Marketing Expert for Electronic Display Systems

Consultant For Electronic Display Technology and Markets: LED, Plasma, CTR, Projection and Related Materials (1127)

Electronic Display Technologies: Flat panel, LED, plasma, rear projection
Presentations, Publications and Technical Society Leadership related to display electronic display technology.
Producers, products, markets and business strategy related to electronic displays.
Display Materials: Electronics, glass, plastics, films and coatings.
Flat panel displays and computer products, materials and markets.
Expert witness and patent litigation support on electronic display tecnology.
Technology transfer for display systems and materials.

1995 - Present INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT

Business development, technology support, and strategic consulting\established and emerging Information display companies.
Provide new business technology development, technology forecasting, and applications support to Information display businesses and new ventures.
Created an industry forum for Display Technologies and Display Manufacturers by founding the DisplayWorks industry conference as a joint venture sponsored by SID, SEMI, and USDC.
Developed the concept of a "virtual" corporation serving the display community with an international support base including partnering relationships with technologists in Russia, France, Japan, Korea, and Princeton and San Jose in the US.

1994 - 1995 Sarnoff Corporation, Princeton Director of the Display Research Laboratory

Technology leadership, development, and marketing for all display technologies - CRTs, FEDs, Plasma, LCDs, EL, and Phosphors.
Increased the laboratories contract revenue by more than $5 million in less than one year.
Developed a new business strategy and repositioned the group to become the principal display representatives of the Sarnoff Corporation to government and industry.
Created a "Center of Excellence" for Field-Emission Technology by bringing in key new contracts and by working with government and industry partners.

1993 – 1994 DuPont Company - Advanced Composite Materials, Newark, DE.,
Senior Consultant for Electronics

Business development of new materials technologies for applications in electronics.
Assessed the electronics business potential and technology competitiveness of: Metal-Matrix Composites, Aramids, pitch-carbon fibers, metalized Kevlar, Diamond films and fibers, photopolymers, and High-Temperature Superconducting Materials.
Applied new-technology and marketing experience to provide business plans for coated fibers as electron-emitters for flat-panel displays and Thermount® (Kevlar/Nomex aramid) as a substrate material for Multi-Chip Modules.
Developed new patentable concepts for products using metalized Kevlar, display structures incorporating coated fibers, holographic filters for color displays, and a low-cost manufacturing process for Metal-Matrix Composites.

1990 – 1993 Lanxide Electronic Components, LLC, Newark, DE., President and CEO

Strategic planning, business development and operations responsibility for the startup of an electronics business based on composite materials technology developed by the Lanxide Corporation.
Developed the business plan, adapted the materials technology, established a salable product base, and achieved the first $5 million of orders to military and commercial customers.
Implemented a team oriented company culture and trained 50+ employees in the skills of new business development, manufacturing scale-up,MRPII,and TQM.

1988 – 1990 Interchip Solutions, Inc., Beaverton, OR, President/CEO and Founder

Business development and marketing responsibility for the start-up of a Multi-Chip Module Company.

1974 – 1988 Tetronic, Inc,. Beaverton, OR, General Manager, Hybrid Components Operation

Managed the transformation of this 500 employee 125,000 sq. ft. facility from an internal service organization to an independent business unit with sales to Tetronic divisions and outside customers.

Director, Solid State Group

Provided the strategic leadership and management for the development, product application, and manufacturing of all semiconductor and component integration technologies including, Biopolar IC's, MOS IC's, Hybrids,a nd Ceramic Components. The facilities were located in two buildings (250,000 sq. ft. total) and employed over 900 people.
Established the strategy and implementation of CAE tools for the design and layout of ICs and Hybrids.
Successfully managed the design and start-up of a new 50,000 sq. ft. IC facility, the installation of a very high-speed bipolar process, and the introduction of E-beam lithography.
Developed and initiated the manufacture of analog ASICs, CCD arrays, and high-speed signal acquisition devices.
Identified the need and implemented the large scale use of Hybrids and Custom IC's into Tek's next generation portable oscilloscopes, the Company's highest revenue products.

Manager, Component Development Group

Increasing responsibility for the selection, development, and implementation of new component technologies into Tektronix products.
Managed the company's R&D activities in displays, hybrid circuits, monolithic IC's and electro-mechanical components with a staff of 350 engineers and technicians.
Guided the technology selection and development of high-performance CRTs, micro-channel plate CRT's, and signal processing devices.
Initiated the development of GaAs technology at Tektronic, which later resulted in the formation of TriQuint Semiconductor.

Watkins-Johnson Co., Palo Alto, CA, Section Head, Program Manager, Senior Engineer

Developed and promoted Electron Beam Semiconductor devices for military signal processing applications including broadband microwave amplifiers, high-power bandpass RF amplifiers, and high current nanosecond rise time modulators.

Past Senior Member of the IEEE.
General Chair of the 2004 Society for Information Display Symposium.
General Chair of the 1985 Custom Integrated Circuits Conference.
General Chair of the 1987 Society for Information Display Symposium.
Organizer and Chair of the First Display Manufacturing Technology Conference San Francisco, January 1994.
Eight Patents Issued