---
title: "CREDENCE SYSTEMS CORP — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/10a9a67f-e0e9-5d8b-91f2-6ae1a6afd104
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/10a9a67f-e0e9-5d8b-91f2-6ae1a6afd104
identifier: sec:0000893162
jurisdiction: US
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# CREDENCE SYSTEMS CORP

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** US  
**Identifier:** `sec:0000893162`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/10a9a67f-e0e9-5d8b-91f2-6ae1a6afd104  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/10a9a67f-e0e9-5d8b-91f2-6ae1a6afd104  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **DEB DIPANJAN** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/783b2b7a-5918-5f29-a3ce-04f43f8355fe
- **WRIGHT BRUCE R** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/425f5942-84dd-50a6-b372-991fec8eec03
- **SIDDALL GRAHAM** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b1b1ac85-b204-58f3-87fe-c72370136da2
- **NPTEST HOLDING LLC** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a94f696c-e83a-5697-bd1a-aec5d829b0c3
- **RANHOFF DAVID A** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/95fae5d5-9c1b-5e2e-aeec-f3e1143636db
- **HOLLAND LORI** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b05dd3fd-b7d8-5a86-8aca-5da40f86fc15
- **BEYER RICHARD M** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b346d3f0-9238-5c8f-88fc-a18c164de4a4
- **TOMPKINS JON D** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6153a6cb-9b32-5190-87e4-464c9e0e6cec
- **FRANCISCO PARTNERS LP** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a484a9bf-61ed-5927-8dfc-8171bfe98234
- **HOWARD WILLIAM G JR** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ee038966-0e68-5df4-8854-373db4bedc67
- **EVENHUIS HENK** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9e20ee67-72ee-5ac7-87c8-efda264689dc
- **AGHDAEI AMIR** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/99275e29-fe04-5373-a075-fd7e34d11118
- **HALE RANCE** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/951c6654-2e74-5d29-8095-29edcaa18b32
- **LEV LAVI** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fc2fb010-8199-58de-bad2-849eef014b1a
- **YANG PING** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ef7d042d-6a7e-5831-beed-1c768dc247d3
- **HOUSE DAVID L** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1e220288-3e4a-5535-81e8-ebf0c28d056a
- **TACELLI DAVID G** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6ac1b207-de9d-545d-903a-de2c4a82acea
- **EICHLER KEVIN C** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a68ec2cb-cb77-541a-a4a7-4ac1e14f2f7e
- **LEV LAVI** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fc2fb010-8199-58de-bad2-849eef014b1a
- **PFISTER IRWIN H** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5013f351-b40a-5fc0-b9ef-64eecf588f9a
- **MILSTEAD BYRON WAYNE** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e79d3049-a5d9-5c43-8bce-48bbd455bb75
- **LEO JOY E** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e05fada8-220b-5adb-afbb-a3a91302b941
- **BAHARAV OFIR** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8cf4ec31-4257-5f5f-b717-0828eb9c5a0f
- **HOADLEY BRYAN** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/584c01b6-b299-5d19-91aa-eceba8c600e2
- **BATTY JOHN** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1c50697c-c270-55a1-98c0-11b6d5d10a37
- **HOOPER BRETT LEONARD** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bac023fc-6243-510f-ac1a-62c7aff6feb3

### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner)

1. **DEB DIPANJAN** — director → *CREDENCE SYSTEMS CORP*
1. **WRIGHT BRUCE R** — director → *CREDENCE SYSTEMS CORP*
1. **SIDDALL GRAHAM** — officer → *CREDENCE SYSTEMS CORP*
1. **NPTEST HOLDING LLC** — tenpercentowner → *CREDENCE SYSTEMS CORP*
1. **RANHOFF DAVID A** — officer → *CREDENCE SYSTEMS CORP*
1. **HOLLAND LORI** — director → *CREDENCE SYSTEMS CORP*
1. **BEYER RICHARD M** — director → *CREDENCE SYSTEMS CORP*
1. **TOMPKINS JON D** — director → *CREDENCE SYSTEMS CORP*
1. **FRANCISCO PARTNERS LP** — tenpercentowner → *CREDENCE SYSTEMS CORP*
1. **HOWARD WILLIAM G JR** — director → *CREDENCE SYSTEMS CORP*
1. **EVENHUIS HENK** — director → *CREDENCE SYSTEMS CORP*
1. **AGHDAEI AMIR** — officer → *CREDENCE SYSTEMS CORP*
1. **HALE RANCE** — officer → *CREDENCE SYSTEMS CORP*
1. **LEV LAVI** — officer → *CREDENCE SYSTEMS CORP*
1. **YANG PING** — director → *CREDENCE SYSTEMS CORP*
1. **HOUSE DAVID L** — director → *CREDENCE SYSTEMS CORP*
1. **TACELLI DAVID G** — director → *CREDENCE SYSTEMS CORP*
1. **EICHLER KEVIN C** — officer → *CREDENCE SYSTEMS CORP*
1. **LEV LAVI** — director → *CREDENCE SYSTEMS CORP*
1. **PFISTER IRWIN H** — director → *CREDENCE SYSTEMS CORP*
1. **MILSTEAD BYRON WAYNE** — officer → *CREDENCE SYSTEMS CORP*
1. **LEO JOY E** — officer → *CREDENCE SYSTEMS CORP*
1. **BAHARAV OFIR** — officer → *CREDENCE SYSTEMS CORP*
1. **HOADLEY BRYAN** — officer → *CREDENCE SYSTEMS CORP*
1. **BATTY JOHN** — officer → *CREDENCE SYSTEMS CORP*
1. **HOOPER BRETT LEONARD** — officer → *CREDENCE SYSTEMS CORP*

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **CREDENCE SYSTEMS CORP**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/10a9a67f-e0e9-5d8b-91f2-6ae1a6afd104 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/10a9a67f-e0e9-5d8b-91f2-6ae1a6afd104._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._