Expert Details
MEMS Technology Strategy and Product Development
ID: 738156
California, USA
development of over 35 products, including quantum sensors, genetic sequencing chips, and wireless sensors for the automotive market. Co-author of a MEMS product development book.
Eight years consulting and business development for MEMS and microsystems semiconductor technologies. Advised executives, decision makers, and senior engineers to understand their opportunities, analyze their challenges, and identify solutions.
Advisor to SEMI, the Semiconductor industry group, MEMS and Sensor Industry Group (SEMI MSIG) and the University of Pennsylvania’s Singh Nanotechnology Center on long term strategy and industry wide challenges with other senior technologists and decision makers.
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering. MEMS, microsystems and semiconductor devices. Doctoral thesis: process development and device design for a MEMS gyroscope. Master’s in Physics. Master’s thesis: Quantum Interference Devices and their application to computation
Top Skills:
- Sensors
- Simulation
- MEMS
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 2003 | Degree: Ph.D. | Subject: Electrical Engineering, MEMS and semiconductor devices | Institution: Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Year: 1993 | Degree: M.A. | Subject: Physics | Institution: Duke University |
| Year: 1991 | Degree: B.A. | Subject: Physics and Environmental Studies | Institution: University of Pennsylvania |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 2012 to 2020 | Employer: AM Fitzgerald | Title: Associate, Business Development and Technology Strategy | Department: Business Development and Technology Strategy |
Responsibilities:- Business development for AMFitzgerald group. Consult with executives, engineering leadership, and senior decision makers to understand their opportunities, analyze their challenges, and identify technological solutionsto close sales. - Advised clients on technology strategy and product development on over 30 products. Products include: quantum sensors, electronic signal chains, and manufacturing supply chains for applications spanning consumer, biomedical, automotive, and aerospace sectors. - Program manager for client microsystem product development, including product and technology strategy, concept studies, device design and manufacture, volume manufacturing and testing. Ownership of technical, financial, and legal deliverables. - Established and managed volume manufacturing supply chains, including the source materials, foundry, backend, and testing. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2010 to 2012 | Employer: Halcyon Molecular | Title: Director of Nanostructures | Department: Nanofabrication |
Responsibilities:- Led a team of 4 people to develop silicon and carbon nanostructures for genetic sequencing. Our group designed device and fabrication flow. Established fabrication capabilities and resources to deliver devices.Identified and hired team members at remote facilities. Established documentation, procedures, and in-line testing to monitor fabrication flow and to coordinate teams. Established processes to monitor device quality. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2009 to 2009 | Employer: Atmel Corporation/LV Sensors | Title: MEMS Staff Design Engineer | Department: |
Responsibilities:Gyroscope & Accelerometer Development− MEMS design engineer and MEMS test engineer for gyroscopes and accelerometers. − The target market was smartphones with market volume on the order of billions of chips a year. Our group was tasked with formulating and executing the sensor/MEMS strategy for the microcontroller division at Atmel Corporation. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2005 to 2009 | Employer: LV Sensors | Title: Senior MEMS Engineer | Department: MEMS Design & Test |
Responsibilities:Pressure Sensors & Accelerometers for Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems− Primary designer of MEMS accelerometer. Primary test engineer for accelerometer & pressure sensor. Member of team responsible for MEMS pressure sensor. Roles included MEMS design, fabrication, packaging, test, algorithm development, and automotive qualification. − Member of the team that ramped production to tens of thousands of devices per month. − Conducted qualification testing and engineering to insure that the product meets the rigorous cost and quality standards of the automotive industry. − Algorithm development for accelerometer and pressure sensor to enable accurate, low-power information determination. − Years of experience in designing, fabbing, and testing MEMS chips that were manufactured at Honeywell in Seattle, WA, and Silex in Stockholm, Sweden. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2004 to 2005 | Employer: General MEMS | Title: Senior Technologist | Department: |
Responsibilities:MEMS Microphone Design & Manufacturing− Primary design, fabrication, and test engineer for a MEMS microphone. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2003 to 2004 | Employer: Intel | Title: Process Engineer | Department: Process development |
Responsibilities:Developed the lithography for the first 65nm node devices in the world. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2004 to 2005 | Employer: General MEMS | Title: Engineer | Department: Process development |
Responsibilities:Development of process for capacitive MEMS microphone |
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Career Accomplishments
| Professional Appointments |
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| Semiconductor Industry Group (SEMI) MEMS & Sensors Industry Group (MSIG) Worldwide Member of the Technical Advisory Committee 2019 – Current Advise the Semiconductor industry group's (SEMI) MEMS and Sensors Industry Group (MSIG) with other senior technologists on industry-wide challenges. Identify approaches and the semiconductor industry can collaborate on shared issues. Connect SEMI MSIG to organizations and individuals that can identify and execute solutions. Singh Center for Nanotechnology at the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Industrial Advisory Board 2017 – Current Advise the Singh Nanotechnology Center on long term strategy and direction with other senior industry leaders and decision makers. |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| Recipient of Gates Grand Challenges Explorations Grant; Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| Books, Papers, and Talks: 24 Patents: 4 Co-Author: - First practical guide to the technical and business challenges of MEMS and microsystem product development, from the initial concept to commercialization. - Intended for senior decision makers and engineering leadership who need MEMS and microsystem technologies, but whose expertise lies in other areas. |
Language Skills
| Language | Proficiency |
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| Korean | Fluent |
| Mandarin | |
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| German | |
| Japanese |