I lead the Optical Engineering Services business within the Optical Solutions Group. We provide optical, imaging, illumination as well as systems design and development services to external customers in a wide range of application areas including medical, semiconductor, scientific instrument, lighting, spectroscopy, consumer products, electronic display and aerospace markets.

Led Micron’s strategy development of a vertically integrated LED and Solid State Lighting (SSL) business. Developed solid understanding of and analytics for emerging LED and SSL markets through voice of customer, market, financial and technology research activities. Established strategic customer relationships with lighting fixture manufacturers for development of next generation LED light engines and emitting module products. Managed collaboration with technology partners. Developed business plan and forecast models for LED die, component, emitting module and light engine product portfolios. Managed development of technology and product roadmaps from LED die and components to light emitting modules and light engines. Member of Micron Patent Committee.

Initiated and managed engineering teams for SSL systems design, LED component design and technology development. Developed technology roadmaps that included power supply development, light engine electronic architectures, color mixing, digital communication protocols, optical beam-forming and mixing optics, optical materials characterization and modeling, phosphor characterization and modeling, advanced LED packaging, thermal characterization and modeling, alternate electronic substrates, and integrated connector systems. Implemented engineering processes for product lifecycle management (PLM) and advanced development. Led development of internal engineering tools that included software, firmware, hardware, and test systems for efficient systems engineering design, trade-off analysis and optimization. Led systems architecture trade-off studies which included performance metrics and cost. Hired and trained personnel for interdisciplinary engineering teams. Trained and mentored product development team and technology development team by providing strategic, tactical and technical direction. Member of Micron Patent Committee. Participated in IES standards committees for SSL and photometry and the Zhaga consortium.

Orb Optronix was acquired by CSA Group. Developed business model and subsequent business plan for the coordinated leveraging of three business units: Opto-electronic and LED system design services, LED test and characterization services, and LED test and measurement system products. Responsible for bottom line and top line performance of the company. Led corporate management, technical direction, marketing direction, technical sales, and systems engineering consulting services program management. Led development of the first automated electro-optical-thermal LED measurement system commercially available as a standard product. Negotiated key supply agreements. Managed and performed engineering functions for external customer design services for LED backlight systems, LED test systems, LED display technology, machine vision systems, medical equipment, and multi-channel color mixing SSL lighting systems for Boeing aircraft with temperature compensation that included the development of custom production test and calibration equipment. Developed novel measurement and modeling techniques for accurate optical modeling of volumetric scattering materials. Served on CIE and IES standards committees for SSL and light and color measurement standards.

Optical Systems Engineer and display scientist responsible for optical systems design of Microsoft Surface (a proprietary optical multi-touch display technology). Designed IR LED illumination system, display/touch screen optics, invented algorithms and illumination-imaging architecture for specular reflection correction in CMOS camera images. Developed display and optical metrology lab, equipment and methods. Trained laboratory technicians in display and optical system metrology. Developed test methods for optical mouse and web cams. Designed and constructed pico-projector prototype using a single Poly-Si color spatial light modulator. Also served as an independent expert witness during this time.

Managed global sales and marketing with responsibility for bottom line and top line corporate financial goals. Developed go to market plans and business models for Radiant Source Models, ProSource Software and ProMetric CCD imaging light and color measurement products. Managed product and technology roadmaps, specified CCD colorimeter product software features, algorithms and GUI design. Successfully performed technology push marketing to establish Radiant Source Models as the de facto industry standard for optically modeling of LEDs and plasma arc sources. Initiated, developed and managed US, European, Japanese, Korean, Taiwanese and Chinese market channels. Establish corporate identity, tag line and created corporate collateral. Increased product revenue by over a factor of 10 in less than 4 years. Negotiated sales contracts with key multinational display manufacturers for imaging light and color measurement systems for both engineering and high speed production test environments. Supported domestic and international highly technical or strategically important sales. Extensive display market research, networking and relationship development.

Designed highly efficient and innovative optical and illumination systems and developed IP for a wide variety of customers. Applications included machine vision, backlights, displays, projection systems, surgical lighting, medical diagnostic equipment, emergency lighting, outdoor lighting, architectural lighting, automotive lighting, aviation lighting, UV curing systems, contact lens manufacturing systems and toys. Specialized in optimization of LED, HID and metal halide illumination systems. Invented CCD imaging colorimeter products and developed IP in multi-spectral imaging calibration algorithms.

