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West Palm Beach, Florida Area

Broad experience base in♦ delivering innovative technology to engineering/manufacturing operations♦ novel materials and devices♦ multi-disciplinary program/project management♦ competitive technology assessments♦ technology and business strategy♦ efficiency & effectiveness improvements through Lean Six Sigma (LSS) and Design for LSS

Webster, NY

(1) Managed multi-disciplinary team across three research centers targeting high speed ink jet product and spanning:♦ printhead jetting ♦ printing processes♦ ink materials and formulation(2) Through reverse engineering produced total cost of ownership assessments of competitive ink jet products■ Built fully integrated fixture to generate printed samples.

Webster, NY

(1) Planned and rolled-out Lean Six Sigma (LSS) and Design for LSS (DfLSS) initiatives across all of Xerox Innovation Group (XIG)♦ pioneered collaborative LSS projects between Business Groups (BGs) and XIG in technology transfer to achieve BG bottom line results■ Exceeded XIG’s LSS financial targets by ~20% through collaborative project approach which also.

Webster, NY

(1) Coordinated Xerox R&T Direct Marking (DM) Programs and helped develop Xerox DM Strategy♦ supported the XIG DM VP with management processes, prioritization, roadmaps and strategy development(2) Identified many new/competitive printing technologies from around the globe, and their potential value to Xerox■ Identified high-end office as market opportunity.

Mississauga, ON

(1) Managed the Time to Market process for XRCC materials targeting product programs(2) Under special assignment managed integration of Tektronix solid ink technology into Xerox■ Managed diverse team to achieve seamless integration of highly profitable solid ink technology into Xerox

Mississauga, ON

(1) Managed R&T for inks, toner/developers, substrates, as well as for materials/hardware integration♦ deliverables in TIJ and acoustic inks & transparencies, toner/developer design and xerographic substrate latitude(2) Managed Strategic Exploration Committee (SEC) with mandate to define future strategic directions for XRCC/XIG■ Led TIJ ink team to.

Palo Alto, CA

(1) Managed group developing enabling light sources for imaging which provided strong competitive advantage(2) Established the group as the corporation's center of competence in optical sources for imaging■ Led group to fabrication of dual spot red laser diodes which replaced gas lasers in all Xerox printer products♦ providing huge improvements in.

Mississauga, ON

(1) Managed Materials Portfolio Annual Plan process, customer interactions and new materials business opportunities♦ managed XRCC reports to VP Corporate Research, and prepared presentation materials for Centre Manager■ Organized very successful Marking and Materials Portfolio Review, including most of Xerox R&T at the time

Mississauga, ON

(1) Developed dry processed imaging materials for (a) printing plate intermediates and (b) shutterless camera films♦ programs were multidisciplinary with activities ranging from polymer synthesis, through film fabrication, evaluation, processing and print testing to design and building of film processing hardware■ Demonstrated first newspaper printing with.

Mississauga, ON

(1) Established and led program in fundamental thin film science♦ studied formation, properties and applications of subsurface particulate monolayers and of monomolecular films■ Explained quantitatively both the thermodynamics and kinetics of formation of subsurface particulate monolayers to predict manufacturing conditions for dry processed imaging.

Toronto, ON

(1) Teaching assistant for undergraduate mathematics (calculus and linear algebra) and physics (mechanics and electromagnetism) which included♦ reviewing weekly lectures and answering questions to insure understanding of topics♦ demonstrating methods in problem solving ♦ assigning and grading weekly problem sets and mid term tests which contribute a large.

Post-Doctoral Fellow (Nato), Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Physics, A

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Theoretical Physics, A

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Physics And Mathematics, A