Expert Details
Electronic Materials, Processes, and Components (esp. Capacitors)
ID: 733416
South Carolina, USA
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1985 | Degree: BS | Subject: Ceramic Engineering | Institution: Alfred University |
| Year: 1988 | Degree: MS | Subject: Materials Science and Engineering | Institution: University of Florida |
| Year: 1993 | Degree: PhD | Subject: Materials Science and Engineering | Institution: University of Florida |
| Year: 1995 | Degree: MBA | Subject: Business Management | Institution: Webster University |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 2008 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: VP, Consulting | Department: Consulting |
Responsibilities:Consultant for selection, sourcing, design, materials, processing, technology, intellectual property and equipment selection for electronic components• Electronic device and materials consulting • Electronic component selection and sourcing for projects (active and passive) • Capacitors, resistors, inductors and terminators, batteries, oscillators, transducers, power harvesters and sensors (mechanical and gas including smart sensors), thermoelectric devices, and other passive electronic components • Adhesive/coating/potting/encapsulation selection • Manage PCB fabrication and assembly processes • RoHS advisement • Advisement on product compliance per specification • Electronic materials selection and sourcing including ceramics, metals, and organics • Device, Materials and process development for materials and related electronic components • High temperature materials selection, evaluation, design and processing • High energy density storage materials and devices design and development assistance • Product development assistance including design, materials selection and sourcing, processing and related process equipment, test and analysis, packaging, intellectual property protection and marketing • Technical marketing studies for emerging proprietary technologies, including devices, materials, test and measurement, and associated equipment, intellectual property and technologies • Assisted in win of ARPA-e grant team BEEST Program Award Recapping, Inc.: High Energy Density Capacitors, program in coordination with Recapping (Khosla Ventures funded) and Pennsylvania State University • Subject matter expert: Ceramic capacitors, providing expert advisement on characteristics of multilayer ceramic capacitors, Class 1 (linear dielectrics) and Class 2 (ferroelectric dielectrics) • Expert for International Trade Commission Trial Investigation Number 337-TA-692, “In the Matter of Certain Ceramic Capacitors and Products Containing Same”, Murata v SEMCO. Assisted successful defense against infringement claims regarding US Patents: o 6,014,309 o 6,243,254 o 6,266,229 o 6,377,439 • Expert support for International Trade Commission Trial Investigation Number 337-TA-813, “Certain Electronic Devices With Graphics Data Processing Systems, Components Thereof, and Associated Software”, S3 Graphics v Apple. Assisted successful defense settlement against infringement claims regarding US Patent 5,581,279 • Expert support for U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, case number 2:11-cv-00052-TJW, MicroUnity Systems Engineering, Inc. v. Apple, Inc., et al. Assisted successful defense settlement against infringement claims regarding US Patent 6,643,765 • Expert for Fourth Circuit Court, Duval County Florida, product liability case number 16-2010-CA-001815, Gentleman v Medtronic. Assisted successful settlement for client • Expert support for additional intellectual property and product liability projects • Technical and market development advisor to several startup businesses in the field of passive electronic components (high temperature, high energy density storage devices and materials, high temperature gas sensing systems) • Instructor, seminar on patent portfolios and intellectual property at CARTS USA 2011 • Invited instructor, seminar on intellectual property at SmartStateTM Council of Endowed Chairs, May 2013 • Invited speaker for ASM seminar, October 2014 • Technical blogger for “The Circuit: A Blog for Engineers,” http://www.venkel.com/blog • Marketed IP rights to patent portfolio for emerging technology company • Client base includes more than 25 clients, from startup to Fortune 100. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1999 to 2008 | Employer: KEMET Electronics | Title: Director of Ceramic Technology | Department: Ceramic Capacitors |
Responsibilities:Responsible for the direction of seven, process specific, functional teams, providing technology solutions for Multilayer Ceramic Capacitor (MLCC) development needs, including:-Mixing, Milling and Coating of Dielectric Tapes -Electrode Materials -Green Chip Processing -Thermal Processing and Corner Rounding -Termination Materials and Processing -Plating -Test and Failure Analysis |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1997 to 1999 | Employer: Ferro Corporation | Title: Director of Research and Development | Department: Electronic Materials |
Responsibilities:Responsible for planning, direction and oversight of all division level research and development and new product development, including the following product lines:• LTCC (Low Temperature Cofired Ceramic systems) • MMS (Multilayer Materials Systems) • OEM (Organic Electronic Materials systems ) • PVS (Photovoltaic materials Systems) • RMS (Resistor Materials Systems) • TFS (Thick Film materials Systems) • Directed new product development of more than 225 new line item products accounting for ~25% of FEM, CA FY99 total sales • Established and managed an R&D/NPD group • Established a comprehensive R&D information system • Established and managed a process engineering group • Established and managed a QA group • Corporate level R&D interaction for division • Division level interaction with external product development sources • Managed divisional intellectual property • Managed DARPA grant for high aspect ratio electrode printing on low loss dielectric packaging • Member of Senior Management Committee |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1992 to 1997 | Employer: AVX Corporation | Title: Manager of Ceramic Capacitor Research and Development | Department: Advanced Product Technology |
Responsibilities:Responsible for planning and oversight of all multi-layered ceramic capacitor development• Oversight of development of base metal, relaxor and conventional MLCC systems, high CV, low cost (Ni-metallurgy X7R and Y5V, Relaxor-based Y5V/Y5U) • For high frequency applications (Cu-metallurgy COG) • For harsh environments (X8R/other under-the-hood applications) • Assisted Integrated Passive Component development • Member of AVX Development Council • Member of AVX Dielectric Strategy Committee • Oversight Committee for competitor benchmarking • Interface and assist corporate MLCC development at satellite plants (Myrtle Beach, SC, Conway, SC, Raleigh, NC, Olean, NY, Vancouver, WA, Coleraine, Ireland, Kyocera (Japan and USA)) • Member of Environmental, Health and Safety Council • AVX Representative to the American Ceramic Industries Association |
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Career Accomplishments
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| ACers ASM |
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| DFSS Six Sigma Black Belt |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| Inventor on 20 US Patents Author on over 60 Publications and Presentations |