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Longmont, Co, Us

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Us

Excelitas Boulder: Development and manufacturing of high end optics, coatings and optical assemblies for the semiconductor capital equipment, defense and aerospace and medical markets.My role is as a program manager for R&D and New Product Introduction projects requiring very high end optics, coatings and assemblies for the semiconductor capital equipment market primarily focused in the broad band UV and DUV wavelength ranges. I manage a portfolio of between $1.5 to $2M/year covering 5-6 teams of 5-15 individual contributors.

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Billerica, Us

Lead strategist, consultative expert and visionary in charge aligning requirements and supplier options when selecting optical components. Highly skilled at defining component capabilities based on system requirements.Key Accomplishments- Strengthen and support the decision-making process by executing in-depth reviews and analysis of laser/optical component and system design.- Spearhead and deliver assistance to companies in laser and optical component cleaning process definition and refining as well as economical "clean room" requirements for various systems and components.

Project Engineer providing project management and electro-optical component process development for superluminescent diodes and fiberoptics including single-mode, polarization-maintaining, wedged, tapered and lensed fibers.

Eindhoven, Nederland, Nl

Technical Lead for the Americas providing product support for everything from customer issues to program development. Technical interface with the customer in program planning and execution. Customer demonstration equipment specification and demonstration of hardware at customer facilities. MTF testing of cameras. Presentation material generation for the sales and marketing team.- Helping Customer solve challenging technical issues with existing imaging systems- Helping customers develop new imaging applications- Providing technical support to sales and marketing- Supporting and innovating with customers Machine Vision applications- Supporting and innovating with customers Healthcare application- Supporting and innovating with customers Global Security applications

San Diego, California, Us

Led strategic direction and managed a supply chain for Quantum Cascade Lasers (QCL) from raw die specification to coated, bonded, tested, and burned-in devices for over 50 different configurations. Inventory included several hundred devices per year and $2M+ in annual expenditures.Key Accomplishments- Successfully improved yield and reduced cost by $1M annually through the strategic management of supplier schedules and work flow focused on meeting production and development requirements in a low volume high mix environment.- Managed efficiency and reduced waste by conducting detailed failure analysis on QCLs, when a failure occurred, using optical microscopy to determine causes and conditions of failures on a sub-micron scale.- Planned and executed companywide forecasting for QCLs based on Sales and Marketing inputs which yielded not only QCL device forecast but unit and system forecasts for a five year rolling window.

Milpitas, California, Us

Principal Optical Systems Engineer / Senior Manager, Optical Systems / Sr. Manufacturing EngineerConceptualized, developed and implemented improvements to coating on optical elements and redesigned system and improved DUV performance by over 100 times (not 100%) to rescue the spectroscopic ellipsometer tool that failed to meet customer requirements and in turn capture significant market share from the competition.Key Accomplishments- Oversaw, led and managed the supply side optics for new ellipsometer platforms.- Ensured optimal efficiency through analysis and leadership in new platform development.Engineering Manager (KLA Wafer Inspection Division)Delivered effective turn around management of manufacturing engineering department responsible for supporting a group of product lines that yielded $400M annually. Reinstated an environment of trust, open communication and teamwork while supporting a production ramp from 29 to 50 tools per quarter with an inexperienced engineering team. Effectively developed team, boosted moral and enhanced confidence levels and led team to successfully meeting production quotas over a 6-month period.Key Accomplishments- Sourced, recruited, hired and trained staff of 10 optical, mechanical and systems engineers- Rebuilt broken relationships between internal organizations (mfg., customer acceptance, development engineering, field support, tech-ops, marketing, etc.) damaged by previous administrations.

Livermore, Ca, Us

Senior Project Engineer/Laser Systems Engineer (LLNL)- Invented stray light mitigation strategies to eliminate damage to final optics where light intensities of multiple Giga-watts per square centimeter could have otherwise blown holes in the metal structure and damaged optical elements.- Surveyed US, European and Russian optical manufacturing organization to determine who does what best. Used this knowledge to specify optical elements for the National Ignition Facility (30,000 optics) which is the largest laser in the world.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Manager for Advanced Systems Engineering (FM&T)- Founded the Laser and Electro-Optics Advanced Development Group (included recruiting technical experts, specifying and managing the renovation of facilities, and procurement of capital equipment - the facility and capital was valued at $5M).- Succeeded in building an organization and facilities that allowed FM&T to put another DOE facility out of business that had threatened about $100M of annual revenue.- Also see LLNL experience above

Lawrence, Ks, Us

Developed prepared and taught a course in business intelligence for engineering managers.Management of Business Intelligence and Security for Strategic Planning - EMGT 854

Germantown, Md, Us

Systems Engineering Manager for ATLAS laser radar sensor packageResponsible for all systems engineering functions: SEMP, technical specification development and flow down, engineering coordination, interface management, promoting team work atmosphereSupervision; direction and motivation of ten Members of Technical StaffAssistant Program Manager for the Multi-Wavelength Solid State Space Laser Conceptual DesignProject Engineer/Consultant/Technical Liaison for the Advanced Lightweight Ordinance System: Laser Fire Unit for the Small ICBM — Midgetman• Wrote Technical Proposal: “Laser Firing Unit Laser Transmitter Module”Resulted in $4,000,000.00 Research Design & Development ContractConsultant/Technical Liaison for the High Endo-atmospheric Defense System: Laser Fuse• Wrote Technical Proposal: “High Endo-Atmospheric Defense Interceptor LaserRangefinder”— Aided Hughes Missile Systems Group in winning $100,000,000 ContractResponsible Engineer for the laser transmitters in the M1 Tank & Cobra Helicopter

Research, design, development and testing of Alexandrite & CO2 lasers (laser/optical & mechanical)• Analyzed laser tube manufacturing process for low power CO2 lasersIncreased laser tube production from 10 to 40 per monthIncreased tube yield from <25% to >99%

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

-Computer modeling of optical bi-stability & multi-stability- Vacuum deposition of metals onto glass and lithium niobate- In-diffusion of metals into glass and lithium niobate to form wave-guides- Built a cleanroom- Refurbished a Balzers vacuum chamber- Optical bench testing

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Physics

Master Of Science - Ms, Engineering Management

Ma Mft, Counseling Psychology