013 appointment 8-Ks or the 2026 proxy; the 2026 proxy lists no related-person transaction involving himsrc
• Boards No other public-company board now or in the last five years, per the 2026 proxy. He was formerly on the board of the U.S.-China Business Councilsrc
• Other The compensation committee pays for a residential security system and travel security for him and his family, on a third-party risk assessmentsrc
• Other Hired as CEO in 2013 with a 1,000,000-share option grant vesting over four years and a 175% target bonussrc