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Rochester, Ny, Us

Rochester, New York, United States

Responsible for leading a team of program managers, system architects, and electrical, mechanical, and software engineers to deliver new sensors and integrated solutions used for condition-based monitoring in the utilities and industrial asset protection markets.

Rochester, New York, United States

Led pre-commercialization and advanced product quality planning projects for the automotive market. Program manager for SBIR and Department of Defense funded, and corporate partner programs related to development and commercialization of high-brightness OLED microdisplays for AR/VR applications. Responsible for leading technical sales and marketing content for OLED lighting products. Developed six AIA certified and two IDCEC certified classes on OLED lighting technology for the general lighting market and delivered the content to over one hundred organizations.

Rochester, New York Area

Co-developed and taught a new Senior Capstone Course focused on product design and engineering. Students use a stage-gate approach and hands-on labwork to develop a prototype product, leveraging design-of-experiments, Taguchi robust design methodologies, and finite element and analytical modeling. Teams incorporate regulatory and robustness testing, environmental life cycle assessment, failure mode effect analysis, intellectual property assessment, and project economics to develop and test a prototype product and preliminary manufacturing process for a company-sponsored project. Also responsible for development of a professional development curriculum for undergraduate and masters students, and coached student teams in entrepreneurship courses and incubators.

Rochester, New York Area

Led the engineering team in the development, manufacturing technology transfer, and commercialization of micro-electrical-mechanical (MEMS) piezoelectric vibrational energy harvesters, now sold on the company website and through Arrow Electronics.• Led transfer of MEMS technology from prototype to an external fab partner, established packaging supply chain and robustness testing protocol from the ground up, and developed external suppliers for PCB boards and finite element modeling.• Led all customer engagements for delivery of custom wireless sensor solutions powered by vibrational energy harvesting, and worked with sales team to develop customers and secure contracts. • Member of the management team, engaging in pitches and due diligence with investors, and reporting technology progress to the Board of Directors.• Managed all aspects of microGen’s patent portfolio, setting strategy and working with outside council for patent filings and office action responses.

Rochester, Ny

Established the technical vision of the brand-new business, and developed custom technology solutions for external customers.• Worked with external customers to identify needs and project deliverables. Assembled internal research and development teams, and tracked and communicated progress. • Worked with R&D teams to gain an internal understanding of the limits of various coating technologies for use in touch screen and other printed electronics applications.• Worked with marketing and legal to define terms around the technical aspects of non-disclosure and joint development agreements.

Rochester, Ny

Led multidisciplinary teams of scientists and technicians in the development of component technologies for high speed MEMS inkjet printheads. Successfully transferred component technologies to commercialization that enabled reliability needed for worldwide product launch. • Defined technical strategy, assigned projects and objectives to team members, defined staffing and resource plans, managed project budget, and communicated progress.• Led MEMS projects with external foundries.• Member of inkjet printing business Patent Portfolio Management Team.• Designed, characterized, fabricated, and tested printheads built from novel materials. • Developed integrated particle control technologies to improve printhead reliability.

Rochester, Ny

Led multidisciplinary teams of scientists and technicians in the development of novel solution processed OLED materials and high-performance water barriers for flexible displays. The resulting intellectual property was sold to a third party at the conclusion of the project.• Defined and tracked project objectives, ran weekly meetings, defined staffing and resource plans, managed project budget, and communicated progress.• Designed and fabricated solution processed OLED devices made with novel materials, identified the material properties impacting device efficiency and operational lifetime, and worked with the team to improve these metrics.• Worked with an external partner to identify opportunities in large area display technology. Project resulted in a collaborative research project with the external partner.• Kodak liaison for the U.S. Display Consortium (now FlexTech Alliance).

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Chemical Engineering

Ph. D. in Chemical Engineering, August 1999, Hertz Fellow Thesis: Chemical Vapor Deposition of Electroluminescent and Low Dielectric.

Master'S Degree, Chemical Engineering

Masters of Chemical Engineering Practice, June 1996 -Masters thesis work at Natick Research Laboratories, Natick MA. Characterized binding.

B.S., Chemical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Society of Women Engineers, Cornell ChorusBachelor of Science, May 1994 -First out of 640 students.