Tom George Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, CA, US

CEO and Co-Founderof SaraniaSat Inc., a small company acquiring and processing advanced, high spatial and temporal resolution, Hyperspectral Remote-Sensing Imagery for multiple business verticals. SaraniaSat's data analytics capabilities include rapid decimation of Hyperspectral "Big Data," Weak Signal Detection in high Background Clutter environments, and.

Working on bridging the Technology "Valley of Death" for Micro Nano Technologies (MNT) for Aerospace and Energy applications via multi-disciplinary, multi-institution international collaborations.

Micro- And Nanotechnology Sensors, Systems, And Applications Conference

Track Chair for the Space Technologies Track (2005-2008), Conference Chair for the Micro (MEMS) and Nanotechnology Sensors, Systems and Applications Conference (2005 – present) that I created and successfully implemented for the Defense and Security Symposium organized by the Society for Optical and Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). My international.

Monrovia, California

Responsible for managing a diverse range of R&D projects and transition to product development.

Pasadena, CA

Responsible for miniaturizing a novel biomedical sensor using enabling MEMS and Nanotechnology.Appointed SPIE Fellow (2014) in recognition of lifetime technical achievements in MNT.

Together with VP of Engineering and Chief Technology Officer, productized ViaLogy’s patented Quantum Resonance Interferometry (QRI), non-linear, weak signal detection algorithm. Managed several projects, including leading seismic and synthetic aperture radar data acquisition and processing efforts. Managed commercial, defense and Homeland Security customer.

Pasadena, CA

Worked 15 years at NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory (1990-2005), rising from Technical Staff to Manager of the MEMS Technology Group, managing 21 researchers developing a range of Micro Nano Technology (MNT) devices and systems for aerospace/defense applications. One of these devices, a MEMS bolometer was selected for the Herschel/Planck mission and I.

Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Was invited by Prof. Masayoshi Umeno of the Nagoya Institute of Technology to perform research and to train other researchers within his group in the operation and analysis of state-of-the-art HRTEM and specimen preparation facilities. Worked primarily on the microstructural analysis of MOCVD-grown GaAs and High Tc superconducting epitaxial materials.

Berkeley, California

Characterized lattice-mismatched GaAs optoelectronic heteroepitaxial systems and metal-semiconductor interfaces, on an Intel-funded project. Intel was evaluating the possibility of chip-to-chip optical interconnects for high-bandwidth data communication. Used the IC reliability characterization laboratories at Intel in Santa Clara.

Berkeley, CA

Initiated and worked on Intel-funded Ph.D. thesis project in collaboration with researchers at Intel and the Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan, on improving the crystalline quality of GaAs/Si device layers for optical interconnects and microprocessors. The GaAs/Si layers were grown by MOCVD at the Nagoya Institute of Technology. Designed growth and.

Santa Clara, CA

Supervised the Metallurgy group in the Package Engineering Division at National Semiconductor Corporation (NSC - Santa Clara) with the charter of developing packaging technologies for low and high lead count Integrated Circuits (ICs). Developed metallization and bonding processes for tape automated bonding and wire bonding.Intermediate Packaging Engineer.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Materials Science Engineering

Activities and Societies: Awarded the Atlantic Richfield Fellowship (UC Berkeley) (1987-88) Initiated and worked on Intel-funded Ph.D..

Master Of Science (M.S.), Materials Science Engineering

Activities and Societies: Awarded F. W. Bradley Fellowship (UC Berkeley) (1983-84) Researched the development of Pressure Vessel Alloy.

Bachelor Of Technology (B.Tech.), Metallurgy

Activities and Societies: Institute Prize for First in Graduating Class in Metallurgy (IIT Madras) (1982) General Secretary (President) of.