William Elicson Email & Phone Number

Working closely with the Finance and Enrollment Groups to develop and implement secure applications used throughout the company.

Fremont, Ca

• Founded and operated a website/database development company, creating custom Internet-based applications for businesses in North America and Asia• Created, tested and released custom website, database, and Internet-based business applications driven by specific customer-defined requirements, allowing clients to streamline their business operations • Developed point-and-click online Content Management Systems, giving end-users the ability to execute complex scheduling and client… Show more • Founded and operated a website/database development company, creating custom Internet-based applications for businesses in North America and Asia• Created, tested and released custom website, database, and Internet-based business applications driven by specific customer-defined requirements, allowing clients to streamline their business operations • Developed point-and-click online Content Management Systems, giving end-users the ability to execute complex scheduling and client communications driven by custom SQL Server databases • Enabled clients to perform complex data mining tasks by developing user-friendly, front-end, Internet-based user interfaces connected to back-end SQL Server databases • Created and released fully-functional eCommerce sites resulting in immediate income streams for clients • Integrated Classic ASP (VBScript) with HTML and SQL to create seamless, highly-polished, dynamic websites • Developed and supported website post-release custom functions with extremely short development time cycles based on additional customer requirements. Show less

• Recipient of the Lam Research Carl A. Kountz Award for contributions to the success and operation of the Process Applications Lab • Established and managed the core support group for the Applications Department, with 5 equipment support technicians and 3 technical writers, allowing the lab to operate successfully • Supported all Rainbow 4420 and TCP 9400 plasma etch systems for the Poly Etch Business Unit, resolving equipment issues and system configurations within the cleanrooms… Show more • Recipient of the Lam Research Carl A. Kountz Award for contributions to the success and operation of the Process Applications Lab • Established and managed the core support group for the Applications Department, with 5 equipment support technicians and 3 technical writers, allowing the lab to operate successfully • Supported all Rainbow 4420 and TCP 9400 plasma etch systems for the Poly Etch Business Unit, resolving equipment issues and system configurations within the cleanrooms • Created publication-quality technical reports with final delivery to semiconductor equipment buyers. Managed the technical writing for the Business Unit demo reports, transforming lab notes of completed plasma etch lab experiments for sub-micron process development into polished reports • Evolved and defined the format of the demo report, driving $200M+ in semiconductor capital equipment sales to Asia, Europe, and North America • Developed and implemented an extensive, custom, intranet-based Lab Reference Database for lab operations, accessed by 300+ users at their desktops throughout the company and with terminals placed at key locations throughout the Applications and Metrology labs.• The Lab Reference Database served as the corporate R&D information center in the following areas: . . . plasma etcher placement. . . detailed etcher system configuration for 150 systems. . . point-and-click configuration viewing for multi-chamber systems. . . interactive demo scheduling. . . product service request entry and tracking. . . automatic shift-sensitive technician paging. . . equipment technician assignments. . . interactive queuing on all major metrology tools. . . scanning electron microscope image retrieval. . . available process gas tracking at all stations. . . etcher utilization analysis. . . wafer mapping and uniformity calculations. . . mass flow controller conversions. . . safety analysis Show less

• Successfully managed a team of 7 process engineers, 2 senior engineers, 4 technicians, and one technical writer with primary corporate responsibility for demos, process, and hardware development the Rainbow 4420 and TCP 9400 product lines • Reviewed incoming demo requests to determine feasibility and to plan engineering methodology for ensuring successful demo outcome • Scheduled and streamlined lab work with consideration given to equipment and personnel availability and to inputs… Show more • Successfully managed a team of 7 process engineers, 2 senior engineers, 4 technicians, and one technical writer with primary corporate responsibility for demos, process, and hardware development the Rainbow 4420 and TCP 9400 product lines • Reviewed incoming demo requests to determine feasibility and to plan engineering methodology for ensuring successful demo outcome • Scheduled and streamlined lab work with consideration given to equipment and personnel availability and to inputs from Sales, Marketing, and Business Unit upper management • Gave technical direction to engineers for demo work in progress to ensure that the engineers' decisions were sound and the customers' objectives had a high probability of being met • Traveled to customers in the U.S. and Asia to present and review projects and demo work in progress • Established timelines for critical Business Unit projects • Prepared technical process information for Marketing for use in publications and spec negotiations • Edited drafts of demo and project reports • Prepared technical presentations of completed process development for customers and for internal review meetings • Created and developed databases to track demo progress so that weekly and quarterly executive summaries could be prepared • Established and maintained the Process Applications Library for the Business Unit, consisting of notes from all lab work together with the final reports, and gave direction to technical writers and engineers for ongoing improvements to the report format Show less

• Completed advanced customer demos for state-of-the-art plasma etch systems resulting in $50M of equipment sales and penetration into new markets • Developed and characterized advanced submicron etch processes for the Rainbow 4420 • Drove the success of live customer demos and process development • Traveled to customer sites throughout the US and Asia to give technical presentations of completed work • Gave direction to other Applications Engineers within the group to ensure… Show more • Completed advanced customer demos for state-of-the-art plasma etch systems resulting in $50M of equipment sales and penetration into new markets • Developed and characterized advanced submicron etch processes for the Rainbow 4420 • Drove the success of live customer demos and process development • Traveled to customer sites throughout the US and Asia to give technical presentations of completed work • Gave direction to other Applications Engineers within the group to ensure that their process strategies and methodology were sound • Transformed the demo report into a highly presentable format that was used as an example by other groups within the company Show less

• Worked directly with customers during 250 plasma etch demos, leading to more than $100M in equipment sales• Prepared technical reports of completed process work for customers, raising the bar for quality and completeness of reporting

• Gained plasma etch process experience by participating in the preparation and testing of systems preceding in-house acceptance testing by end-users• Worked with customers during in-house acceptance of more than $25M of plasma etch systems• Built and tested the reaction chambers of more than 100 plasma etch systems, allowing timely shipment of systems during a critical corporate ramp-up period

• Awarded a Teaching Assistantship position and full scholarship within the Physics Department

• Brought the Thin Films Lab online by installing and repairing thin film deposition equipment, transforming an empty room into a fully-functional graduate research center

• Acquired and archived data from particle acceleration experiments conducted by university staff and graduate students, resulting in a high level of organization and stability for lab operations

• Awarded a summer research internship to Oakridge National Laboratory, Fusion Energy Division • Worked closely with the development team during the implementation of a Tokomak fusion reactor • Developed the infrastructure for Computer Automated Measurement and Control (CAMAC) as it related to reactor control • Created and released a custom software system that allowed reactor parts to be commanded with simple English sentences