Jim Cedrone

Jim Cedrone is an experienced electrical engineering professional currently serving as the Director of Electrical Engineering at Axcelis Technologies since December 2024. Prior to this role, Jim worked at Motional as a Principal Engineer and Team Lead from October 2020 to July 2024, and held the position of Director of Electrical Engineering at SharkNinja for a brief period in 2020. Jim's extensive career includes a long tenure at Entegris from July 1998 to March 2020, where responsibilities included Senior Manager for New Product Development in Electrical and Software Engineering, as well as roles as a Senior Product Development Engineer. Jim began the career as a Field Application Engineer at Lam Research from October 1994 to July 1998. Jim holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Wentworth Institute of Technology, earned between 1989 and 1994.