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Expert is a nationally recognized authority in thermosetting polymers. He has developed a fundamental understanding of thermosetting polymers including detailed experience in the rheology of curing systems (chemorheology), cure kinetics, physical property measurements, dielectric measurements of curing, and process development. He developed several novel methods to measure the change in rheological properties during thermoset curing, including a new method to simultaneously measure the rheological and dielectric properties during during. Expert is an expert in thermal analysis (DSC, TGA, TMA) and dynamic mechanical analysis of polymers and composites. He has developed formulated products with epoxy, cyanate ester, acrylate, methacrylate, polyimides, unsaturated polyesters, siloxanes, and other curing resins. Expert has also developed products using DICY, amines, imidazoles, and anhydrides as curing agents.

Expert has published 60 technical papers (including 4 book chapters) in the field of polymeric materials for advanced electronic packaging applications, thermosettting polymers, chemorheology, and curing kinetics. He holds 13 issued US patents, and has 8 patents pending in the area of thermosetting polymers and electronic applications.

Expert was an Adjunct Professor at Syracuse University in the Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science from 1986-1993. He research areas focused on the fundamentals of thermosetting curing and chemorheology.


Expert has over twenty-eight years experience in polymers for electronic applications and composites having held scientific and leadership positions at IBM, AlliedSignal, Honeywell International, and Ablestik Laboratories. Expert conducted scientific research in chemorheology of thermosetting polymers, advanced polymer characterization, and process development for advanced electronic packaging applications. Solved major reliability problem by co-inventing a new class of toughened cyanate resins. Nine patents issued covering composition of matter and applications. Was the co-developer of a new preprege and laminate used in high-end multilayer circuit boards. Optimized the formulation, performed extensive polymer characterization and worked with the manufacturing team on the commercializaton scale-up. Expert in using thermosetting resins and various types of reinforcements (woven glass cloth, non-woven Kevlar fibers) to engineer state-of-the-art laminates for high-end printed circuit boards. Expert applied Design for Six Sigma tools to develop an enhanced buried capacitance laminate and commercialized with mulit-million annual sales. He also led the development of new laminates for semiconductor packaging substrates (laminates and bond-ply used to form high density multilayer structures).

At Honeywell electronic materials, Expert was responsible for product development engineering, materials technology, technical marketing and pilot line operations support. He led a team of 20 scientists, engineers and technicians for development of a high-density multilayer ball grid array (MLBGA) laminate substrate. Expert reorganized development team for maximum impact, improving manufacturing yields from 30% to 90%, electrical test yield gain from 10% to 70%, enabled 90% pass rate on key reliability testing. Expert focused the R&D team on new laminate solution for high-end router/switch application, completed first articles in less than two months, at 75% yields. He directed development of state-of-the-art laminate and prepregs, enabling fabrication of a high-end multilayer ball grid array (MLBGA) flip chip substrate.

Expert led the technology function (Research, Development, and Applications Engineering) for a multimillion dollar global leader in adhesives used in semiconductor packaging. Experience with die attach, capillary underfill, no-flow underfills, coatings, and encapsulants. Led the development of multiple types of electrically conductive adhesives. He led the development of thermally conductive adhesives that were electrically insulating. He is an expert in materials for semiconductor packaging. Spearheaded the implementation of statistical design tools to improve formulation efficiency and optimize formulation final properties. Expert established key ties between corporate research (globally dispersed) and development improving the new technology delivery to the formulation scientists, resulting in highly differentiated products. He developed a product science platform approach that enabled formulation scientists to develop product architectures (technology frameworks for new products) that enabled rapid product modifications.

Expert is an accomplished technology professional with demonstrated success directing new product development, leading to multi-million dollar revenues with improved profitability. He has global experience developing new products having established a full function R&D and Applications Engineering lab in Shanghai, China with three new products commercialized in the first year. Expert led the global commercialization of more than 30 new products over a two year span (2007-2008) resulting in multimillion dollar first year revenues. He top-graded the R&D and Engineering groups in multiple organizations resulting in 25% of sales from products less than 3 years old and up to $80 million in new revenues. He developed and implemented a comprehensive intellectual property process leading to 65% of products covered by at least one patent. Expert provided Design for Six Sigma training for all scientists, chemists, and applications engineers and led the Six Sigma implementation at a global electronic adhesives company resulting in two-year savings of $1.2 million and 50% reduction in customer complaints for both new and existing products. He established buy-in across key business functions, led a multifunctional team to develop and implement a customized Stage/Gate process resulting in 25% of sales from products less than three years old.

Expert has extensive experience assessing the innovation capability of technology driven organizations, developing a technology roadmap, and implementing the appropriate tools to lead the organization to higher levels of productivity and improve new product development efficiency. His has significant experience optimizing the new product development portfolio using a variety of tools.

Expert has effectively managed the intellectual property portfolio and process in multiple organizations. He has led the development of comprehensive intellectual property management process enabling the identification of potentially valuable IP thru to patent filing and ongoing patent portfolio maintenance.

He improved technology delivery by focusing applied research on developing customer-targeted product science platforms, enhancing the formulation toolbox, enabling the development of new, differentiated products. He teaches courses on Innovation and Product Development in the MBA program at Concordia University in Irvine, CA.