Senior Optical Engineer • Manufacturing/Project Management
More than 20 years’ comprehensive experience implementing innovative technology programs, managing optics-based engineering projects and directing business activity in both technical and financial capacities. Proactive style used to drive results that improve existing product lines and introduce advanced new products.
Career Development
Kingdom Capital Management, Santa Fe, NM 2001–2013
Director of Business Management, Financial Services Group
• Manage partner funds and provide investment services. Owner, responsible for administration, research, investment strategy development, and marketing. Cultivate client relationships with proven portfolio management experience to help close new business partnerships. Presentations that feature fund management education and customer training.
KLA-Tencor Corporation, San Jose, CA 1997–2001
Senior Optical Engineer, New Product Introduction Group
• All facets of NPI engineering activity to bring to market state-of-the-art laser-based measurement equipment with fiber optic coupling system. Responsible for the efficient transfer of optical system technology from pilot run to volume production, ensuring all product manufacturability, testability, quality, scheduling and cost targets are met.
Senior Optical Manufacturing Engineer, Sustaining Engineering Group
• Huge ramp up in volume production from 50 – 250 optical systems per year. Proven expertise in testing, alignment and troubleshooting laser optical components and systems. Implemented facility, personnel training and test equipment requirements, while meeting all shipping deadlines.
Optical Manufacturing Engineer II, Sustaining Engineering Group
• Thoroughly experienced in all aspects of manufacturing engineering processes: ECO, ECN, DFT, DFM, manufacturing planning, product structuring, outsourcing, second sourcing, laser safety, RMA, MRB, etc. for sustaining multiple product lines.
• Initiated projects from concept to completion significantly contributing to corporate goals, i.e. cost of goods reduction for optical components, outsourcing subassemblies, DOA reduction. Generated more than 100 manufacturing documents implementing ISO 9001 procedures and standards.
Ultratech Stepper, Inc., San Jose, CA 1993–1997
Senior Optical Technician, Development Group
• Development and production of imaging systems efficiently bringing to market three new photo-lithography projection lens systems. Thoroughly familiar with optical component mounting techniques and optical system alignment methods. Interferometry testing expertise used in high-volume production of tightly-toleranced $250,000 lens systems, facilitated improvements to reduce mounted optical component aberrations by 300%.
Tamarack Scientific Co., Anaheim, CA 1991 – 1993
Optical Engineer
• Staff engineer for highly sophisticated excimer laser-based microlithography system. Step and repeat laser-ablation processing systems with high throughout and beam uniformity requirements with sub-micron resolution on innovative multi-layer ceramic substrates. Extensive optics testing and product development using high power (150W) excimer lasers. Laser Safety Officer.
Corning Inc. subsidiary: PCO, Inc., Chatsworth, CA 1988
Fiber Optics Technician, Research and Development Group
• Extensive hands-on experience testing active and passive fiber optic components: lasers (pulsed and semiconductor), photodetectors, fibers (single- and multi- mode), attenuators (fixed and variable), optical modulators, isolators, splitters, coup...
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