Experience

Comet Group

• Switzerland
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Sr. Mechanical Engineering Manager

  • May 2020 - Present

  Responsible for development and management of the Mechanical Engineering team within the fast-paced R&D Department, at Comet PCT in San Jose, CA. Where I am able to utilize my management experience to foster and promote effective and energetic teamwork, mentor various mechanical engineering design principles and best practices, as well as utilize my knowledge and skills in product development and PLC processes, as well as project management. The Comet is a globally leading Swiss technology firm. For more than 70 years, Comet has been developing and producing innovative high-tech components, and systems, based on x-ray and radio frequency technologies. The PCT, located in San Jose CA, designs and manufactures Comet’s RF Power Delivery Systems, consisting of impedance matching networks, Load simulators, RF generators, and vacuum capacitors. These Comet products assist in the control of plasma processing of silicon wafers, glass substrates, etc. which form the basis for integrated circuits (IC), flat panel displays, solar panels and other building blocks of the digital lifestyle. Show less



Onto Innovation

• United States
• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Sr. Manager of Engineering, Metrology / Program Manager

  • Jul 2018 - May 2020

  Responsible for development and production release of the Atlas III+ program. Providing leadership, project management, and day to day guidance, to the successful product launch and production release of Onto's (Nanometrics) flag-ship product, Atlas® III+ Advanced Film & OCD Metrology System. The Atlas III+ thin film and OCD system is latest generation metrology tool for leading-edge 3D device manufacturing. By extending metrology performance to sub-angstrom precision and accuracy levels, the system enables advanced process control across a broad range of applications in high volume manufacturing. Show less



Beckman Coulter Life Sciences (formerly Labcyte Inc.)

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sr. Mechanical Engineering Manager

  • Mar 2016 - Jul 2018

  Labcyte has revolutionized liquid handling with an innovative technology that produces faster, more accurate results than traditional methods. Whether you are involved in compound management, genomics, proteomics, diagnostics or other laboratory applications, you will do better science and save money with Acoustic Droplet Ejection (ADE). Our innovations have enabled our customers to enhance personalized medicine programs, streamline DNA/RNA diagnostic testing, optimize drug discovery pipelines and accelerate life science research. Labcyte customers have published papers in peer-reviewed journals and received patents that clearly demonstrate discoveries and results that would have been impossible with traditional liquid-handling approaches — at a fraction of the cost. Show less



AOptix Technologies

• United States
• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Manager of Mechanical Engineering

  • Dec 2010 - Jan 2016

• Sr. Mechanical / OptoMechanical Engineer

  • Apr 2008 - Dec 2010

  Sr. Mechanical Enginneer responsible for leading the mechanical and Opto-mechanical development of next-generation Laser Communications products at AOptix Technologies; Where innovative uses for proven Adaptive Optics technology is used to set new standards in a variety of industries from commercial and defense communications. Including Integrating targeting, tracking, data transmission and imaging capabilities with unique, advanced Curvature Adaptive Optics.



KLA

• United States
• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Mechanical Engineering Manager, Surfscan Division

  • Oct 1990 - Mar 2008

  Over the course of 17 years at "KT", starting with Tencor in Mt. View, I held individual contributor, lead and managerial positions and worked in both the patterned and bare-wafer divisions Over the course of 17 years at "KT", starting with Tencor in Mt. View, I held individual contributor, lead and managerial positions and worked in both the patterned and bare-wafer divisions