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San Jose, Ca, Us

San Jose, California, Us

San Jose, California, Us

San Jose, California, Us

Expert consultant for solar module technology development, including bifacial PV module design, material qualification, and reliability, field, and performance testing

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

Responsible for all aspects of development of PV modules, including engineering resource management and mentoring. Successfully launched two new product lines, which helped to secure a 3-year, 150 MW master supplier agreement with a key customer.

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

Responsible for design, build, and test of new PV module product lines, manufacturing tooling development, product reliability and safety testing, agency certification, and customer support.

Zurich, Ch

Defined field test protocols, metrology tools, and sample designs for soiling evaluation of novel PV module architecture, and assisted in prototype fabrications for balance of system concept tests.

Richmond, California, Us

During my time at SunPower, I worked on virtually every component used in modern solar panels. I lead development efforts that pushed the boundaries on the coatings used on PV cover glass. I helped advance the company's modeling capabilities with new optical simulation tools. I helped to evolve and evaluate new frame designs that will reduce solar power plant costs. I lead the pursuit of low-cost junction box design concepts, and then championed improvements in module manufacturing processes to take advantage of those new designs. I collaborated with expert PV cell developers to improve backside cell efficiency while maintaining the world class front side performance of SunPower's IBC cell technology. And I piloted the backsheet technology that will unlock low cost bifacial modules for SunPower's next generation fleet of solar power plants.

Us

Skyline Solar manufactures High Gain Solar (HGS) arrays which incorporate industry-proven silicon cells, durable reflector materials and single-axis tracking into a complete, easy-to-deploy system.

San Diego, Ca, Us

During this contract with Cymer, I coordinated the manufacturing assembly and performance verification tests of a multi-million dollar EUV light source, in addition to driving configuration management for a number of control system hardware design changes.

Melbourne, Au

A wholly owned subsidiary of NYSE listed Danaher, Invetech is a consulting, innovation, and design center. Maximising returns from new product investment is our core business - developing successful new products is what we do. With passion. And only when you need us. As a Consultant with Invetech, my role was Project Leadership and Systems Engineering in the Cleantech market sector.

A Sydney-based developer of innovative biomimetic ocean power conversion systems currently pursuing full scale ocean testing to provide utility scale, grid connected renewable energy. I prepared the successful grant application for AUD $5m from the competitive Renewable Energy Development Initiative, documenting the company’s management experience, commercial potential, technical strength, national benefits, need for funding, and potential for greenhouse abatement.

San Diego, Ca, Us

A manufacturer of excimer lasers used in lithography scanners and a supplier of spare parts and service to end users. My career as an EPM at Cymer was very successful. I launched three successive generations of the company’s flagship lightsource products. They generated more than $400m in revenue from system sales in three years.I coordinated project teams up to 40 engineers and scientists and managed equipment budgets up to $15m in support of development of new laser products. I implemented a staged release strategy to maximize technology development time and improve system integration opportunities without slowing customer product launch timetables.I delivered a market dominating product in the shortest time to market in company history.I unified standard department design reviews with Cymer’s Product Development Process. This achieved consistently better input from experts, leading to better design decisions, decreased defects, better planning and improved visibility.

ACX’s initial market was in sporting goods, but it quickly expanded into the automotive, hand held electronics, flat panel speaker, and semiconductor capital equipment sectors. To meet growing demands, I helped modernize the fabrication floor, designing automated test fixtures which increased manufacturing cell throughput and improved yield. I also invented new actuator designs which synthesized high volume manufacturing techniques with ACX’s proprietary piezoceramic packaging method. This enabled ACX to sell products at lower price points and moved ACX from low volume markets into higher volume sectors like hand held electronics and automotives.As ACX evolved from a component supplier to a system supplier, I was called on to coordinate cross functional teams. This entailed organizing larger teams of engineers, technicians and manufacturing staff, focusing on project goals, managing development costs, and interfacing with customers.

Bs, Mechanical Engineering

Master Of Science (Ms), Sustainable Energy

Graduate Certificate, Renewable Energy

Professional Certificate, Sustainable Energy Conversion And Storage

Certificate, Solar Pv Installation And Design