THOMAS C. RUSSELL

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PROFILE

• Ph.D. Electrical Engineering (Brown University).

• M.S. Mechanical Engineering (Stanford University).

• 4 US patents and 9 publications.

• CTO at photovoltaic systems development company (WattLots).

• VP Engineering at engineering prototype company (Veritech).

• Chief Controls Engineer at semiconductor equipment manufacturer (BOC).

• VP Engineering at consumer electronics company (Voice It).

• Research and development scientist (Bell Labs).

• Product development, project management and consulting in medical, industrial,

consumer, military and renewable energy fields.

• Embedded electronics design including analog, digital and firmware.

• Data acquisition, test and control (Linux and PC).

EXPERIENCE

2013- Hackstar. Techstars, NY (www.techstars.com) Technical firmware and electronics

expert for companies participating in the R/GA Connected Devices (Internet of

Things) Accelerator.

2009- Chief Technical Officer, WattLots, LLC, Millington, NJ (wattlots.com).

Responsible for the technical direction of a startup company developing unique

solar photovoltaic tracking power systems. The systems are targeted at parking lots

and can both provide power and serve as a multimedia platform. Designed

LiteBeam™ photovoltaic module which combines structural support with integrated

micro-inverter and shepherded it through UL testing. Responsible for prototype

fabrication, test procedures and simulation and developed a Linux based tracker

controller. Support VP of Marketing to promote the product and VP of Operations

to manufacture it.

Consultant. Clients include New Jersey Institute of Technology (njit.edu), Sigma

Design Company (sigmadesign.net)., Vivonics (vivonics.com). and Veritech

(veritech.cc). Electronic designs including circuit design, firmware and prototype

fabrication. Medical: inductively powered wireless implant for measuring shunt

flow in patients with hydrocephalous (funded by NIH), wireless EKG/EEG monitor

and TENS pain management device. Industrial: energy harvesting power electronics

and wireless sensor for railroad track communications. Automotive: brushless

motor controller, motorcycle signaling device. Consumer: hot tub control system,

teeth whitener, safety timer and toys. Military: ultra high accuracy timing generator

for secure communications.

2007-2009 VP Engineering, Veritech, Inc., Whippany, NJ (veritech.cc). Veritech provides

research and development services for electronic and mechanical engineering

prototypes.

Responsible for complete system solutions including analog and digital circuit

design, mechanical design, microcontroller firmware and PC software.

• Identify customer needs and develop a plan to provide engineering solutions.

• Implement the plan through leadership of both internal and external resources.

• Design the overall system and the specific electronic sub-systems.

• Projects include military GPS timing generator, GPS-based timing unit for

aircraft hazard light beacon, functional tester for aircraft components, micro-

mirror array tester, wireless remote reader for bio-implantable sensor, flow

controller for surgical irrigation, handheld calendar calculator, spa control

system and donut filling machine controller.

2001-2007 Chief Controls Engineer, BOC Edwards, Murray Hill, NJ. Provide overall

direction of control system architecture at BOC Edwards. Managed group of high

level engineers for advanced control projects.

• Lead BOC Edwards Controls Council to establish and implement control

system standards. Enabled the widespread adoption of Ethernet-enabled

control systems and IEC61131 PLC programming.

• Design new control system products that encourage the adoption of the

Controls Council guidelines. Projects included a web-based wafer load-lock,

high accuracy flow controller and a Linux controlled packaged chiller.

• Educate worldwide controls staff on the latest control system technologies to

keep BOC Edwards a technology leader.

• Work with legal department to refine invention records and encourage the

filing of invention records by controls engineers.

• Chair of SEMI committee formed to create a standard communications

protocol for vacuum pumps. SEMI standard E54.018 published in 2006.

1996-2001 VP of Technology, Voice It Worldwide, Inc.., San Diego, CA. and VP of

Engineering, VXI Corp., Rollinsford, NH (vxicorp.com)

Architecture and implementation of portable consumer electronic devices.

Voice It designed and manufactured handheld digital voice recorders using

advanced speech compression for use in dictation and note recording.

Recordings could be transferred to a PC and converted to text using speech

recognition software. Voice It was purchased by VXI Corporation in 2000.

• Develop new technologies for audio compression and recording.

• Conceive and refine product ideas based on market analysis and technologies

including both electrical and mechanical design.

• Create detailed electrical designs with emphasis on ergonomics, simplicity of

use, component cost, and compact profile.

• Write embedded microcontroller firmware and manage both in-house and

external resources for software development.

• Nurture relationships with key vendors supplying leading edge technology.

• Work with quality and manufacturing areas for product support.

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EXPERIENCE

1994-1996 Member of Technical Staff, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ.

1985-1989 Technology Integration Research Dept. - Worked on prototypes for a number of

consumer products including cordless microphone adjunct for speakerphone,

cordless headset, home e-mail service and equipment, personal language

translator and novel security systems including personal 911.

Advanced Lithography Research Dept. - Member of team developing a

proprietary electron beam projection lithography system for use in integrated

circuit manufacture.

• Team leader for exposure station design and construction

• Image processing and mark detection

• Vacuum system design and automatic control

Advanced VLSI Packaging Dept. - Engineered equipment and methodologies

for the test and manufacture of high-density silicon multi-chip modules.

