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Boston, Ma, Us

Broomfield, Co, Us

• Offering expertise in: - Optics, photonics, lasers & LEDs, photodetectors, opto-electronics and opto-mechanics - All aspects of early-stage tech startups• Internal incubation of various technologies.

Guilford, Ct, Us

• Set technical direction & lead day-to-day R&D, leading to hardware design, prototype, & software• Defined business plan, incl. target application space & technical requirements, leading to investor buy-in• Managed IP portfolio, interfaced legal team, contributed ~50% of technical content, leading to 2 filings• Executed all necessary research and key experimental demonstrations successfully (details upon request)

Branford, Ct, Us

• Drove technical direction, including major change in light source and delivery strategy, saving over $1M• Directed R&D operations (OKR-based) for CMOS, light source, and photonic delivery sub-systems, resulting in viable system architecture in under 8 months• Secured supply access to Oclaro 635 nm chip-on-substrate, where Panasonic, Thor Labs, & others failed• Owned relationships with Oclaro, Fraunhofer, X-FAB, Novati, MIT, Yale, Harvard, MathWorks, ProtoLabs, and others• Built team up to 50 employees, contractors, & consultants: - crafted custom 3-step hiring playbook - executed on 25% of total company-wide hiring activity - participated in 90% of candidate vetting and hiring• Managed IP development, resulting in 14+ patent filings - primary point of contact to legal team - most significant technical content contributor company-wide - integrated multiple disciplines• Lead Scientific Advisory Board (SAB), resulting in plan buy-in & roadmap by 3rd meeting - on-boarded 9 world-class members - set agenda & chaired meetings• Executed over 100 experiments spanning optics, semiconductor fabrication and testing, electronics, and chemistry (details upon request): - Achieved best performance on multiple projects (including a world record) - Completed multiple critical demonstrations that drove progress - Developed sophisticated software tools, developed proficiency in multiple others as needed

Beverly, Ma, Us

• Guided and executed on all aspects of company’s core laser technology development as the primary technical expert: - Initiated & implemented improvements, reducing process time from 12 hrs to 5 min (144x) - Designed & built first industry-ready laser process tool prototype as tool development team main contributor - Designed and constructed extensive laser metrology for process monitoring and control - Led selection, purchase & installation of largest capital equipment purchase (laser, >$350k) - Improved laser process quality, enabling ground-breaking moonless night sky CMOS imager• Shaped physical understanding of core process and device function: - Created custom MATLAB-based simulations and used to improve device understanding - Developed Lumerical FDTD imager pixel simulation platform - Re-defined laser process parameterization to be more meaningful & consistent with physics• Served as PI on $4M DARPA grant, which met 90% of program’s goals: - Managed project & technical decision making - Executed ~50% of technical work, alongside three engineers - Major contributor to IP development, with approximately 12 submissions• Instituted the first in-house work product metrology for SPC• Owned and continuously improved photodiode characterization system hardware and software• Created lightweight R&D data management system & first workflow database, used for >4 years• Led the hire of two engineers, served on multiple other hiring teams• Supervised five technicians / interns / engineers

Murray Hill, Nj, Us

• Constructed mid-power (100-300 mW) linear cavity CW lasers at 1550 nm using double-clad erbium fiber• Tested the twisted star-clad fiber’s potential for improving pump absorption and gain through cladding mode-mixing

Hampton, Virginia, Us

● Tested polarization effects in fibers with periodically-spaced Bragg gratings targeted for use as temperature and stress sensors in buildings, bridges, and the space shuttle

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Electrical Engineering And Computer Science

Master Of Science - Ms, Electrical Engineering And Computer Science

Bs/Ba, Optics/Physics