Mr. Russell Dover

Russell Dover is the Head of EI-Services Product Development at Lam Research, based in Fremont, CA, where he leads service innovation within the Services organization. His career began in the UK as a process engineer at GEC Plessey Semiconductor, followed by roles as an applications engineer and manager at KLA-Tencor in Europe before relocating to the United States in 1999 to transition into product marketing. Over the years, he contributed across multiple divisions at KLA-Tencor—including wafer and reticle inspection and Global Support Services —and later brought his expertise to ASML’s computational lithography group. With experience spanning large-scale hardware systems, major software development programs, and the creation and commercialization of service products, Russell brings a uniquely broad technical and business background to driving Equipment Intelligence solutions and next-generation service capabilities at Lam Research.