Product Development Manager

Yuri Malinkevich, Ph.D., MBA

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EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

A strong technical and business development leader with excellent team building and communication skills, and advanced program management experience; lead and manage by objectives with the focus on delivering results:

Led R&D and Prod. Dev. programs with $2M+ budget through directly reporting groups & global department teams

Hired, trained, motivated, and provided technical leadership; monitored results, delivered on time and in budget

Carried research results through to a new technology and new product development, NPI and product offerings

Started and grew new R&D teams, built labs and testing infrastructures; instituted best engineering practices

Experienced and highly efficient in leading high-tech, multi-disciplinary, PhD-level engineering teams and groups

Broad expertise and extensive technical leadership experience in R&D, Product, Test and Process development:

Proof-of-concept, Product and Processes Prototyping and Qualification, New Product Intro, Quality & Reliability

Imaging and non-imaging optics, colorimetry, spectrophotometry, RF, laser & E-O systems in IR/UV-Vis/X-ray

Design of digital/analog electronics, embedded control, optics, precision mechanics, CMOS, gyro and MEMS systems

Development of systems/products based on light propagation in passive & active media and in planar wave guides

NPI and development/implementation of precision & automated testing processes for high & low-volume productions

E-O products, testing and metrology development in RF - GHz/mm range at components, system and functional levels

Institution of QA system and process and calibration procedures in product development and production

Creative and experienced in establishing contacts & managing relationships with customers, partners and vendors; proficient in negotiation & risk management, as well as in intellectual property management:

Created and executed customer acquisition plans for new products offerings; interacted directly with customers

Negotiated Statement Of Work and Contracts with Partners, Universities and Consultants

Conducted technology due diligence for acquisitions, including patent evaluation, and technology competitiveness

Business development in technology driven markets: SWOT analysis, 6-force modeling, planning:

Identified market opportunities and winning technologies; established and fostered relationship with business partners

Developed strategic business plans and technology and product development road maps for new business units

Led internal and outsourced market research, developed market and product requirements documents

SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Developed and introduced several new product lines to companies product portfolio (FARO, EDAX, JDSU Corp)

Established a new division of the company: hired a whole R&D and product development team,

built all the required labs for R&D, product development and calibrations.

Developed a new product platform for 3D-imager - a precision physical dimensions measurement system based on structured light projection. Carried the development through to the marketable product.

Development of 100Gbit E-O modulators and navigation gyro, along with upgraded automated assembly and test systems for them; achieved 15% yield improvement by better proprietary calibration methodology and processes

Developed telecom systems, i.e. DWDM (high count channels with 50 GHz spacing) based on concave

holographic gratings; introduced and used a proprietary grating modeling tools for design and optimization.

Developed an automated and semi-automated systems for testing CMOS, micro-lenses and CMOS-modules; implemented testing in the high-volume production. Improved yield on 20% by utilizing a new testing systems.

Developed, designed and built a unique Lateral Shear Interferometer for testing aspherical surfaces

Implemented and enforced ISO 9001 QA system in high-tech optical develop. & manuf. division

Studied the Cs and Rb atom optical pumping phenomena and developed precision magnetometers based on it

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Dir. of Engineering/Sr. Staff member EDAX Corp., Div. of AMETEK Corp. 2014 – Sept.2017

Leadership of 4 engineering groups - electronics, SW, mech. and tech. support - for product dev. and sustaining eng.

Integrated an acquired through company acquisition technology into new product lines and brought them to market

Leading all the sustaining engineering activities to preserve and expand market share for the current product lines

Leading the process of outsourcing of several product lines to Contract Manufacturer and supporting its production

Sr. Mfg. Manager JDSU Corp., CT 2012 – 2013

Leadership of Test & Automation Group for 40G/100G/400G coherent modulators & gyro production and R&D.

Developed specialized testing methodology and equipment, and its automation for new product development

Developed all the test related production processes during the new product line introduction

Upgraded metrology processes for testing; supported all the production test processes; improved yield and quality

Director/Consultant Venture Electronics Services Corp., Malaysia 2011 – 2012

Consulting for high-volume electronics/micro-optics/telecom products testing & manuf.: ITL, 10x10 MSA, etc.

Led sustaining and improvement of the production and testing technologies to meet the yield and quality goals

Led introduction and deployment of the multiple new product lines at Contract Manufacturer Site

Director of Engineering FARO Technologies Corp, Boston, MA 2008 – 2011

Developed new technology platform, productized and brought to the market a conceptually new product line on expedite schedule and with limited resources; developed and perfected new production processes in remote facility

Built a whole R&D team and provided full technical leadership in all aspects of R&D and new products dev.

