David Schut Email & Phone Number

Blue Springs, Mo, Us

VICE PRESIDENT OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY GROUPCurrently manage a team of scientists/engineers to provide support for the company, to advance and implement new technologies, and to characterize materials and products for FDA approval.Key Achievements: Company Support Activities: (1) Designed and built new laboratory facilities to support product characterization, perform failure analysis, conduct competitive analysis and for new product development. Instrumentation that was brought on site for these activities include: FTIR/NIR, UV/VIS/NIR, GC/MS, XRD, XRF, AFM, TGA/DSC, SEM/EDX, and CRDS capability for hydrogen peroxide and ozone monitoring. (2) Work with Marketing and Sales to obtain “Voice of the Customer” input for develop 3-5 year business/research objectives. Budget planning based on VotC input and ideas to address these concerns. (3) Production and Quality supported through implementation of new production strategies that increase the product quality (increased dry hydrogen peroxide [DHPTM]) levels, increased kill kinetics for microbial reduction in air and on surfaces, and enhanced elimination of VOCs within the treated area) at reduced cost. FDA Product Qualification: Interact with third party testing facilities to ensure fair/impartial testing for inclusion in FDA 510(k) approval process. Research & Development Activities: Develop new methods for producing DHP, including two different approaches using electrocatalysis, and another approach using photocatalysis. Responsible for developing new Intellectual Property based on these ideas, and for evaluating competitive devices to ensure that they are not infringing on Synexis intellectual property. New Product Development: Based on Voice of the Customer input and characterization – develop new product ideas that enhance Synexis’ capability in the marketplace. Implementation of cGLP and cGMP for ISO900x qualification.

Transferred to Shoei Electronic Materials, Inc. as VP of R&D after the purchase of technology from Voxtel, Inc. by Shoei Chemical, Inc. Managed 15 engineers and scientists of a multidisciplinary effort; implemented several new procedures including failure modes effects analysis to determine safety aspects and operations of new equipment/processes and safety audits for the Lab. Interacted with all potential customers to understand problems, and propose/implement solutions based on their current products and processes.Key Achievements:- Executed the move of the Laboratory towards cGLP and the Scaling Operations Group to cGMP.- Designed and orchestrated the criteria for entire manufacturing process that was developed for the manufacture of high quality quantum dot materials. - Oversaw the successful move of batch reaction processes to controlled and automated processes using flow cell reactors.- Increased quantum yield through new processes by over 100%; decreased FWHM through new processes by 75%, reduced cost by an order of magnitude (10x).- Led design team efforts in: renovation of existing building for R&D purposes, renovation of existing building for R&D and pilot plant purposes, and construction of R&D and manufacturing facilities.- Developed proprietary material that increased dynamic beam steering capability by over 50x.- Oversaw the development of a continuous flow reactor process for metal oxide nanomaterial production having <5% particle size deviation for >97% of the particle population. This is a scalable process capable of producing >5 metric tons/month.- Developed market opportunities for $2M in sales for material in dynamic steering applications.- Developed market opportunities for >$10M in sales for programmable windows applications.- Oversaw the development of novel electronic quantum dot materials using continuous flow reactors. Material currently under evaluation by several companies for detectors and transistor applications.

Beaverton, Or, Us

Manage Nanomaterials Product Development Group consisting of 6 engineers and scientists; write proposals for funding; obtained 85% of funding through small business technology transfer (STTR), and small business initiative research (SBIR) awards, the remainder of funding obtained through contract research for prime developers. Key Achievements:- Orchestrated effective development of nanomaterials for security inks, covert taggants, third generation photovoltaics, photoreceivers, 3D printing of GRIN and biosensing applications.- Administered synthetic efforts for development of new techniques and new materials for nanoparticles and ligand shell chemistries by using extensive molecular modeling for ligand material property predictions on optoelectronic properties of nanomaterials.- Executed efforts to improve flow cell reactors to increase production capability of nanoparticles, including cost reduction, waste reduction, increased yield, higher performance materials by increasing quality and decreasing polydispersity, and introduction of ‘green’ chemistry. - Developed solar cell based on nanotechnology that had >190% quantum yield (first ever capture of multiple excitons).- Increased funding from SBIR and STTR grants sponsored through DOE and DOD programs from $500k/year to >$8M/year in research opportunities using nanomaterials. - Increased nanoparticle loading in polymer based films (GRIN Technology) from 5 wt% to >25 wt% using QSAR methodology.- Designed and setup new laboratory focused on chemistry and nanomaterial development/characterization.- Designed laboratory for R&D purposes (optical/device characterization, chemistry synthesis and fabrication).

Served as visiting scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology to oversee Hewlett-Packard sponsored programs; collaborated with Program Managers and Departments within Hewlett-Packard to understand needs and desires coming out of sponsored programs at MIT. Coordinated and led a team of five scientists/engineers involved in the development of novel materials and processes for use in printed electronics. Also served as team lead/project manager of a multidisciplinary group for two separate teams developing memory technologies.Key Achievements:- Chaired diverse programs including new printing technologies based on MEMs (basis for Kateeva), biological sensing MEMs, and novel materials for printed electronics.- Identified companies having technologies that overlapped with the objectives of Hewlett-Packard for acquisition.- Performed market analyses based on interviews and research to predict products and properties of products that would compete directly with Hewlett-Packard.- Developed conductive inks that were inkjet printable (thermal inkjet) with resistivities 2-3x that of the bulk material.

Houston, Texas, Us

Retained to use expertise in wet etch processes for fabrication of thermal inkjet printheads, including optimization of processes, characterization of processes, calculations of Cpk for process control, and training of operators and technicians in utilization of processes. Also served as team lead/project manager of a multidisciplinary group developing memory technologies.Key Achievements:- Established and characterized new phase change semiconducting materials for memory applications.- Successfully designed new scanning electron microscope laboratory with enhanced capabilities, including: electron beam induced current (EBIC) analysis, cathodoluminescence (CL), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDX), and electron backscatter diffraction (EBD) analysis.- Designed laboratory for high end imaging using low-voltage SEM, including sample preparation and imaging area.- Led team of 15 scientists and engineers in the development of a MEMs based memory application involving AFM-styled read/write on polymeric media materials. Created new read/write/erase memory application based on this polymer thin film using nanoimprinted features generated using arrays of heated AFM tips, creating bits on the order of 2-3 nm in diameter.- Developed new colorants and ink formulations for inks having enhanced light fastness, waterfastness and smearfastness including the development of materials for increased kogation resistance and thermal stability for printheads.- Developed water-based ink that, when printed, increased water resistance of print to showing 0% loss when exposed to water (compared to >90% loss).- Saved >$3M/year in processing going to automated wet etch chemistry.- Increased wafer movements from 10k/month to >30k/month without increasing capital costs.- Implemented automated wet etch process that automatically refreshed etch baths without having to initiate an entire bath dump.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Chemistry

Chemistry

B.S., Chemistry