Experience

Parallel Flight Technologies

• United States
• Airlines and Aviation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Executive Officer

  • Aug 2023 - Present

  La Selva Beach, CA



SunPower Corporation

• United States
• Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director of Engineering

  • Jul 2020 - Apr 2022

  San Jose, CA · Managed the OLT group as it transitioned into Sunpower · Managed team to meet operational goals for tool operation at oversea production sites including both engineering and field personnel



Orbotech LT Solar

• Vice President Total Product Operations

  • May 2016 - Jun 2020

  San Jose, CA • Responsible for engineering and world wide product support for the companies products. • Manage engineering teams to develop and execute CIP plans to improve product performance. • Organize customer support team to meet customer operational goals for 24x7 operation.

• Director of Mechanical Systems

  • Nov 2009 - May 2016

  San Jose, CA • Responsible for implementing the mechanical and systems design for a novel PECVD system designed for silicon solar cell manufacturing. • Project manager for constructing the first Alpha and Beta tools. Shipped first Beta tool on time. • Supported the customer acceptance of the Beta tool leading to multiple follow on orders.



Primary Systems

• Business Owner

  • Nov 2005 - Nov 2009

  Ben Lomond, CA • Utilized plasma welder technology to develop a unique low cost metal deposition source for a 3D printer. 90% thru proving concept feasibility. • Created flow and thermal CFD models to drive design and feasibility tests. • Developed business plan and presented plan to potential investors.



Novellus Systems acquired by Lam Research Corporation

• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Vice President Engineering and New Product Development

  • Jan 2002 - Apr 2004

  San Jose, CA • Management responsibility for all of the company’s product development programs. • Responsible for corporate engineering groups including software, automation, safety, emissions, reliability, standards and computer aided modeling. • Managed a group of over 280 engineers, with a budget over $36M per year, located in three domestic locations and one international. Reported directly to the President and CEO. • Responsible for driving consistent engineering quality and practices… Show more • Management responsibility for all of the company’s product development programs. • Responsible for corporate engineering groups including software, automation, safety, emissions, reliability, standards and computer aided modeling. • Managed a group of over 280 engineers, with a budget over $36M per year, located in three domestic locations and one international. Reported directly to the President and CEO. • Responsible for driving consistent engineering quality and practices throughout all of the company’s engineering organizations. • Member of the Speedfam/Ipec CMP acquisition team. Facilitated the smooth transition of the engineering team to Novellus’ practices including the successful redesign of the Momentum 300 system. • One of twelve executives to participate in the first Novellus executive training program. • Member of the executive steering committee for the selection and implementation of SAP as an erp solution

• Vice President Of New Product Development

  • Jul 1999 - Jan 2002

  San Jose, ca • Management responsibility for all of the company’s product development programs. This included over eight programs and over 100 engineers starting from the prototype phase thru production release. Key products to note are the Inova xT(PVD) and Vector (PECVD) products. • Defined novel patented PECVD product architecture to enable low cost of ownership wafer processing. • Responsible for corporate engineering groups including reliability, standards and computer aided modeling.

• Director of Engineering, 300mm Systems

  • Jan 1997 - Jul 1999

  San Jose, CA • Management responsibility for the Concept 3 platform, Concept 3 SPEED (HDP), Concept 3 Sequel (PECVD) and 300 mm Applications Lab. • Interfaced with Beta customers and industry consortiums for tool evaluations. • Set group priorities to meet internal product development goals and external customer commitments. • Program manager for the Inova xT 300 mm PVD system. Assembled cross functional team, completed system and source design with concept proof and a functional beta in fourteen… Show more • Management responsibility for the Concept 3 platform, Concept 3 SPEED (HDP), Concept 3 Sequel (PECVD) and 300 mm Applications Lab. • Interfaced with Beta customers and industry consortiums for tool evaluations. • Set group priorities to meet internal product development goals and external customer commitments. • Program manager for the Inova xT 300 mm PVD system. Assembled cross functional team, completed system and source design with concept proof and a functional beta in fourteen months. Defined novel system architecture to allow over 100wph processing of liner barrier and copper interconnect application • Project Manager for the Concept 3 platform. Assembled cross functional team, completed design and two functional prototypes to meet trade show deadline in five months. • Responsible for project budget, tool installations and tool training. • Defined novel system architecture to improve system throughput, decrease wip and increase micro-contamination control. • Co-designed novel method to correct wafer position without impacting system throughput. • Defined software requirements for all system operations.

