Phillip Graham Email & Phone Number

Eminence, Kentucky, United States

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Involvement at the intersection of business and technology for the B&C group:
• North American lead for M&A of Eminence Speakers, including: legal coordination, technology diligence, HR, ERISA, P&L, and IP
• Oversee all activities of the B&C group to curate, build, extend, and defend intellectual property (IP) rights using utility patents, trademarks, and trade dress
• Ongoing strategic initiatives for new markets and verticals

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Role:New technology, IP, sustainability, and strategic initiatives for world’s largest professional transducer manufacturer. Structure product discovery and development alongside R&D and customer-facing teams.Highlights:
• Draft proposed loudspeaker testing appendix for IEC standard 62368 - which resulted in exemption for loudspeaker driver testing
• IP strategy and implementation
• Lead cross-functional initiatives for key business needs
• Strategic work on sustainability and reuse initiatives
• Market research for new verticals and channels

Greater Atlanta Area

• Role:Own technology transition after corporate acquisition. Product management, hardware, and software platform architecture of new luminaire control platform.Highlights:
• Post-acquisition transition of all design, approvals, supply chain, and manufacturing to Phoenix engineering, procurement, and ERP
• Lead product architect for hardware, wireless, and SAAS platform alongside software lead
• Product management for firmware, ATE, and validation of wireless luminaire controllers with Asian joint development manufacturer (JDM)
• Customer-facing sales activities for intermodal facilities with Phoenix outside sales team
• Shepherd IP portfolio and secured domestic and international patents built on acquired BLS IP

Alpharetta, GA

• Role:Lead all engineering, including mechanical, electrical, compliance, CAE, and contracted consulting for venture-backed luminaire and controls manufacturerHighlights:
• Steward lifecycle for five luminaire product cycles
• Pivot product portfolio from plasma lamp to LED technology
• Secure Australasia as major market through development of region-specific products
• Qualify OEM / ODM / JDC vendors to drive performance and cost
• Define performance specifications for electrical and mechanical assemblies, materials, finishes, and testing

Atlanta, GA

• Role:Project consulting expertise for the professional audio market including acoustics, audio design, site surveys, system tuning, and teachingHighlights:
• Project manage from customer contact through integration and system tuning
• Interface directly with end customers, other consultants, integration contractors, and key stakeholders
• Pre-integration deliverables including acoustics analysis, system design / architecture, and one-line drawings Trained customers, employees, and integrators on FFT-based measurement and system tuning
• Designed custom low frequency loudspeakers for integration firms
• Facilitated audio-specific transitions for multi-campus HOW that purchased other facilities and transitioned them to worship spaces

Atlanta, GA

• Role:Subject matter expert for materials and manufacturing in strategic partnerships to win DoD contractsHighlights:
• Uncover contract wins from government requisitions for strategic manufacturing partners
• Appraise manufacturing process capabilities of potential “second source" vendors
• Interface with Rock Island Arsenal as they sought to diversify their customer base for mechanical assemblies

Atlanta, GA

• Role:Novel research on conversion of mineral forming organisms into other chemistries while retaining morphology of the original organism at nanometer scaleHighlights:
• Designed and manufactured X-ray transmissive reaction chambers to observe phase evolution during gas-solid reactions
• Utilized CAD, CAM, and 3 axis VMC to machine graphite and tungsten carbide green bodies
• 3D printing of ceramic green bodies for chemical conversion
• Conducted in-situ analysis of phase evolution via in-situ high temperature X-ray diffraction
• Observed reaction kinetics via HTXRD and model against phenomenological kinetics equations

Atlanta, GA

• Investigated low work function cathode coating materials for NASA ion rocket project
• Set up molybdenum vacuum furnace for phase evolution analysis

Gainesville, FL

• Sputtered cerium oxide as gate dielectric for InP III-IV semiconductor substrate
• Developed process gas mixtures to tailor valency of oxide phase growth using Ellingham diagrams
• Maintained and repaired multi-target RF sputtering system and supporting high vacuum infrastructure

Austin, TX

• Role:Process development, defectivity discovery, and tool ownership on 8” wafer track system in Class 1 fabHighlights:
• Reduce wafer prep cycle time during adhesion promoter step
• Conducted experiments that reduced organosilicon consumption by >40%
• Managed production wafer flow and lithographic reworks using control charting
• Discovered new defect during rinsing of photoresist. Resolved locally and conveyed to other foundries
• Drafted quick reference tutorial for using AMD's internal fab automation MRP / CMMS / ERP system

State College, PA

• Built electro-optic switch from selectively poled ferroelectric LiBNO3 single crystal
• Coded Matlab program to calculate reflectance behavior of dielectric mirror stacks
• Characterized in-situ ferroelectric domain growth behavior using polarization microscopy

Alachua, FL

• Assessed the electro-acoustic performance of loudspeaker components from a potential OEM/ODM supplier
• Advised Sabine on product strategy for the powered professional loudspeaker market in light of their portfolio of DSP expertise

NSF Engineering Research Center, Gainesville, FL

• Performed spectroscopy on YAG-induced ablation under ambient atmosphere
• Characterized laser-induced ozone formation using time-windowed spectroscopy

Orlando, FL

• Characterized nonlinear refractive index behavior of silicon napthalocyanine

Phd Candidate, Materials Science And Engineering

Activities and Societies: MOVE tutoring program, GT Ideas to Serve (I2S) Competition GPA: 3.9/4.0

Bsc, Ceramics Specialty, Materials Science And Engineering, Graduated With Honors

Activities and Societies: ACERS