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San Diego County, California, United States

Chula Vista, California, US

Chula Vista, California, US

• Boochcraft brews high alcohol Kombucha that is fortified with a proprietary blend of probiotic microbes
• Executive in charge of developing Boochcraft’s operations capability so that it can meet the huge demand from its fans for more Boochcraft in more locations and with more flavors. This includes improvements in brewing.
• Significantly increased the capacity of the current brewery through improved process balance. Making further improvements through reduced process times.
• Driving the design and construction of an all new brewery that will increase capacity 10x. The new brewery will employ all new and innovative processes and equipment that have been developed at Boochcraft.

Los Angeles, California, US

Helped grow this beverage startup company to $18M/year of revenue and reduced COGs by 85%. Managed process engineering, quality improvement, company streamlining, supply chain, logistics, co-packing/production, nationwide warehousing expansion, nationwide co-packing expansion, finance, HR, Innovation, annual operating plan, beverage recipe development.

New York, New York, US

• iAnthus is a licensed and leading cultivator, processor and distributor of Cannabis products in over 11 states where Cannabis is legal
• Responsible for setting the nationwide strategic direction for production which includes cultivation, processing, extraction, packaging, procurement and quality.

Escondido, CA, US

• Executive in charge of the Engineering and Capital that drives the build, expansion and optimization of the Escondido California, Richmond Virginia and Berlin Germany breweries and our hospitality services.
• Responsibilities also include managing the preventative and corrective Maintenance operations, corporate safety and facilities
• Focus is on driving Engineering and Operations to world class performance to match our world class beers and to provide our fans an amazing experience.

• Provide expert technical and product commercialization services for the CPG, semiconductor equipment, solar, clean technology, thin film deposition, optical filters and venture capital industries
• Services include technical due diligence, electro-mechanical product design, design to cost and COGS modeling, DFX, NPI, manufacturing equipment/factory/process design, facilities design services, market analysis and.
• Delivered numerous solutions that ranged from a comprehensive market analysis for low cost Scanning Electron Microscopes to developing sputtered optical filters and coatings for Extreme UV to improved beer production.

San Diego, CA, US

• Executive program manager for the next generation photo lithography light source: NXE3300
• Employed extreme ultra violet (EUV) technology and innovations in vibration control and serviceability
• Transformed the NXE3300 project from just 2 technical professionals to over 200, located world-wide
• Released NXE3300 product design, developed supply chain and started prototype production
• NXE3300 product was the key factor in ASML's decision to purchase Cymer for $2.6B in October 2012

• Plextronics is a developer of printed electronics technology including OLED and OPV inks.
• Managed Device/Product Engineering, Applications Engineering, Manufacturing and Test Engineering, Pilot Manufacturing, R&D Laboratories, Facilities, IT, Quality and Core Services.
• Led development of the company's first flexible organic photovoltaic (solar cell) and designed and built R&D and pilot production lines to support the development of organic LEDs
• Achieved ISO 9000 and 14001 certifications

San Jose, California, US

• View (formerly Soladigm) is a Khosla Ventures backed company that is developing a new category of energy saving architectural glass (a.k.a. electro-chromic smart glass)
• Managed Production Engineering and Operations including process optimization, sputter equipment engineering, pilot line engineering, design to cost targets, product roadmap, Capex, Opex, and the corporate operating plan
• Co-led the selection of the Milpitas R&D facility and the associated sputtering line which enabled the strategic move of the company from Santa Rosa CA to Milpitas CA

Santa Clara, CA, US

• Developed thin film sputtering and evaporation equipment for $95M flexible photovoltaic, solar control and consumer packaging businesses
• Achieved 1000% reduction in annual operating costs and the elimination of toxic byproducts by co-inventing a copper ion scavenging technology for semiconductor CMP waste
• Managed all wafer metrology and analytical services. Pioneered innovative method of using chamber emission data to optimize semiconductor film quality while reducing environmental impact
• Added $50M in revenue and boosted environmental leadership by concieving and leading the acquisition of an environmental business (ATMI)
• Reduced manufacturing lead times by 90% while eliminating 95% of defects through re-engineering of Austin, TX manufacturing
• Enabled 40% increase in new product releases and 20% reduction in cost per release by creating the Concurrent Engineering function

• Developed manufacturing and servowriter technologies for 3" disk drives using 6 sigma design techniques
• Transferred automated high volume, continuous flow, manufacturing processes and assembly lines to Singapore
• Led task force that determined the root cause of catastrophic head crashes

Local 01, Propriété 88, Bordj Bou Arreridj, DZ

• Developed automated disk drive assembly line, advanced servo-writers and functional test technologies
• Transitioned products and manufacturing technology to high volume manufacturing site at Longmont, Colorado

• Developed consumer and commercial products and/or intellectual property that was focused on recycling and water conservation
• Designed die casted, injection molded, cold-formed, powder metal sintered and blow molded (net-shape) product components
• Established manufacturing plant, process, tooling and supply chain in Thailand while working with Thai authorities to ensure timely import/export of parts, materials and finished goods

Armonk, New York, NY, US

• Managed engineering projects in the Product Development Laboratory, the Magnetic Recording Institute, the Materials Laboratory and Advanced Production Engineering
• Developed wet/dry etch and deposition processes/equipment for magnetic heads and disks
• Developed automated assembly and test tooling for 5.25" disk drives
• Developed innovative method for measuring the friction/wear characteristics of advanced magnetic heads and disks
• Pioneered design for manufacturing methods and six sigma (SPC) methods for “small” disk drives

M.S., Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering, Undergraduate Studies

B.S., Biology (Emphasis In Zoology)