• Director of Automation

  • Jan 1995 - Jan 1997

  San Jose, CA • Developed a group to support the Concept 2 mainframe. Responsible for addressing field issues, system cost, factory automation interface and setting priorities for improvement programs. • Project Manager for the repackaging of the Concept 2 mainframe, the DLCM-S. Addressed reliability, factory automation and cost issues. • Interfaced with customers to address product performance and reliability issues. • Responsible for setting and monitoring department budget.



Applied Komatsu Technology

• Telecommunications

• Manager System Automation

  • Sep 1993 - Jan 1995

  San Jose, ca • Responsible for the robotics and all substrate handling concerns of the AKT-3000 CVD cluster tool to be used to process flat panel displays. • Responsible for the in house design of a two axis magnetically coupled vacuum robot and a four axis atmospheric robot. • Responsible for the sizing of all servo motors in the system.

• Member Of Technical Staff

  • Aug 1991 - Sep 1993

  San Jose, ca • Responsible for the robotics and all substrate handling concerns of the AKT-1600 CVD cluster tool to be used to process flat panel displays. Implemented a novel method for centering substrates. Implemented semiautomatic calibration for atmospheric and vacuum robots. • Designed a two axis magnetically coupled vacuum robot to handle substrates being processed for flat panel displays. Wrote homing, error recovery and calibration routines. Successfully transferred design into… Show more • Responsible for the robotics and all substrate handling concerns of the AKT-1600 CVD cluster tool to be used to process flat panel displays. Implemented a novel method for centering substrates. Implemented semiautomatic calibration for atmospheric and vacuum robots. • Designed a two axis magnetically coupled vacuum robot to handle substrates being processed for flat panel displays. Wrote homing, error recovery and calibration routines. Successfully transferred design into production. • Responsible for the design specification, purchase and acceptance of a four axis atmospheric robot from an external vendor. Co-developed a high level command set for the robot. • Responsible for the sizing and tuning of all servo motors used in the system. Wrote homing and error recovery routines for each axis. • Conducted training classes for field service personnel and technicians on the operation, maintenance and troubleshooting of the substrate handling system. • Documented assembly, calibration and installation procedures for the substrate handling system. • Assisted in the field installation and startup of beta site systems in Japan.



Watkins-Johnson

• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head Mechanical Systems

  • Jan 1990 - Jul 1991

  San Jose, CA • Project manager for the Select 9000C: An open architecture CVD cluster tool designed to Semi/MESC standards. Responsible for product mechanical design including the process chamber module, automatic wafer handler calibration system, mainframe/transfer chamber and cleanroom facade. • Coordinated the efforts of process, mechanical systems and control systems groups to meet project goals. • Established and maintained the departments' documentation ( ANSI Y14.5, Autocad v10 ) and… Show more • Project manager for the Select 9000C: An open architecture CVD cluster tool designed to Semi/MESC standards. Responsible for product mechanical design including the process chamber module, automatic wafer handler calibration system, mainframe/transfer chamber and cleanroom facade. • Coordinated the efforts of process, mechanical systems and control systems groups to meet project goals. • Established and maintained the departments' documentation ( ANSI Y14.5, Autocad v10 ) and engineering change control systems. • Assisted in the field installation and startup of beta site systems. • Helped introduce product at Semicon West 1991.

• Member of Technical Staff

  • Jul 1985 - Dec 1989

  Scotts Valley, CA • Designed and tested a four axis robot ( U.S. patent 4787813 ) to handle silicon wafers in a Class 10 clean room environment. • Managed a task force consisting of engineers and production personnel to expedite the successful completion of the first production run of a new wafer handling system using the above four axis robot. • Presented the paper "The Design of a Clean Room Robot for Wafer Handling" at RI/SME Robots 11 Conference, Chicago, Illinois, 1987. • Project Engineer on… Show more • Designed and tested a four axis robot ( U.S. patent 4787813 ) to handle silicon wafers in a Class 10 clean room environment. • Managed a task force consisting of engineers and production personnel to expedite the successful completion of the first production run of a new wafer handling system using the above four axis robot. • Presented the paper "The Design of a Clean Room Robot for Wafer Handling" at RI/SME Robots 11 Conference, Chicago, Illinois, 1987. • Project Engineer on various new wafer handling systems to be used with APCVD furnaces. Responsibilities included both mechanical and electrical design, production scheduling, directing junior engineers, software and electrical checkout, documentation and field installation. • Conducted training classes for field service personnel and customers on the operation, maintenance and troubleshooting of wafer handling systems. • Wrote training manuals for wafer handling systems. • Performed field service work at customer locations in Italy, France, Japan and the United States.