Summary

A results-oriented R and D and engineering manager with a track record of progressive achievements in developing products and product enhancements that have re-established corporate competitiveness and created new revenue opportunities. Experienced in all aspects of product development, deployment and continuous improvements. Well familiar with up-to-date system and software development methodologies. Experienced in managing and working with multi-disciplinary teams of engineers, scientists, marketers and sales professionals. Has taken diverse products through their complete lifecycles from concept to finish. Solid analytical and problem solving skills plus sound engineering and scientific intuition. Effective communicator and presenter, customer and quality oriented, positive minded and self-motivated individual.

Product Development : Requirements Analysis and System Design ; Hardware and Software Architecture Design ; Performance and Reliability Analysis and Design ; Design for Ease-of-Use ; Product Release, Deployment and Continuous Improvements.

Management : Avid team builder, experienced in managing, motivating and mentoring employees. Proven track record in managing multi-disciplinary, multi-site teams of engineers, scientists and consultants. Possesses expert level project management knowledge and hands-on experience with up-to-date project management tools and techniques ; Customer and Executive Level Presentations.

TECHNICAL HIGHLIGHTS :
Design and Development of systems including : GUI, Client-Server Architecture, Image Processing, Machine Vision and Pattern Recognition, Scientific Visualization, Computer Graphics and Photo Realistic Image Synthesis, Semiconductor Inspection and Metrology, Expert Systems, Data Acquisition and Analysis, Real-Time Control and Robotics and Scientific Instruments.

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE : Programming Languages or Scripting : C#, Visual C++, C, Java, Visual Basic, Pascal, Ada95 FORTRAN, Smalltalk, MODULA-II, Assembly, Perl, C-Shell.
OS : Windows 2000 NT, UNIX, PalmOS.
Real-time OS and Kernels : Lynx, VxWorks, RMX.
Windowing Environments : NT, X-Windows.
Development Methodologies : Object Oriented Analysis and Design, SEI CMM Level 2
Hatley-Pirbae Real-Time Software Design and Structured Design.

MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE :
Have managed multi-disciplinary, multi-site teams of up to 16 engineers and scientists with budgets of up to $3.2 Million.
Have recruited, developed and mentored engineering and QA staff into highly productive teams.
Have instituted project management and engineering development processes that have improved productivity, reliability and customer satisfaction.



Employment

2002 -  2003

Managed all aspect of software development for RenderDrive 5000 product, a photo realistic image synthesis product based on proprietary ASIC hardware and ray tracing software running in Linux. This product won 3 awards in AEC and Cadalyst conferences in June 2001 : Advanced Rendering Technology.

Led the development and Introduction of a Micro-Thermal Analysis system based on Atomic Force Microscopy at Pittcon, 1998 which won the Product of the Year Award. Managed all aspects of hardware and software development from concept to finish and OEM deployment : TopoMetrix.

Established software engineering processes based on Capability Maturity Model key practices for KLA-Tencors Surface Metrology Division and Nanostream, Inc

Managed software architecture design and development for HRP metrology product for the semiconductor and data storage industries. This is a fully automated system with wafer handling robotics, micro-positioning stage, high resolution force control profilometry, machine vision, data analysis algorithms and advanced graphical user interface and 3D visualization running under Windows NT : KLA-Tencor.

Developed and integrated a robotic sub-system and an X-Y wafer stage for an AFM and adapted system software architecture for use in semiconductor metrology applications : TopoMetrix.

Resolved long-standing machine vision problems caused by highly reflective semiconductor wafers after CMP step by applying image processing algorithms : KLA-Tencor.

Instituted the usage of a parametric 3D modeling tool for mechanical design projects, reducing time-to-market and improving manufacturability and reliability. Using this design paradigm, Introduced a Near Field Scanning Optical Microscope product based on the tuning fork technology : TopoMetrix.

Redesigned the architecture and managed porting of various software products for different hardware, OS and windowing platforms : TopoMetrix, KLA-Tencor, Nanometrics.

Designed and developed an on-line multimedia training and documentation system for the Canons FPA-3000 i4 semiconductor lithography equipment : Consulting Assignment, MTS.

Conceived of an open architecture control system that won a $700K contract with Sematech. Carried out the development project through deployment and sustaining engineering phase. Also, designed and developed a remote diagnostics system for the test and verification of this generic control system and its system applications. Delivered software for AVP-8000 product that was based on this open architecture running under Sun Solaris and Lynx RTOS : Silicon Valley Group.

Redesigned the software architecture to adapt Philips Scanning Electron Microscope to semiconductor inspection and metrology. Developed a PC-based controller plus a GUI for Philips SEM555 Designed and developed a server application based on DDE to interface the metrology application with a robotic sub-system. Designed a Critical Dimension algorithm for SEM metrology : Philips Electronic Instruments.

Developed and maintained real-time software based on PL/M-86 compiler or linker and RMX-86 real-time kernel for an Intel Multibus based controller for a scanning electron microscope. The development involved user interface, instrument control and monitoring, vacuum chamber and wafer loader and robotics control, 5 - axis wafer stage calibration and control, critical dimension metrology algorithm, graphical reporting and statistical analysis. Developed an auto-focus algorithm for an SEM : Nanometrics.

Designed and implemented an API for an SDIO card with MEMS based motion sensing. Developed an SDK for the integration of motion awareness in handheld devices : Motion Sense.
Co-invented a set of concepts and business models for web based photo realistic rendering and initiated patent applications for these inventions : Advanced Rendering Technology.

