Experience

AIM Photonics

• United States
• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Business Development and Facilities Manager

  • Feb 2022 - Present

  Test, Assembly, and Packaging Facility, Rochester, NY • Increase utilization of the extensive toolset within TAP to drive development success for corporate, academic, and government customers. • Expand capabilities as needed to meet the needs of customers and establish TAP as a world-class electronic and photonic (advanced) packaging center. • Develop creative partnerships with key vendors, tool manufacturers, and customers to drive new innovations in advanced packaging.



SiMPore

• United States
• Nanotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President of Membrane Development and Advisor (and co-founder)

  • Jun 2008 - Present

  Rochester, New York, United States • Manage production scale-up of a proprietary ultrathin semiconductor membrane material (Inventor) • Transitioned to an advisor role in product development and novel applications



University of Rochester

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Instructor, Deptartment of Dermatology

  • 2014 - Present

  • Active collaboration with the Miller group focused on high-risk R&D projects and specialty applications of the AIR biosensing platform.

• Research Associate, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • 2005 - 2014

  • Provided materials and fabrication support for the Nanomembrane Research group studying applications of porous nanocrystalline silicon membranes.



Adarza BioSystems, Inc.

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President Of Technology (and co-founder)

  • Jan 2017 - Oct 2021

  Greater St. Louis • Coordinate a multidisciplinary (optical, electrical, mechanical, computer, chemical and biological) team of internal and external resources to drive performance, reliability, and cost improvements in the AIR technology platform. • Led an in-sourcing project where the key optical module (laser, imaging optics, and camera) started internal manufacture with greater reliability and lower risk, at <50% of the original cost. • Led the development of a new CMOS-based camera after the… Show more • Coordinate a multidisciplinary (optical, electrical, mechanical, computer, chemical and biological) team of internal and external resources to drive performance, reliability, and cost improvements in the AIR technology platform. • Led an in-sourcing project where the key optical module (laser, imaging optics, and camera) started internal manufacture with greater reliability and lower risk, at <50% of the original cost. • Led the development of a new CMOS-based camera after the existing CCD sensor was discontinued realizing superior image quality at <30% of the cost. • Led development of a novel optical surface metrology tool to identify die-level contamination in support of manufacturing QC. • Identified and qualified a new source wafer vendor and realized a >5X improvement in oxide layer uniformity for a film thickness-critical application. • Managed IP portfolio

• Vice President of Engineering (and co-founder)

  • Mar 2008 - Dec 2016

  Rochester, NY • Optical, materials, and systems development of a silicon chip based biosensing platform • PI on multiple Phase I and one Phase II SBIR grants, securing >$2.5M in funding to support technology development and demonstrate targeted applications. • Led multiple demonstration projects with larger industrial partners to explore additional application spaces for silicon microarray sensors.