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Cannon Falls, MN

• Led a cross functional team of 15 individuals
• Established a new hiring process (hired more than ten employees)
• Developed of a light annealing solution for solar cells (4x improvement over competing machines, patent application US20160341479A1)
• Improved significantly in all engineering KPIs (engineering releases & change orders) by introducing new procedures and processes and providing the team with clear priorities
• Served as Co-Chair of a new ERP system roll-out
• Project Manager of new product development in solar business unit ($500k budget, $20M annual sales)

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Development of a solar cell dryer (3x improvement in drying time, US patent US9589817B2)
• Worked closely with the world’s leading solar cell manufacturers and aligning Despatch equipment capabilities with their roadmap
• Development of an innovative airflow distribution system for carbon fiber oxidation ovens (2x improvement in airflow uniformity, US patent application US20160130733A1)--> Promoted to Engineering Manager

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Led a team of three Process and Application engineers
• On-site support of solar cell manufacturers in Europe and Asia including statistical analysis of mass production data and design of experiments--> Promoted to Manager, Innovation Center and Process & Applications group

Process optimization/development of on diffusion and metallization equipment. New product development of solar cell manufacturing equipment.-> Promoted to Manager, Process and Applications.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Process optimization of diffusion and metallization equipment for the photovoltaic industry.-> Promoted to Research and Development Engineer.

Developed and optimized the fabrication process of an integrated circuit device. Independently performed all process steps involved, including mask design, electrical and optical analysis, fabrication and packaging.=Accomplishments: - Increased device yield in one project by 200%- Considerably reduced the cost of fabrication by reducing the number of.

Employed project management skills to plan research and fabrication processes for thesis. Coordinated the use of research facilities of three major research institutes. Utilized a multitude of semiconductor tools and techniques. Wrote an 80-page-long thesis. = Accomplishments:- Fabricated world’s first organic solar cell with vertical electrodes

Masters, Microsystems Technology (Mems)

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