David Van Heerden Email & Phone Number

Baltimore, Md, Us

Brewster Ny

• Provided technical leadership, engineering know-how, and market insight to the identification of new business opportunities as well as the development of new products.• Generated new business opportunities by collaborating with research institutes as well as the R&D groups of large semiconductor fabs. • Lead the development of multiple new products that yielded profitable differentiated market solutions. • Introduced new products to customers and oversaw the qualification and successful scale-up of these materials. Awarded “Materion Growth Champion 2019” in recognition of my efforts. • Provided critical problem-solving skills to troubleshoot production process issues with existing products, thereby increasing yields and resolving customer issues.• Created innovative market extensions of existing products by having a deep understanding of customer products and processes. Extensions included lowering cost of ownership of precious metal and high value targets, enhanced performance by manufacturing process optimization, as well as enhancements to product performance by changes to the product designs. • Established and grew technical relationships with sputter equipment OEMs as well as Materion’s largest semiconductor customers. Became a trusted and valued development partner.• Built a global applications engineering team by identifying and developing high-end talent. The team established deep technical relationships with the R&D and production teams of major semiconductor fabs and identified key opportunities for future growth. • Trained customer engineers and operators on metallurgical and semiconductor aspects of our products, thereby generating customer loyalty and mutual success.• Served as the primary “technical face” of the semiconductor materials products of the Advanced Materials Division, presenting and promoting products at international conferences and trade shows, as well as at Fortune and Global 500 customer technology transfers.

Brewster

- Established new inroads into customer R&D and technical groups- Raised technical profile of AMG to trusted partner by engaging with customer R&D groups, solving technical issues in their fabs and presenting cutting edge R&D- Provided troubleshooting oversight of PVD functions- Worked closely with customers to develop new processes for materials utilization- Supervised Applications Engineering team, evaluating performance metrics associated with AE workload- Managed usage of existing and emerging products, proactively assessing new proposals prior to submission to the development team

Binghamton, New York, United States

- Served as the technical lead for the development, qualification, and launch of five new products using NanoMas’ precious-metal-based nanomaterials- Ensured product market strategy effectively communicated and supported long-term objectives- Assessed product performance and identified unique processing techniques, resulting in some of the smallest particle sizes, highest loading, lowest resistivities, and lowest sintering temperatures in the industry- Devised sintering protocols to optimize performance/throughput of nanoparticle conductive traces- Generated a high-performing product development plan aimed at intensifying the vetting process for emerging products- Improved the production of nanoparticle products, resulting in yields increasing from 0% to 90%- Responded to inquiries related to printed electronics and potential opportunities- Developed inks for customer-specific applications- Identified potential market opportunities for NanoMas’ materials

Los Angeles, California, United States

- Established a metallurgical laboratory as well as a powder metallurgy processing facility for the development and production of thermoelectric materials.- Developed brazing and soldering solutions for bonding thermoelectric materials for use in waste heat recovery and cooling applications

Hunt Valley, Maryland, United States

- Led the successful technical transfer and scale-up of NanoFoil® and NanoBond® technology from a university project to volume manufacturable commercial product.- Designed PVD manufacturing equipment for the facility and led the development and scale-up of manufacturing processes.- Recruited and hired the core engineering and production teams and integrated them into a highly functional and effective team. - Directed the development of multiple commercial products: RNT won Nano 50 and R&D 100 awards based on this work and more than 10 patents were filed.- Principal Investigator on more than $10M of government grants and held budgetary responsibility for the research program.