Experience

Alcon

• Switzerland
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Fellow - Optics

  • May 2022 - Present



II-VI Aerospace & Defense

• United States
• Defense & Space
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Optical / Opto-mechanical Integration & Test Engineering Sr Manager

  • Jun 2020 - May 2022

  • Responsible for directing the Optical / Opto-mechanical Integration and Test Engineering (I&TE) Team on developmental and production programs. • Lead, manage, and train the I&TE Team as well as coordinate the activities of the department to create robust manufacturing and test processes for components, subassemblies, and systems to ensure meeting quality and performance specifications. • Serve as a technical resource on projects and root cause investigations requiring advanced knowledge of design practices and manufacturing processes for optical, mechanical, and opto-mechanical components and assemblies. • Administer personnel functions including authoring job descriptions, recruiting, hiring, salary classifications, selection and placement of personnel, performance evaluations, promotions, and salary adjustments within the department. Show less



Magic Leap

• United States
• Computers and Electronics Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Principal Optical Component Engineer

  • Aug 2017 - Jun 2020

  • Responsible for overall supplier and component readiness for critical and challenging optical components and assemblies • Work directly with international and domestic suppliers and manufacturing partners to bring technically challenging optical components and assemblies into production • Align with engineering, manufacturing, procurement, quality, and suppliers to enable the successful launch of new products to meet the organization goals of “on-volume, on-quality, on-time” • Analysis and development of manufacturing functions, equipment, processes, capacities, and facilities needed for the production of our product • Lead for new surface particle contamination and defect metrology system evaluation, selection, and capital equipment justifications for our factory and manufacturing partners Show less



Alcon Research, Ltd.

• Lake Forest, California

• Associate Director, Optics

  • Nov 2016 - Aug 2017

  • Led team of optical engineers that supported R&D efforts on multiple development projects and product support initiatives for ophthalmic diagnostic, surgical, and visualization (microscope) system • Led team of optical engineers that supported R&D efforts on multiple development projects and product support initiatives for ophthalmic diagnostic, surgical, and visualization (microscope) system



Alcon

• Switzerland
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Principal Optical Engineer II / Optical Engineering Functional Manager

  • Jul 2015 - Oct 2016

  • Led the design, analysis, tolerancing, drawing generation, fabrication, assembly, alignment, and testing phases of focal and afocal optical assemblies, to include stereo-microscope binoculars and eyepieces • Assessed the technical capabilities of and qualified new optics and thin film coating suppliers (domestic and international); technical liaison with multiple vendors • Collaborated with Quality Assurance for assessment and selection of key suppliers; assessed cost, schedule and supplier capabilities with respect to: meeting our performance requirements, optical component fabrication, coating, machining, metrology and test, opto-mechanical manufacturing processes, staff bandwidth • Provided direct support for new product evaluations with surgeons in our lab and at conferences, and our Field Service and Equipment Managers at customer sites (hospitals and surgical centers) • Grew the capability of our internal R&D optical test and metrology lab with capital equipment purchases; mentored other engineers on test and measurement theory and equipment usage • Managed the activities of our Laboratory Services Optical Engineer Show less



Lockheed Martin

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Program/Business Development Manager

  • Jan 2010 - Jun 2015

  • Identify, qualify, shape, and win Contract Research and Development (CRAD) business opportunities• Drive development of business for a diverse set of laser directed energy (HEL and USPL), sensor and imaging systems, materials/metamaterials, advanced manufacturing technology, and reconnaissance, intelligence, surveillance and target acquisition technologies including algorithms, software, and image processing• Push for technology transition opportunities from AR to programs within the Lines of Business• Support IRAD Principal Investigators with guidance on technical issues, schedule and budget, strategic milestones, and direct customer interface opportunities; organize and lead IRAD briefings for internal and external customers at all levels• Support Bid & Proposal activities, e.g. lead Bid/No-Bid Meetings, Request For Project Authorization, Color Team Reviews, writing responses to Requests for Information, Broad Agency Announcements, Requests for Proposal, etc.• LMMFC Business Development representative for the LM Directed Energy Integrated Product Team• Held DoD Top Secret ClearanceStrategic Planner Senior Staff - (Business Development Department)• Perform adjacent market (“white space”) analysis for strategy development• Perform emerging technology and market research for business opportunities and potential acquisition candidates• Support the New Business Acquisition Expense (NBAE) / IRAD process• Provide timely, direct support to both the Director of Business Development and the Director of Applied Research Show less

• Optical Engineer Senior Staff

  • Sep 2007 - Dec 2009

  • Process, manufacturing engineering, and technical problem solving leadership and support• Opto-mechanical mounting methods, optical tolerancing and analysis, optical alignment and testing, and troubleshooting system performance issues down to the component level• Recognized as the department’s Optical Subject Matter Expert• Engineering support to one IRAD project on robotic optical product assembly• Team member on project working toward thorough infrared material properties characterization• Interfaced with the design community, Quality Assurance, materials, test, the LMMFC Optical Components Center and Machine Operations Center, and management teams on root cause analysis and corrective action recommendations• Provided status reports, work instructions, special test plans, and engineering analyses as required• Developed a series of five optical application-based training short courses for other departmental staff and was the instructor at training sessions for 20 staff members• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification• Led Structured Improvement Activity (SIA, Kaizen Event) for optical bonding problems on one program, on SIA team for common seeker telescope producibility issues, and team for developing optical, mechanical, and thermal property data for infrared optical materials for windows, domes, and lenses Show less



Alcon

• Switzerland
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr. Optical Engineer II

  • 2001 - 2007

  • Worked design, analysis, tolerancing, drawing generation, fabrication, assembly, and testing phases of Shack-Hartmann based wavefront sensors (LADARWave®), excimer laser surgical systems (LADARVision® 4000/6000), and corneal topographers/pachymeters for the refractive surgical market • Design, operation, and managing technician activities for laser optics uniformity and lifetime experiments • Set up off-site usage of University of Central Florida’s Materials Characterization Facility (mainly scanning electron microscope) • Managed activities of our contract Optical Failure Analysis Engineer • Managed the operation of our internal R&D optical metrology lab and mentoring other engineers and technicians in metrology equipment usage • Collaborated with Quality Assurance on Verification and Validation activities • Led laser ablation studies for optimum test ablation material qualification • Significant experience in fitting surfaces to test ablation data (Zernike, Munnerlyn, etc.) • Qualified new excimer optics and thin film coating vendors; technical liaison with multiple vendors • Engineering trades for capital equipment, negotiating with vendors for capital equipment purchases, internal justification for capital equipment purchases, source/receiving inspection and training • Developed and gained Alcon senior management approval for a comprehensive overhaul of the excimer optics handling, cleaning, and inspection processes; trained the optical QA personnel • Planned, organized, developed the custom curriculum, and justified the need to senior management for a week long off-site advanced ZEMAX course attended by over 10 Alcon engineers Show less



Kaiser Electro-Optics (now Rockwell Collins)

• Sr. Sales Engineer - Optics / Sr. Optical Engineer

  • 1997 - 2001



Texas Instruments Defense Systems and Electronics Group (now Raytheon)

• Optical Engineer

  • 1996 - 1997



Litton Laser Systems (now Northrop Grumman)

• Sr Test Engineer

  • 1986 - 1996



Applied Optics Center Corp. (a Varo Company)

• Optical Quality Control

  • 1984 - 1986



Bausch + Lomb

• United States
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• NC Diamond Turning Lathe Set-up Tech

  • 1982 - 1984