Experience

Droplet Measurement Technologies, LLC.

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President, Strategy & Innovation

  • Aug 2018 - Present



Rogue Spectroscopy

• United States
• Research

• Director Of Innovation

  • Mar 2018 - Present

  Rogue Spectroscopy, LLC is a consulting company offering a wide range of spectroscopic and scientific services Dr. Carrabba is responsible for Rogue Spectroscopy’s business in Scientific Business Development, Open Innovation, Scientific Government Contracting & Services, Scientific Instrumentation (Design and Applications) Spectroscopy & Applications (Raman, Fluorescence, UV-Visible), Chemical Sensors and Process Optical Spectroscopy. Rogue Spectroscopy, LLC is a consulting company offering a wide range of spectroscopic and scientific services Dr. Carrabba is responsible for Rogue Spectroscopy’s business in Scientific Business Development, Open Innovation, Scientific Government Contracting & Services, Scientific Instrumentation (Design and Applications) Spectroscopy & Applications (Raman, Fluorescence, UV-Visible), Chemical Sensors and Process Optical Spectroscopy.



Hach

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Global Director - Open Innovation

  • Aug 2004 - Feb 2018

  Responsible for finding, evaluating, negotiating, and acquiring new technological innovations via licensing, co-operative ventures, joint development agreements, and technology acquisitions. Introduced and implemented the Want, Find, Get, Manage process as the guideline for Open Innovation projects. Responsible for managing the external relationship with partners for Open Innovation programs. Additional responsibilities include contract development and review as well as seeking out opportunities to utilize internal intellectual property with external partners. Managed Hach’s Homeland Security activities (2004-2008) which included business development, engineering, new spectroscopic product development, production, sales, and the P&L. The Air Systems teams main focus was instrumentation for the detection of bio-terrorism type events.



HORIBA Scientific

• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• OEM Division Manager

  • Feb 2002 - Aug 2004

  Oversaw all OEM (gratings, spectrographs, CCD detectors, spectroscopic systems) division activities including business development, engineering, new product development, production, sales, and the P&L. Oversaw all OEM (gratings, spectrographs, CCD detectors, spectroscopic systems) division activities including business development, engineering, new product development, production, sales, and the P&L.



Chromex (now Bruker Optics)

• Sales & Marketing Manager

  • Jul 1998 - Feb 2002

  Responsibilities included specification of new spectroscopic Raman products; and development of specific pharmaceutical and process OEM customer applications. Directed sales operations of all Raman products and managed new business development. Responsibilities included specification of new spectroscopic Raman products; and development of specific pharmaceutical and process OEM customer applications. Directed sales operations of all Raman products and managed new business development.



EIC Laboratories

• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President - Applied Spectroscopy

  • Aug 1985 - Jul 1997

  Vice-President, Spectroscopy Division (1998); Directed R&D operations, product development, and marketing/sales of Raman and other spectroscopy instrumentation. Founded InPhotonics, a wholly owned subsidiary of EIC, for development and sale of laboratory and process Raman products. Director, Raman Systems (1994-1997); Managed a variety of R&D programs, product development, and Raman instrument marketing/sales. Most notable achievements were the development of a compact, ruggedized fiber optic Raman instrument and a patented fiber optic Raman probe. Principal investigator for over $3,000,000 of government funded R&D programs. Group Leader, Applied Spectroscopy (1989-1994); Principal investigator for more than 15 R&D programs related to applied spectroscopy, Raman and fiber optic chemical sensors (including both gas and liquid phase), fiber optic surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) based monitoring systems, and the development of novel field-hardened spectroscopic instruments for environmental and process analysis. Program obligations included management of over $4,000,000 in contracts including six Phase II SBIR projects. Senior Scientist (1985-1989); Managed and conducted a series of R&D projects in photoelectro-chemical etching and fiber optic chemical sensors. Principal investigator for several R&D programs, including two Phase II SBIR projects