Full management, budget and operational responsibilities for a high-tech, remotely located from HQ, division

Director/Consultant, Electro-Optical Sciences Inc., NY 2007 – 2008

Technical leadership for R&D and for medical product and process development in FDA regulated environment

Director, Optical Technology and QA Flextronics Corp, MA 2005 – 2007

Technical leadership in testing, metrology, QA, and products & technology development for cell phone camera

lens modules and CMOS; direct interactions with customers and vendors on specs, quality, and metrology issues

Test instrumentation development for macro- and micro-optical systems, CMOS and MEMS sub-assemblies

Micro lens and wafer-optics based imaging systems and CMOS-lens modules development and validation

Development of prototypes and production processes, including products and processes qualification plans

Responsibilities for support of high volume production of components & CMOS-module assemblies at Asian CM

Selection, evaluation and qualification of the Asian and other suppliers for micro-optical and MEMS components

Led quality and yield improvement of high tech processes in clean room environment; use of DOE and SPC

Management responsibilities for direct reports; managing by influence through matrix organization

Department Manager, Testing and QA Melles-Griot Corp., NY 2003 – 2005

Management responsibilities for two direct reporting engineering groups; member of Sr. Management Team

Technical leadership for all metrology and QA aspects of optical components and systems for UV, visible & IR:

* testing of optical, E-O, high power laser and opto-mechanical systems; some for military applications

* implementation and application of the most advanced interferometry, MTF and image processing technique

* development and design of special tooling & precision opto-mechanical test systems and E-O assemblies

* testing in clean room & under environmental control

* instituting of custom/internal calibration procedures, identifying and procuring of new test equipment

* development and testing semiconductor/wafer inspections systems: elipsometry, diffr. limited systems, etc.

Directed and improved Quality Systems; led long-term quality projects to achieve ISO and Six Sigma QA standards

Supported product development, customers relationships, and business & market development

President/Owner F.E.Li.X Sensors Inc., MA 2002 – 2003

Consulting service in the areas of R&D, product development, metrology, and business & market development

Director of R&D and Tech. Spectra-Physics/Thermo-Electron Corp, MA 2000 - 2002

Developed strategic business plans and technology and product road map for newly formed telecom business unit

Identified market opportunities and winning technologies, developed Market & Product Requirements Documents

Provided technical leadership and managed all aspects of product and technology development with focus on:

* DWDM and ROADM based on free space diffraction grating, * AWG and Semiconductor Optical Amplifier,

* Etalon based wavelength locker for source lasers, * semiconductor laser stabilization based on external resonator,

* MEMS devices, and new electro-optical materials.

Evaluated patentability and competitiveness, managed IP portfolio.

Grew a new telecom R&D group; built R&D lab and infrastructure; developed first product

Established contacts & relationships with customers and partners; supported search for acquisition targets

Led technology and products evaluation, and performed related due diligence in regards to acquisition targets

Project Manager/Sr. Optical Engineer Quantum Corp., MA 1998 - 2000

Searched for new technologies, wrote proposals, developed project & business plans, and led project teams

Built new R&D lab for developing next generation technology of magneto-optical and optical storage on tape

Technology development of optical data recording based on laser oblation and laser/matter interaction

Provided liaison between marketing and development groups; supported market research

Project Manager/Dev. Engineer Corning Precision Lens (now 3M), OH 1992 - 1998

Contributed to, led and supervised projects execution along with having budget responsibility

R&D for product design and process development: prototyping of aspherical, micro- and diffractive optical systems

Co-developed optical systems for projection TV and display, laser printer, medical devices, illumination, etc.

Tested exotic optics and optical systems: molded Fresnel & diffractive optics, micro- and anamorphic optics, etc.

Developed unique in-house Lateral Shear Interferometer for testing aspherical/anamorphic components & systems

Designed & conducted experiments for functional testing & image quality assessment (null-mirror technique for testing aspherics, data/image acquisition and processing, MTF measurements, and others)

Modeling with: CODE V, Zemax, MCAD, MatLab, Mathematica, MAPLEV, C++, FORTRAN, FEA COSMOS/M

Senior Scientist, Researcher, Researcher Asst.