• Created high speed, high accuracy moving two-probe robotic tester used for

electrical test of high density interconnects. Tester included a unique test

language and was installed at several AT&T factory locations.

• Worked with machine vision systems for component alignment.

• Implemented equipment for ultrasonic chip bonding and chip sorting.

• Designed downstream microwave CVD system.

• Worked on alignment methods for electron beam lithography system

Manager of Design and Test Development, Alcoa Electronic Packaging, San Diego, CA.

1989-1994

Direct the development of advanced ceramic and thin film on silicon multi-chip module

designs, test methods and equipment.

• Engineered robotic two-probe tester to measure dual-sided ceramic parts.

• Constructed microcontroller based capacitance meter for inspection station.

• Provided fully qualified automatic test equipment to factory including robotic

handling and machine vision.

• Created and managed test and measurement facility for parametric and

functional testing of multi-chip modules, including high-speed response.

• Direct the activities of multi-chip module design group including electrical

simulation, schematic capture, layout and documentation.

• Integrated the design and test staff to encourage design for testability.

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EDUCATION

Brown University

Ph. D. in Electrical Engineering

Thesis: “Fabrication and Characterization of Quench Cast Silicon for Solar Cell

Application”

Subjects: Semiconductor Devices, Artificial Intelligence, and Materials

Science.

Stanford University

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering

Subjects: Microprocessor Based Product Design and Thermosciences.

John MacDonald Fellow.

Brown University

B.S. in The Technology of Energy

Magna Cum Laude. Sigma Xi.

PATENTS

US 7,398,127 “Systems and Methods for Facilitating Wireless Communication Between Various

Components of a Distributed System,” issued July 8, 2008 and assigned to Edwards

Vacuum, Inc. Systems and methods to provide a wireless network for linking the

various components of manufacturing equipment or manufacturing systems to one

or more central control devices.

US 6,453,281 “Portable audio database device with icon-based graphical user-interface,” issued

September 17, 2002 and assigned to VXI Corporation. A method and apparatus for

storing and retrieving information to and from a memory of a hand-held audio

database device.

US 5,600,146 “Charged Particle Beam Multiple-Pole Deflection Control Circuitry,” issued

February 4, 1997 and assigned to Lucent Technologies. Method for simplifying the

design of deflection control circuitry used in high performance electron-beam

lithographic systems.

US 5,023,557 “Method for Testing of Electronic Devices,” issued June 11, 1991 and assigned to

AT&T. Method for decreasing the time to test electronic interconnect substrates

with two or more moving probes.

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DESIGN

Solar Ph.D. research on methods for producing low cost silicon material for solar cells.

Researcher on Department of Energy project to build a small energy efficient, solar

powered home. Designed unique solar collectors which integrated photovoltaic

cells and forced-air heat exchangers to generate both electricity and heat. Currently

working on developing photovoltaic energy systems for parking lots.

Electronics Microprocessor, microcontroller, FPGA and DSP based designs for a variety of

applications. Examples include bio-implanted wireless sensor and external reader,

voice recorders, helmet-mounted display, high accuracy GPS-stabilized timing

control circuits, dedicated test sets for aircraft components, regulated high voltage

AC supply, ballast for metal halide lamps, high accuracy flow controller, Linux-

based equipment control system, cooling fan controller and web-based pressure

sensor.

Processors Microchip PIC, TI MSP430, ARM7 and Cortex M3/M0, Nordic BLE, Cypress

and Modules PSoC, Silicon Labs 8051, Motorola / Freescale DSP 56F8000, Digi ME, Netburner,

Tern, and Technologic Systems Linux.

PUBLICATIONS

SEMI Standard E054.18 “Specific Device Model for Vacuum Pumps”, published

2006.

Guest Editor for IEEE Components, Hybrids and Manufacturing Technology

Transactions, special section on MCM Testability series published beginning in

November 1993.

“Testing of Multichip Modules,” (with Y. Wen), MultiChip Module Technologies

and Alternatives: The Basics, Chapter 13 of textbook published by Van Nostrand

Rheinhold, 1993.

“Two Probe High Speed Tester - Software and Hardware Manuals,” (with D.

Wagner and R. Zappula), AT&T Bell Laboratories Internal Publication, 1987, 1988.

“Quench Casting of Silicon Ribbons for Solar Cells,” (with R. Arya and M.

Narasimhan), Seventeenth IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, April 1984.

“Large Grain Polycrystalline CuInSe2 Ribbons for Solar Cells,” (with R. Arya, M.

Narasimhan, C. Case, R. Bealieu, and J. Loferski), Seventeenth IEEE Photovoltaic

Specialists Conference, April 1984.

“Design and Construction of a Hybrid Photovoltaic (3kWp) - Thermal Solar Energy

System for a Residential/Commercial Building,” (with J. Loferski, C. Case, G.

Doodlesack, B. Roessler, R. Dobbins, J. Beall and J. Krikorian), Sixteenth IEEE

Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, September 1982.

“Combined Photovoltaic/Thermal Collector Panels of Improved Design,” (with J.

Loferski, B. Roessler, R. Dobbins, J. Beall, C. Case, G. Doodlesack and W. Oates),

Fifteenth IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, April 1981.

“Build the Solar Controller,” Popular Science Monthly, March 1978. Complete

plans for electronic control and monitoring system.

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