Ronald Stevens Email & Phone Number

San Ramon, Ca, Us

San Jose, California, Us

Lyten is an advanced materials company that developed Lyten 3D Graphene®, a patented library of materials that has enabled breakthroughs in battery energy storage, composite systems, and chemical & passive sensors. At LytEn we are enabling the migration to a more sustainable future by tackling challenges and fearless innovation.

kaiaTech is a start-up company leveraging material deposition techniques developed for semiconductor manufacturing to the food and beverage packaging industry. By utilizing Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD), we provide engineered nano-scale materials that, for plastic containers: - extend shelf life - increase distribution and logistics channels - increase recycling reuse - reduce per/container plastic consumptionand for metal containers, eliminate BPA containing liners.

- Consultant - 2008 - present - CVD, MOCVD, PECVD, EPI, ALD product development, positioning, and sales and marketing support.- SiOx pkg applications- Adviser for semiconductor manufacturing, solid-state lighting, and solar cell manufacturing Complete Product development from concept and feasibility to market validation following a defined life cycle strategy. Consulting and Engineering for coordination of market, engineering, and manufacturing needs to principal engineering functions.2019-2021 Sr Advisor at Yield Engineering Systems, a fast moving and growing company bringing BEOL solutions back into the FEOL SEMI fabs and leveraging those practices to provide unique solutions to the Life Sciences arena.

Develop Engineering and Technology groups to increase quality and lower cost of quartz fabrication. Established programs to automate quartz manufacturing and metrology aligning with key customers to solve problems in semiconductor and photovoltaic manufacturing. Generated proposals for global integration of Wonik manufacturing sites, business practices, and corporate guidance.

Santa Clara, Ca, Us

Established and lead Engineering team to develop solutions for the Solid State Lighting (LED) industry. Lead team from concept to production for MOCVD and HVPE equipment to create compound semiconductor films, specifically GaN, InGaN, InN, AlN compounds. Programs executed along company PLC guidelines and deliverables.

Torrex was a start-up OEM supplying LPCVD and ALD deposition equipment for semiconductor device manufacturing, now a wholly owned subsidiary of Applied Materials Corporation. Design and development of LPCVD (low pressure chemical vapor deposition) and ALD (atomic level deposition) equipment for advancing state-of-the-art semiconductor manufacturing. Significant role in creating company infrastructure, policies, and procedures including promoting employee growth and development programs, introduction of software tools, and maintaining appropriate engineering strategies in a changing market during the evolution of Torrex.

Materials Park, Ohio, Us

Lead Mechanical Engineer for 300mm programs coordinating various Engineers, Designers, Drafters, and Technicians for the design and development of production grade chemical vapor deposition equipment. Lead the development of E3000 Epitaxial deposition system (EPI) and successfully managed the introduction and win over competing Applied Materials Centura system at initial two key customers.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Design and development of sophisticated automation equipment for back-end semiconductor production and packaging including: pick and place, dispense and underfill, BGA, wire-bonding, and inspection. Lead the mechanical effort for various projects integrating with electrical, software, and vision disciplines to create a production worthy system. Coordinated many different projects simultaneously to meet delivery deadlines. This business unit focused on machines required to maintain proprietary methods and sold to Telco in 2002.