Experience

HexaTech, Inc

• United States
• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Engineer/Operations Manager

  • Jan 2016 - Present

  Morrisville, NC Manage Aluminum Nitride wafer production including process/product development. Operations and Engineering Manager for all Crystal Growth and Wafer Operations. Key member of Crystal Growth research and development. • Developed and released first ever 2" AlN UV-C transparent AlN semiconductor wafer into production • Released first ever 2" AlN semiconductor wafer into mass production • Helped lead company from start up to a merger/acquisition • Define products and… Show more Manage Aluminum Nitride wafer production including process/product development. Operations and Engineering Manager for all Crystal Growth and Wafer Operations. Key member of Crystal Growth research and development. • Developed and released first ever 2" AlN UV-C transparent AlN semiconductor wafer into production • Released first ever 2" AlN semiconductor wafer into mass production • Helped lead company from start up to a merger/acquisition • Define products and characteristics through coordination with sales, marketing, customers, and engineering development team. • Refined process efficiency to reduce cycle time from 4 weeks to less than 10 days. • Increased capacity by 100% through yield and process improvements. • Crystal Growth development to achieve optimal growth rate and diameter expansion. Increased growth rate by 50% with improved yield and diameter expansion. Show less



Cree

• United States
• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Product Development Manager

  • Jan 2008 - Jul 2015

  Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area LED Components Division – held various positions related to LED component development and product launch. During this time period, we were responsible from growing the component offering from 1 LED design to more than 75 different LED components. Revenue grew from ~25kk to more than 500kk annually. o Product Development Engineer/Senior Engineer (2012-2015) – responsible for new product introduction (NPI) including leading a team of engineers and scientists on NPI activities and project… Show more LED Components Division – held various positions related to LED component development and product launch. During this time period, we were responsible from growing the component offering from 1 LED design to more than 75 different LED components. Revenue grew from ~25kk to more than 500kk annually. o Product Development Engineer/Senior Engineer (2012-2015) – responsible for new product introduction (NPI) including leading a team of engineers and scientists on NPI activities and project management o Product/Process Development Manager (2009-2012) – responsible for leading a team of ~40 engineers, scientists and technicians to develop solid state lighting components o Reliability Manager (2008-2009) – responsible for managing the Components reliability lab including product qualification

• Process and Equipment Development Manager

  • Jan 2004 - Jan 2008

  Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area LED Optoelectronics Division – held various positions related to LED die development and processing as well as equipment development. During this time we more than doubled our LED product offering and implemented thin chip technology. o Equipment Development Manager (2006-2008) – managed a team of engineers and technicians who were responsible for equipment design, procurement, sourcing, installation, qualification, etc… o Product/Process Development Manager (2004-2008) - responsible for… Show more LED Optoelectronics Division – held various positions related to LED die development and processing as well as equipment development. During this time we more than doubled our LED product offering and implemented thin chip technology. o Equipment Development Manager (2006-2008) – managed a team of engineers and technicians who were responsible for equipment design, procurement, sourcing, installation, qualification, etc… o Product/Process Development Manager (2004-2008) - responsible for leading a team of ~30 engineers, scientists and technicians to develop and launch new LED chips

• Process Development Manager

  • Jan 1997 - Jan 2004

  Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area Materials Division – held various positions in R&D as well as manufacturing related to the development of SiC wafer technology. During this period we went from processing ~50 1 5/8” SiC wafers per day to outputting more than 1,000 3” wafers with 4” wafer capability. o Product/Process Development Manager (1999-2004) – responsible for leading a team of engineers and technicians to develop new and existing wafer products. Process and equipment development related to crystal growth, ingot… Show more Materials Division – held various positions in R&D as well as manufacturing related to the development of SiC wafer technology. During this period we went from processing ~50 1 5/8” SiC wafers per day to outputting more than 1,000 3” wafers with 4” wafer capability. o Product/Process Development Manager (1999-2004) – responsible for leading a team of engineers and technicians to develop new and existing wafer products. Process and equipment development related to crystal growth, ingot grinding, wafer slicing, lapping, polishing, surface preparation, etching, etc… o Process Development Engineer (1997-1999) – responsible for developing equipment and processes related to ingot grinding, wafer slicing, lapping and polishing. Led efforts to set up international standards (ANSI, JEDEC) for SiC based wafer technology and specifications.



MTS Syntech

• Applications Engineer

  • Jan 1996 - Jan 1997

  Cary, NC