Siport Tragedy
Sad Day for our industry!
I is a sad day for all of us in the semiconductor world to learn of the tragic events of last Friday at Siport in Silicon Valley. A Product/Test manger who was terminated earlier in the day returned to meet with the CEO, VP of Operations and the HR Manager in a conference room only to open fire and kill all three. He promptly walked out of the building and in a brief few seconds devastated 4 families. I, nor anyone else, can figure out why a intelligent professional would go to this extreme and create the lasting damage that an event like this has caused. In our industry this individual would have found a new position sometime in the near future and therefore would have survived the termination and moved on. I only hope that throughout this economic downturn we don't hear of anymore of these senseless acts. I had thought over the weekend that I had seen about everything one could see in my 27 years in the business. I guess I was wrong!
I did not know Brian Pugh or Marilyn Lewis, but have met Sid Agrawal on a couple occasions. He was a outstanding human being! This is a typical start-up company and as such is a small family of professionals that are giving all their energy for the common good. My only hope is that it won't cause these innocent survivors to lose faith in their company, and or, their fellow man. Rather, I would like to see them rally and focus on building this company in the memories of their departed brethren.
For now all we can do is offer our prayers and support for all of them.
