Experience

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  Stanford Resources, Inc.

  • President & CEO

    • Jan 1976 - Dec 2002

    Castellano formed Stanford Resources, Inc. as a technical and management consulting firm in San Jose, California. During the company’s first four years of operation, Castellano helped firms in the US, Europe, and Asia to design, establish and troubleshoot LCD manufacturing facilities. During th...

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  Fairchild Semiconductor

  • Operations Manager

    • Mar 1973 - Dec 1977

    In 1973, Castellano joined a start-up company, Princeton Materials Science, Inc., which would go on to become one of the world’s first LCD watch manufacturers. In 1974, he was elected Chairman and CEO of the company, which was majority owned by Sprague Electric Company, the largest capacitor comp...

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  RCA Laboratories

  • Manager of LCD Research

    • Jun 1965 - Mar 1973

    In 1965, Castellano joined RCA Laboratories (now the Sarnoff Corporation), Princeton, New Jersey, where he performed and later managed R & D programs in liquid crystal displays and optical recording. In 1966, he and his co-worker developed the world’s first room temperature nematic liquid ...

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  Thiokol Chemical Company

  • Senior Research Chemist

    • Apr 1962 - Jun 1965

    Castellano joined Thiokol Chemical Company, Denville, New Jersey, in 1962. He developed rocket fuels under contract to the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory; he also worked on low temperature elastomers for use in rocket engines.During that period, he was also a part-time abstractor for Chemical Abs...

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  Witco Chemical Company

  • Research Chemist

    • Jun 1959 - Apr 1962

    Castellano began his career with the Witco Chemical Company in Paterson, New Jersey as a research chemist developing surfactants and analytical techniques for production quality control.