Engineer Process

Stephen Wicks

Email: *********@********.***

Address: **** ********* **** **

City: ATLANTA

State: GA

Zip: 30309

Country: USA

Phone: 617-***-****

Skill Level: Management

Salary Range: $88,000

Primary Skills/Experience:

Reliability Engineer Process Engineer Science

Educational Background:

Associate Degree, Biochemistry

Northeastern University, 09/1980 - 05/1984

Boston, MA

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Job History / Details:

STEPHEN A. WICKS

1820 Peachtree Road, Unit 1602 Atlanta, Georgia 30309 617-***-**** *******@*****.***

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Skilled, Engineer with multi-disciplinary knowledge focused in research and development including designing, developing, and implementing reliability test plans for next generation manufacturing materials and processes.

Holds 10 years of photovoltaic industry experience with module and materials testing, characterization, and reliability analysis.

Optimizes dye sensitized (DSSC) and organic (OPV) solar cell devices for light conversion efficiency and reliability via DOE in chemistry, process changes, and design architectures.

Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Visio, and Project, as well as Minitab.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Performance Indicator, Lowell, Massachusetts 2011-Present

Senior Process Engineer

Manage multi-disciplinary projects as member of science and technology team with responsibilities as science lead.

- Provide leadership role in product adaptation, from early inception stages to full commercialization.

- Implement product development processes specifically for product definition, product testing and evaluation, and product scale-up.

- Serve as key interface between technical staff, marketing/sales, outside vendors/partners, and toll manufacturing facilities.

- Train staff in the operation of test equipment and procedures.

- Write product technical data sheets.

- Incorporated new R&D technologies for reduced cost per gallon of commercial acrylic photoluminescent paint line.

- Successfully managed development scale up of new multilayered photoluminescent tape product line and under budget via toll manufacturing.

- Initiated and implemented data management and knowledge base of current product platforms.

Konarka Technologies Inc., Lowell, Massachusetts 2002-2011

Senior Reliability Engineer 2006-2011

A startup solar company developing dye sensitized and organic nanotechnology for next generation photovoltaic products.

- Generated and executed "in house" reliability accelerated lifetime tests, plans, and programs in accordance with IEC 61646, IEC 1730 and UL 1703 standards to effectively optimize designs and ensure success in industry certification.

- Facilitated products through photovoltaic certification process.

- Wrote and maintained quality manuals and documents.

- Developed, documented, and implemented new test methodologies and characterization techniques for photovoltaic modules and polymeric packaging materials.

- Designed test and reliability infrastructure for photovoltaic devices including hardware, software, informatics and the specification and acquisition of environmental equipment.

- Managed testing, calibration and maintenance of equipment including AAA class rated solar simulators.

- Trained staff in the operation of equipment and test procedures.

- Managed design and implementation of software tools to automate data collection and analysis from test systems.

- Managed reliability projects with vendors and customers to define products and materials failure rates including design coordination, reporting and analysis.

- Conducted FMEA. Identified root causes of performance degradation.

- Performed statistical process control(SPC) method.

- Managed weathering geographical testing sites and resources.

STEPHEN A. WICKS

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Research Associate/IT Manager 2002-2006

- Optimized dye sensitized (DSSC) and organic (OPV) solar cell devices for light conversion efficiency and reliability via DOE in chemistry, process changes and design architectures.

- Designed photovoltaic device architectures for maximum light to energy conversion.

- Facilitated the development of electrolytes for highest energy conversions without loss of reliability.

- Performed physical characterization studies including the use of profilometry, IR imaging, optical microscopy, peel adhesion, and electrical performance.

- Electrode vapor deposition of precious metals on glass and polymeric materials.

- Managed corporate strategy for all information technology in accordance with business needs and budget.

- Specified and acquired corporate desktop and laptop computer systems and inventory all corporate software.

- Managed and maintained Nortel digital/VOIP telephone system.

- Maintained uptime of all network servers.

- Facilitated network infrastructure expansion.

- Provided desktop support for Windows 2000 and XP.

EARLY EXPERIENCE

Polaroid Corporation, Waltham, Massachusetts 1977-2002

Senior Technical Specialist 1991-2002

Technical Specialist 1984-1991

Senior Lab Technician 1980-1984

Lab Technician 1977-1980

- Managed digital imaging media evaluation lab.

- Increased lab size, capabilities, and workflow efficacy all below budget. Introduced and managed equipment automation and data acquisition.

- Provided imaging science group, multi-structured thin film coatings for thermal imaging media which became a commercialized product and spinoff company ZINK Imaging.

- Led silver halide emulsion product development team in designing chemical and spectral protocols for color peel-apart and integral film platforms, thin film modeling structures, product evaluation, pilot-production and manufacturing scale-up. The teams efforts resulted in an unprecedented rapid development to manufacturing time while increasing product yields by 40%.

- Conceptualized and developed novel silver halide crystals of different morphologies and grain habits in research group which impacted improved product performance for multiple film platforms.

- Co-managed 400+ multi-site computer users. Provided hardware / software resolution / acquisition of desktop/laptop, analytical instrumentation support. Administrated Novell and Microsoft servers.

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION

A.S., Biochemistry, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts

Certificate of Proficiency/Industrial and Applied Photography, Franklin Institute of Technology, Boston, Massachusetts

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

- Member of International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Technical Committee 82 Solar Photovoltaic Energy System (TC82) Working Group (WG2) (modules, non-concentrating)

- Member of American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

- Member of American Standards Test Methods (ASTM) E44.20 on Glass for Solar Applications

- Panel member of the Department of Energy's Solar America Initiative Technology Pathway Partnerships (SAI-TPP) in conjunction with National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL), and Sandia National Laboratories.

- Member of Professional Photographers of America, Inc.

PUBLICATIONS

- Society of Photographic Scientists and Engineers (SPSE) Intersection of Art and Science

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