Experience

Berkeley Lights

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President Software Engineering

  • Oct 2016 - Present

  San Francisco Bay Area Interactive biology at the cellular level.



KLA

• United States
• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director of Software Engineering

  • Mar 2014 - Oct 2016

  San Francisco Bay Area I led the Wafer Inspection Division's global software team. Chipmakers use KT inspection systems to find nanometer-scale defects that cause chips to fail or under-perform. My team was responsible for the full software stack that drives the inspector including low level electro-mechanical control and calibrations for optics, cameras, robotics, high performance computing, UX and defect data analytics. My team was also responsible for DevOps, quality control, and the test automation… Show more I led the Wafer Inspection Division's global software team. Chipmakers use KT inspection systems to find nanometer-scale defects that cause chips to fail or under-perform. My team was responsible for the full software stack that drives the inspector including low level electro-mechanical control and calibrations for optics, cameras, robotics, high performance computing, UX and defect data analytics. My team was also responsible for DevOps, quality control, and the test automation infrastructure that supports all development activities. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFQBCaObW2Q

• Senior Software Engineering Manager

  • Oct 2012 - Mar 2014

  San Francisco Bay Area Managed a 42 person software engineering organization responsible for wafer inspector subsystem coordination and control, diagnostics, software project management, and configuration management across all Broadband Plasma and Laser Scanning products.

• Software Engineering Manager

  • Sep 2006 - Oct 2012

  San Francisco Bay Area • Managed team of Java system software engineers to apply Object Oriented Analysis and Design Methodologies to create a layered scalable software application that supports low-level abstraction of multiple hardware systems and high level coordination of those subsystems to perform semi-conductor wafer inspection and system level diagnostics. • Managed several large scale software projects across development centers in Europe, SE Asia, and the U.S. Job highlights included partnering… Show more • Managed team of Java system software engineers to apply Object Oriented Analysis and Design Methodologies to create a layered scalable software application that supports low-level abstraction of multiple hardware systems and high level coordination of those subsystems to perform semi-conductor wafer inspection and system level diagnostics. • Managed several large scale software projects across development centers in Europe, SE Asia, and the U.S. Job highlights included partnering with global customers to define new product requirements and solutions.

• Software Engineer

  • Mar 2001 - Sep 2006

  • Developed software in Java to control and calibrate multiple hardware subsystems including cartesian stage, autofocus system, scanning camera, opto-mechanical actuators, and custom image processing hardware. Software coordinated the control of hardware subsystems to perform patterned wafer inspection. • Interfaced directly with cross functional team of hardware, marketing, manufacturing, and service to define detailed requirements, design, code, and unit tests using Object Oriented… Show more • Developed software in Java to control and calibrate multiple hardware subsystems including cartesian stage, autofocus system, scanning camera, opto-mechanical actuators, and custom image processing hardware. Software coordinated the control of hardware subsystems to perform patterned wafer inspection. • Interfaced directly with cross functional team of hardware, marketing, manufacturing, and service to define detailed requirements, design, code, and unit tests using Object Oriented Analysis best practices. • Interfaced directly with external customers to troubleshoot problems in the field. Followed problem solving methodologies and Design of Experiments to drive toward root cause and solutions.



THINK Surgical

• United States
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Robot Software Engineer

  • Sep 1998 - Mar 2001

  • Developed a software application for Robotic Total Knee Replacement that controls a 5 axis robot to reshape a patient’s bones. The system allowed surgeon’s to plan a procedure “offline” using 3D image data and prosthetic implant models and execute the plan during surgery using the robot. The application was responsible for robot/image registration, cutter calibration, user interface, and safety monitoring. • Developed safety critical embedded motion control software to replace obsolete… Show more • Developed a software application for Robotic Total Knee Replacement that controls a 5 axis robot to reshape a patient’s bones. The system allowed surgeon’s to plan a procedure “offline” using 3D image data and prosthetic implant models and execute the plan during surgery using the robot. The application was responsible for robot/image registration, cutter calibration, user interface, and safety monitoring. • Developed safety critical embedded motion control software to replace obsolete control system. Responsible for writing robot joint homing routines, distributed serial communication protocol, and validating system performance. Show less