Dr. John Allgair Takes Helm as BRIDG Interim President

New Head of Not-For-Profit at NeoCity is Veteran of Semiconductor Industry

Kissimmee, Fla., January 3, 2024 – Dr. John Allgair, who has been with BRIDG since 2016 during its beginnings at NeoCity’s 500-acre technology district, has assumed the role of interim president.

Tuesday’s announcement positions BRIDG with a leader who has more than 20 years in the semiconductor industry focused on advanced package integration, factory design, process integration, yield enhancement, lithography, and materials characterization. Allgair’s familiarity with the organization’s mission combines with a vision for the future that is well-suited to leading BRIDG into a new era.

2023 was a banner year for BRIDG. Of significance is its leadership of a coalition that is a finalist in a National Science Foundation competition that could bring $160 million to the Central Florida region. Allgair has played an instrumental role in working with the National Science Foundation and other federal funding opportunities, including the Department of Defense’s Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment (IBAS) Program on a BRIDG contract involving licensing critical technology from imec. His role was also crucial in a recently announced Cornerstone Award that is being administered by IBAS.

Allgair has worked in roles focused on business growth, innovation, and bringing new products to market during tenures at Nanometrics, GLOBALFOUNDRIES, AMD, SEMATECH, Freescale, and Motorola. He serves on the SPIE Advanced Lithography program committee and has multiple publications in peer-reviewed industry journals. He received a Ph.D. in electrical engineering with an emphasis in semiconductor physics and processing from Arizona State University.

He succeeds James Vandevere, who had been BRIDG’s senior executive since December 2021. The BRIDG board of directors wishes Vandevere success in his future endeavors and is grateful for his leadership that saw the not-for-profit maintain and forge new partnerships coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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About BRIDG
BRIDG is a not-for-profit, public-private partnership specializing in digital, RF, and photonics interposer technology development coupled with advanced packaging capabilities. As an ITAR-certified and DMEA trust-ready supplier, BRIDG offers R&D expertise and a 200mm microelectronics fabrication facility geared toward system miniaturization, device integration, hardware security, and product manufacturing key to aerospace, defense, automotive, telecommunications, medical, and the IoT/AI revolution. Supported by Osceola County, Florida High Tech Corridor Council, imec, Orlando Economic Partnership, TEL, SUSS MicroTec, Siemens, and SkyWater Technology (Center for Neovation operator), BRIDG provides the physical infrastructure and collaborative process to connect challenges and opportunities with solutions; “Bridging the Innovation Development Gap” making commercialization possible. Located at NeoCity BRIDG is centrally located 20 minutes from Orlando International Airport and within a mile of Florida’s Turnpike. www.GoBRIDG.com

About NeoCity

Following the impacts of the Great Recession, Osceola County decided to make a long-term investment to create a 500-acre technology district, known as NeoCity to diversify its economy. Since then, Osceola County and their regional partners, have invested over $273 million to make NeoCity the hub to Central Florida’s burgeoning semiconductor industry. NeoCity’s anchor building, the Center for Neovation, (total of 109,000 sq. ft) consisting of a 36,000 square ft. cleanroom, is home to SkyWater Technology, imec USA, BRIDG, TEL, and SUSS MicroTec. The Osceola County School District’s NeoCity Academy, located next to the Center for Neovation, works with SkyWater, BRIDG, and imec USA to provide internships for the high school students to work in the fab. www.NeoCityFL.com