2003 -  2004
Consultant

Wrote functional specification for system automation of the companys instrument product.
Led software architecture design for a micro parallel chromatography instrument based on Microsoft. NET framework. Trained staff on UML for developing the software architecture.
Instituted Change Management for Product Development Group. Instituted processes for Software Engineering, QA and using Capability Maturity Model guidelines.

2001 -  2003
Consultant

Designed and implemented an API for an SDIO card with embedded MEMS based motion sensing capability.
Developed an SDK for integration of motion awareness in the user interface of handheld devices.
Co-invented and participated in filing patents for motion awareness and gesture recognition algorithms.
Instituted software development environment and tools and project management practices.
Developed a 3D visualization class based on Java3D to visualize motions in a 3D virtual space.

1999 -  2001
R and D Manager

Was recruited by the company founder and CTO to start a new engineering team of 4 in Silicon Valley and 4 in Cambridge, U.K.

Managed all aspects of software and algorithm development for ARTs RenderDrive 5000 product, a photo realistic image synthesis product based on proprietary ASIC hardware and ray tracing software algorithms. This product won 3 awards in AEC and Cadalyst conferences in June 2001.
Co-invented a set of Internet based concepts and business models utilizing ARTs products and initiated patent applications for these inventions.
Recruited 6 engineers, organized the groups development environments and tools. Initiated an Intranet based system architecture and engineering documentation system. Instituted software engineering and project management practices for ART.

1998 -  1999

Consulted with 2 startup companies devising system requirements and designing system architecture for a biotech application based on MEMS and a miniaturized atomic force microscope system.

1993 -  1998

Director, RD and E, Sept 1997 to Oct 1998 - Managed a group of 4 scientists, 4 engineers and 3 technicians. Responsible for all aspects of R and D and engineering of TopoMetrix scanning probe and atomic force microscopes.

Introduced an AFM based Micro-Thermal Analysis system at Pittcon, 1998 which won the Product of the Year Award. Managed all aspects of product development from concept to finish and OEM deployment.
Introduced a Near Field Scanning Optical Microscope based on the tuning fork technology.
Reduced system noise floor by a factor of twelve by analyzing and minimizing vibration loops.
Instituted the usage of a parametric 3D modeling tool for all mechanical design projects, reducing time-to-market and improving manufacturability and reliability.
Initiated and managed several product enhancement projects to improve system manufacturability, reliability and robustness, serviceability and ease-of-use.
Prepared technical and executive level presentations for TopoMetrix Board of Directors, potential investors and prospective acquiring companies.

1993 -  1996
Manager

In charge of software architecture design and implementation for a series of Scanning Probe Microscope systems based on MS Windows 3.1. Managed a group of 4 employees and 2 - 3 contract software engineers developing probe control, DSP based data acquisition, image processing algorithms and 3 - D visualization graphics. Applied advanced project management techniques using MS Project software.
Developed and integrated a robotic sub-system and an X-Y wafer stage for the microscope and adapted system software architecture for use in semiconductor metrology applications.
Acted as systems engineer and software QA manager. Developed system test matrices, checklists and a bug tracking system based on MS Access and managed 2 system and software testers.

1996 -  1997
Manager

Managed a group of 8 software engineers, 3 software QA engineers and 4 consultants. In charge of software development for all products of Surface Metrology Division. Worked with product managers and key customers to devise system requirements specifications and instituted quality measures to enhance system reliability and up-time.
Delivered the software for the HRP metrology product for the semiconductor and data storage industries, a fully automated system with robotics, micro-positioning stage, high resolution force control profilometry, machine vision, data analysis algorithms and advanced graphical user interface and visualization.
resolved long standing machine vision problems on highly reflective samples by utilizing image processing algorithms.

1990 -  1993
Senior Project Manager

Developed system architecture for an advanced CVD system using a 68030 VME-based controller networked with a Sun SparcStation. Managed 10 employee and 6 contract software engineers in developing the system software. Planned and tracked all projects applying project management tools including Suntrac and Super Project.
Conceived of an open architecture control system, generated a $700K contract with Sematech for the development of this control system. Carried out the project from concept through deployment and sustaining engineering phase. Designed and developed a remote diagnostics system for the test and verification of the generic control system and its system applications.

1986 -  1990
Senior Software Engineer

In charge of software development to adapt Philips Scanning Electron Microscope technology to the semiconductor inspection and metrology applications. Developed a PC-based controller and GUI software for Philips SEM555 Designed and developed an MS Windows server application based on DDE to interface the metrology application with a robotic sub-system. Designed a Critical Dimension metrology algorithm for SEMs.

Led prototype and software development for a high throughput critical dimension metrology SEM.
Represented Philips in SEMI Metrology Committee devising semiconductor metrology standards.

1983 -  1986
Software Engineer

Developed and maintained real-time software and firmware based on PL/M-86 compiler or linker and RMX-86 real-time kernel for an Intel Multibus based controller for a scanning electron microscope. The development involved character based user interface, instrument control and monitoring, vacuum chamber and wafer loader and robotics control, 5 - axis wafer stage calibration and control, critical dimension measurement algorithm, graphical reporting and statistical analysis of the measurement data. Developed an automatic focus algorithm for an SEM.

Miscellaneous

Developed an infinite depth of focus optical microscope utilizing digital image processing techniques and algorithms.

Personal Interests and Hobbies :
Hiking, Computer Graphics and Animation, bioinformatics, Automobiles.
Member iEEE
Santa Clara County Child Advocate volunteer
Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics.