• Define and align global acquisition strategy for inorganic growth, unifying the systems and processes between Moxtek business groups and parent company platform companies for consistent analysis of and decision making on business opportunities. integration planning for newly acquired businesses. • Lead the identification and assessment of potential global M&A opportunities utilizing market research, business intelligence, competitive and scientific analysis. Coordinate due diligence across multiple functional areas, integration planning and implementation.

• Implemented and Leading the Optics division cross functional business review process to increase culture of accountability, communication and drive improvement to revenue goals and KPIs.• Lead the research, development, and implementation of new nanotechnologies, products and methodologies within the Optics Technology organization. Specifically, Nano Imprint Lithography processing developed and released to high volume production for optical nano-structures.• Collaborate with Technical Sales, Marketing, Business Development groups and customers to identify and define Strategic Business plans and technical road maps leading to the development of new product based on the company's capabilities, customer needs and market opportunities to expand our business into new products and markets.• Engage in development and mentoring of engineering talent, ensuring proper process development and characterization techniques including product manufacturability, quality, and reliability, prior to implementing processes and products into production. Talent Development of technical leadership to fill succession pipeline for opportunities throughout the organization. • Direct technical Research and Development programs, Collaboration with external business partners and university research organizations, and Product Development and Realization projects through technical leaders of cross functional teams.

• Provide comprehensive technical leadership and strategic vision for the Trebor business and engineering teams through creation of technology roadmaps, product development funnel and innovation resource allocation.• Direct product development engineering teams through stage-gate development process from idea to product realization ensuring project objectives and deliverables (technical performance, timing, and budget, etc.) are met. Assess and improve new product development process through benchmarking internal/external best practices.• Manage Quality Department, including Quality Management System, Customer Quality Engineering, ISO compliance and certification, Export/Import Compliance and IQC/OQC teams.• Partner with Sales and Marketing to identify and develop new product ideas based on the company's capabilities, customer needs and market opportunities.• Collaborate with a wide variety of functional areas such as Engineering, Manufacturing, Sales and Sourcing to develop cost effective design concepts and support private labeling opportunities or ecosystem partnerships with a high degree of manufacturability and potential for commercial success.

Direct integration engineering group responsible for working across global locations and groups, including Process and Package development, Manufacturing, Process Engineering, and Quality, to develop technology platforms and sub platforms, including product manufacturing release to established timing, performance and budget requirements.Identify & implement marketing strategy with a cross functional group defining business opportunities and development programs; aligning division technology development roadmaps and integrating this into annual operating plan and budgeting processes. Continuously improve the New Product Development systems, using Advanced Product Quality Planning methodologies, collaborating globally with other groups to share best practices and align overall development requirements. Engage in recruitment, development and mentoring of engineering talent; strong track record of improving employee technical and leadership contributions.Leading cross-functional Innovation Team responsible to establish an environment which promotes and rewards Innovation; creating a system to take new ideas from conception to implementation for innovative solutions; direct ideas & innovation efforts to maximize revenue for the Salt Lake site.

Report to World Wide Quality VP and act as member of the site staff. Direct site quality activities including audits to ISO/TS16949:2002 certifications, document control, internal audit team, non-conforming product control, material review board, supplier quality and incoming/outgoing materials quality control. Representing the site quality function to external and internal customers, corporate quality group. Interact with customers on quality issues through root cause elimination and corrective action implementation. Manage the quality and failure analysis departments through subordinate management levels; determine goals, set priorities, establish budgets, forecasts and capital requirements. Lead failure analysis efforts to support new products, processes, yield issues, and customer returns. Interacted with customers on quality issues through root cause elimination and corrective action implementation. Present site QA performance to corporate and product line quality functions.

Managed operations of materials laboratory, including failure analysis and investigative material evaluations for quality, product engineering, manufacturing, technical & customer service. Mentor and direct lab staff. Intensive materials research, experimentation and patent investigation involving ultra-hard materials for drilling and cutting tools. Resulted in release of more than 10 new ultra hard products and 2 patents (co-author), assignee Smith Megadiamond.Create and maintain ISO conforming specifications for all lab equipment and tests. Assist in material development that enhanced tooling product performance and for new applications. Extensive SEM, EDX, PSD, TGA and ultrasonic Non-Destructive Testing

Part of the team that demonstrated world's first GaAs based MOSFET based upon GdGaO gate oxide.Grow, characterize and qualify GaAs oxides, GaAs heterostructures, and ferroelectric oxides on Si.RPCVD Hydrogen passivation of GaAs oxides; RTA investigation of activation for GaAs MOSFET devices. Extensive material characterization experience with RTA, RPCVD, High Resolution X-ray Diffraction, Spectroscopic Ellipsometry, SEM, TEM, Hall, AFM, Surface defectivity, and CV/IV techniques. Co-Authored 4 patents, assignee Motorola; details upon request.

Research support for faculty and student research on state of the art semiconductor processing equipment, including student training on, technical maintenance and trouble shooting of equipment. Experience with material processing equipment: RIE, RTA, RPCVD, LPCVD, SEM, TEM, E-Beam Evaporation, Ellipsometry, Hall, and CV/IV measurements.