Willam J. Kroll
 Bill Kroll's experience spans more than 30 years and includes executive management in almost every area of business, including fifteen years of service to Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc., in two tenures (1986-1994 and 2001-present).
During his years with Matheson Tri-Gas, Kroll has focused on the strategic direction of the corporation, particularly the development of the corporation’s activities in the electronics market sector, which includes both compound and silicon semiconductors. Kroll was principally responsible for the introduction of SDS® (Safe Delivery Source) for the sub-atmospheric and safe delivery of toxic and hazardous gases for the semiconductor ion implant market, and for creating the Compound Semiconductor Initiative, which formed a market focus for Matheson Tri-Gas to surround MOCVD tools with their product portfolio of gases and equipment, including ultra-high purity Ultima® hydride gases and NANOCHEM® purifiers.
In recent years, Kroll has focused on the growth of Matheson Tri-Gas. He implemented corporate culture changes that drove organic growth, and he made several strategic acquisitions, which have led to dramatically increased revenues for Matheson Tri-Gas.
During his hiatus from Matheson Tri-Gas, Kroll served as Executive Vice President of Business Development at Emcore, where he was instrumental in taking that company public. He became a much sought after spokesperson for the technical community and was key in forming joint ventures, acquisitions and international distribution agreements. His more notable accomplishments were the formation of GELcore, the joint venture in solid-state lighting with General Electric Lighting; the joint venture with Uniroyal Technology Corp. in the formation of Uniroyal Optoelectronics, a maker of light emitting diode chips; and the joint venture with Union Miniere in the use of Germanium substrates for III-V devices. Kroll retired from Emcore in 2001.
Kroll completed his undergraduate and graduate work at Northwestern University. He is an established author having penned more than 50 papers in the areas of physical and chemical vapor deposition for semiconductor technology and is a member of IEEE, SEMI, SPIE, SAE, The Electrochemical Society and MRS. He has served on the Boards of Princeton Photonics and Optoelectronics Materials Center, and currently serves on the boards of the CGA, AeA, IOMA, Circle of Life, Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc. and Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation. Kroll was inducted into the New Jersey High Tech Hall of Fame in 2004, was named as one of the top 25 Entrepreneurs in New Jersey by NJ Biz in 2006, was appointed by the Governor of New Jersey to his Commission on Outsourcing and Off-shoring in 2007 and in October 2007 was awarded
the Boy Scouts of America Distinguished Eagle Scout Award as well as being named lifetime member and Trustee of the Boy Scouts of America. Under Kroll’s leadership, Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc. was named Large Company of the Year by the New Jersey Technology Council in 2006.
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