George Carson Email & Phone Number

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Responsible for specifying equipment, designing and laying out the cleanroom (with my invaluable coworker Michael Buckley), and establishing the engineering group. This new team in this new space started from nothing to establish the processes for manufacturing Lark's first microE-based communications products!

Merge School Of Business

• Reported to the Vice President of Global Product Development and Market Manager.Directed development and commercialization activities for new handheld device thermal films.
• High-risk, new-to-world multilayered thermal absorber lacking test or material specs
• Customer thickness expectations dropped from 1.2mm to 40um in one year
• Assembled custom test equipment and test protocols
• Negotiated and presented customer specific testing

• Reported to the Vice President of Global Product Development and Market Manager.Directed development and commercialization of new conductive die attach films.
• First sales of two new-to-market products each in in 2012 and 2013
• Implemented printing process for 50% cost reduction
• Negotiated and completed commitments for joint customer developments

• Reported to the Vice President of Global Product Development.Developed and recommended novel material technology for further development.
• Completed a world-class thermal lab to characterize high thermal die attach
• Developed a unique wafer coating robot with an external partner
• Organized and coordinated monthly technical seminars amongst 8 global R&D sites

• Global technical support of packaging products. Product development support through assembly level testing of packaged devices.Staff of 22 engineers from technicians to Ph.D.
• Managed handling and application related customer complaints and emergencies
• Consolidated Henkel’s 3 North American Engineering sites to Irvine
• Developed leadframe, flip chip, and stacked die test packages for process and material testing
• Implemented standard and custom process and reliability testsWe sought to establish Henkel as an expert in the development and application of electronic-grade organic adhesives. I established a fantastic organization.

Schaumburg And Austin

Responsible for ensuring that substrate and underfill technologies required for advanced PBGA's were available. This included defining future material requirements and associated design rules, identifying cost effective, reliable technologies, and working with suppliers on technology developments.

Ph.D., Materials Science, College Of Engineering

B.S. Ceramic Engineering

Executive Mba, Merge School Of Business

Associate Of Science, Pre-Engineering