Signalvations New Product Development Department. Developed novel optical designs for total internal reflection beam-forming optics, reflectors and lenses for HID and strobe illumination systems, Fresnel lens designs for LED illumination systems, and light guides for remote source lighting (fiber optic) illumination systems using ASAP and Opticad. Developed effective global and local optimization algorithms in ASAP for automated optical design of nonimaging optical and illumination devices. Wrote C++ and Matlab code for mathematical modeling and optical design. Developed, implemented and quantified new optical thermoforming techniques for fast and cost effective prototyping of plastic optical components. Responsible for new product concept generation and all system and component optical designs within the new product development department. Responsible for prototype construction and testing for new optical products. Established a new laboratory within the corporation for photometry and colorimetry testing. Established photometry testing procedures for photometry and colorimetry testing per industry specifications, guidelines and recommended practices of SAE, NFPA, IESNA, and other agencies. Responsible for training and guiding photometry test engineer, optical engineer, and new product development technicians.

North American Lighting, Inc. Advanced Engineering Department. Responsible for project management in the Advanced Engineering Department and giving product development, design and research guidance to teams of optical engineers, model makers and CAD designers. Led projects including: neon lighting signal lamp development, high intensity LED lighting for signal lamps, optical fiber headlamp design and testing, concept car lighting for Ford SHOstar, holographic center high mounted stop lamp (CHMSL) development, and Fresnel lens design and development. Responsible for optical design and quotation of all production LED signal lamps. Developed optical designs for LED production signal lamps. Responsible for hologram, neon, LED, optical fiber, and Fresnel lens technology evaluations. Selected and ordered all equipment for new photometry laboratory. Participated in SAE standards committees.

Graduate Research Assistant, University of Michigan, Dept. of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences, Dr. Timothy Killeen advisor. Responsible for experimental investigations and maintaining equipment for upper mesospheric wind measurements using a ground-based Fabry-Perot interferometer (FPI) to measure Doppler-shift of OH and O spectral line emissions in the night sky. Responsible for maintaining FPI measurement database. Wrote C program to find the global minimum of chi-squared using simulated annealing technique. Improved C code for control of CCD camera, mirror movement and data acquisition. Optimized optical system for low light CCD images exposed over very long integration times. 1992-93.Graduate Research Fellow, University of Michigan, Dept. of Physics, Dr. P.H. Bucksbaum advisor. Theoretical and experimental investigations of time reversal symmetries in atomic clock systems. Designed and developed an external cavity diode laser for laser trapping and cooling of atoms. Theoretical atomic physics calculations of Rabi flopping rates and transition probabilities for Na, Cs and Rb atomic clock systems using Mathematica. 1990-91.

Undergraduate Research Assistant, University of Texas, Dept. of Physics, Dr. M.C. Downer advisor. Constructed multiterrawatt femtosecond laser utilizing titanium doped sapphire gain medium. Constructed optical fiber pulse compressor, hybrid mode locked cw dye laser and autocorrelator to measure pulse duration. Summer 1990.Undergraduate Research Assistant, University of Texas, Dept. of Chemistry, Dr. M. Berg advisor. Constructed synchronously pumped dye laser and three-stage dye amplification system for picosecond pulses. Modified autocorrelator to accommodate two identical synchronously pumped dye lasers. Summer - Fall 1989.Undergraduate Research Assistant, University of Texas, Dept. of Physics, Dr. Alex deLozanne advisor. Programmed data acquisition software in BASIC, Pascal, Assembly Level and C on IBM PC, RT, and 5085 Graphics Workstation. Wrote C code for 3-D imaging of Scanning Tunneling Microscopy data analysis. Gained experience with AIX (IBM UNIX) operating system. Designed and constructed interface for PC control of ratio transformer. Spring - Summer 1989.Undergraduate Research Fellow, University of Texas, Dept. of Physics, Dr. H.J. Kimble advisor. Designed electronic optical cavity length tuning system for an optical parametric oscillator utilizing index of refraction properties of Xenon gas. Designed and constructed temperature-stable Fabry-Perot scanning interferometers. Designed and constructed phase-locked loop servo system and optical tachometer for DC motor. Improved design of Faraday rotator by finding proper geometry of rare earth magnets. Designed temperature servo system for LiNbO(3) crystal used for second-harmonic generation in an optical parametric oscillator. Gained experience with machine shop equipment and machining techniques. 1986-88.