Engineer Sales Representative

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EXPERIENCE

Qualification Summary

Materials Analytical Techniques

Piezoelectric Materials and Technology (Bulk and Thin Film)

Design for Six Sigma

Technology Development

Product Development

Project Management

Metrology Development

Statistical Analysis

Reliability, DOE, DFM, DVT, and FMEA

Intellectual Property

Supplier Engineering/Qualification

FEA, CAD, Labview, Minitab

5/12 - JSW Consulting, LLC

President

Piezoelectric Materials and Technology Expertise

Performed consulting services with piezoelectric materials manufacturers identifying emerging

technologies and developing modeling capability, metrology and demonstrating reliability

Seagate Technology, LLC

3/97-5/12

3/97-7/02 Development Engineer

Team Lead for piezoelectric microactuator development

Supplier selected and developed for piezoelectric material and integration into component

suppliers for integration into HDDs. Specified supplier equipment set for back-end processing of

PZT actuators including thin film metallization, dicing and packaging. I performed both supplier

and quality engineer role during early development phase, in addition to development engineer

role.

• Led team integrating new material, PZT, into suppliers, component factory and into drives

• Defined and implemented a QA strategy for piezoelectric microactuator

• Defined and developed metrology for piezoelectric microactuators in suppliers and factories

• Developed and performed reliability tests for secondary microactuator

• Introduced/and educated Seagate and supply chain in piezoelectric technology

7/02-7/05 Staff Development Engineer

Team Lead for piezoelectric microactuator development, Research and Development of materials

for advanced mechanical designs and supplier engineer

• Successfully integrated PZT into product for worlds first secondary piezoelectric microactuator

• Developed advanced suspension materials to improve manufacturability and lower cost, and

increase resonance, windage, shock and damping performance

• Completed training in Six Sigma (DFSS and DFSS Project courses)

• Developed sensors based on core magnetic technology

• Developed temperature and humidity sensors utilizing existing component materials

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Member of the Patent Review Board

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Mentored 3 design engineers

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7/05-5/12 Sr. Staff Development Engineer (Technical Track Manager)

Team Lead for piezoelectric microactuator development, Research and Development of materials

for advanced mechanical designs

• Successfully integrated PZT into 40% of shipping products

• Supplier development engineering for a second PZT source

• Designed and developed advanced piezoelectric micro-actuator designs for future products

• Attended 2010 and 2011 PiezoMEMS workshops

• Developed thin film PZT MEMS device: design, reliability methodology, and metrology

• Member of the Patent Review Board for 7 years

Awards

Mechanical R&D Team Award, Supply Chain Development

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Mechanical R&D Team Award, Advanced Microactuator team

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Mechanical R&D Foundations Award, Piezoelectric Material Technology

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Mechanical R&D Team Award, Low Cost Microactuator

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Advanced Mechanical Technology Award, Identification of a supplier issue causing a yield

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excursion

Advanced Mechanical Technology Award, outstanding patent disclosure of the quarter,

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Wafer-level poling scheme

Advanced Mechanical Technology Award, outstanding patent disclosure of the quarter,

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Advanced Microactuator

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering

University of Minnesota-Minneapolis, MN

Requirements completed, May 1997

Advisor: Prof. Lorraine F. Francis

B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, Graduated with Distinction

University of Minnesota-Minneapolis, MN, August 1992

8/92- Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant

Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota at

3/97

Minneapolis, MN. Advisor: Prof. L. F. Francis

• Conducted original thesis research on piezoelectric ceramic/polymer composite coatings.

• Performed TA duties for Introduction to Ceramics; conducted laboratory experiments,

provided homework solutions, and prepared and delivered lectures on ceramic materials

properties.

• Developed a processing route to piezoelectric thin films for an integrated circuit acoustic

emission sensor in association with the Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Departments at

the U of MN.

• Provided piezoelectric films for the MEMS group at the U of MN.

• Constructed a laser interferometer for measuring piezoelectric coefficients.

• Developed and maintained a Thermal Analysis user facility, providing training and analysis.

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Attended short courses in the Microelectronics Technology Laboratory clean room to utilize

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microelectronic processing techniques and equipment.

Demonstrated increased acoustic performance of a PZT/polymer thin film composite.

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6/91- Undergraduate Research Assistant

8/92 Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota at

Minneapolis, MN. Advisor: Prof. L. F. Francis

• Synthesized silicon modified lead titanate powders and thin films by a sol-gel processing

method.

• Presented research at the Sixth International Undergraduate Research Conference, U of MN,

1992.

• Directed the research of a fellow undergraduate.

• Awarded best student poster at the Spring Materials Research Society Meeting

3/89- Sales Representative

6/90 Muzak Limited Partnership - Minneapolis, MN

• Developed specialty sub-contracting division for prime bid construction projects.

• Prepared bids for sound and CCTV systems from blueprints and specification manuals.

• Specialty sub-contracting division was expanded nationally as a result of personal

performance.

• Top sales representative in the country out of 68 for January 1990; top ten for year ending June

1990.

6/86- Sales Representative

3/89 American Photocopy – Eden Prairie, MN

• Sold Toshiba copiers in downtown St. Paul

HONORS/AWARDS

Received B. S. degree in Materials Science and Engineering with Distinction.

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Received two Educational Foundation Grants from the International Society for Hybrid

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Microelectronics (ISHM).

Received first place student poster award for Spring 1994 MRS Better Ceramics Through

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Chemistry Symposia, San Francisco, CA.

Received a Biomedical Initiative Program grant from the Microelectronics Technology

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Laboratory.

PUBLICATIONS and PATENTS

Available upon request

REFERENCES

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