Lab of Laser Optics, Theoretical Dept., TRINITI, Branch of Institute of Atomic Energy

Lab of Quantum Magnetic Field Measurements, IZMIRAN, Russian Academy of Science

Publications and track records of results in the following major R&D projects:

Modeling and experiments to improve semiconductor laser freq. stabilization by narrow line selective reflection

Developed analytical model for interferometric gas temperature measurements and spectroscopy systems design

Improved gas and UV laser performance and characteristics; improved Cs & Rb frequency standards and its sensors

Modeled the dynamics and kinetics of atomic & molecule multi-pole moments in resonance interaction with light

Modeled linear & non-linear wave propagation in active and passive atomic and molecular vapor media

Developed analytical model and predicted a new type of frequency shift in RF-Optical & Magnetic resonance in NMR/ESR by using the following methods and tools:

- approximations for Maxwell and wave equation

- analytical modeling based on tensor analysis & group-theoretical approach

- algebra of quantum angular momentum and 3N-J coefficients

- FORTRAN and C programming for computer aided modeling

Know-how of new detection & signal processing for supersensitive techniques in Magnetic Resonance

Tested prototype for bio-magnetic field measurement by magnetometers in a clinic environment

Tested and improved optical and magneto-optical techniques of detecting NMR/ESR in Earth's magnetic field

Performed measurements of the relaxation rate, collisional cross-section, and NMR/ESR line form

EDUCATION

MBA, Leadership & Business Administration, in top 10%, Xavier University, Cincinnati, 1998

Ph.D. in Quantum Optics & Electronics, Russian Academy of Science (recognized by Xavier Univer.)

M. Sc. in Quantum Optics, Electronics & Radio-physics, St. Petersburg State University, Russia

CoventorWare MEMS Design and Multi-User MEMS Processes (MUMPs), JDS Uniphase Inc., 2001

Commercial Law/Risk Mgmt./Risk Analysis for Medical Devices - ISO 14971, 2 weeks Workshops

Certificate on “Effective Project Management”, Quantum Corp, 1999

Exam for US Patent Agent License, US Patent and Trademark Office, 2003

Achievements & Biography are included in MARQUIS Who’s Who in Science & Engineering, 5th Ed.

Member of SPIE and American Physical Society

List of Publications, Copies of publications and List of references are available

Key-words, which are related to my experience:

Leadership, vision, strategy management, leader, strategic goals, business development, market development, business plan, technology road-map, product road-map, program management, project management, product development, product management, budget, cost control, financial metrics, operations, operating plan, operating profit, ROI, teamwork, collaboration, cross-functional, communication skills, multicultural, global, cross-country, change, change agent, accountable, manage by performance, set-up goals, objectives, tracking, talent development, retention, IP, IP management, due diligence, patentability

Optical Systems, imaging systems, non-imaging systems, optical, data storage, image quality, psychology of visual perception, color and sharpness quality, ISO, SAE, MTF, laser, LED, solid state laser, sensor, CMOS, CCD, display, display systems, detector, precision, mechanics, motion control, control system, precision positioning, noise, S/N, optics, prism, lens, lens design, thin film, coating, polishing, lapping, MRF, magneto-rheological finishing, aspherical surfaces, opto-mechanics, glass, injection molding, metrology, test, measurements, instrumentation, analytical instrumentation, diffraction, micro-optics, gratings, holography, holographic gratings, spatial light modulator, coherence, interferometer, stitching interferometers, profilometers, white-light interferometer, phase-shift technology, MetroPro, IR, UV, Vis, Visible, EO, electro-optical systems, photometry, spectrometry, radiometry, spectroscopy, precision electromechanical manufacture, optical system manufacture, manufacturing technology, automation technology, advanced manufacturing

Telecom systems, Add/Drop Multiplexers, ROADM, IP networking protocols, OSPF, RSPV, MPLS, DWDM, WDM, Bellcore, TL9000, SQL, DWDM, MEMS, transvers, receiver, transponders, fiber, PM fibers, SM fiber, planar photonics devices, chromatic dispersion, multi-mode dispersion, polarization mode dispersion, optical modulator, phase modulation, coherent detection, QPSK, DP-QPSK, QPMZ, DP-QPMZ, DPMZ, semiconductor, semiconductor laser, resonance, electronics, circuitry, FPGA, research, physics, quantum optics, math, modeling, analytical, programming, software, CAD, SolidWork, ANSYS, C,C++,MathCAD, Maple, Zemax, CODEV, MATLAB, LabView, TestStand, Mathematica, signal processing, image processing

Data storage systems, disk drive, tape drive, forward error correction, Viterbi algorithm, optical recording, magneto-optical recording, BER

Quality, Reliability, MTF, MTBF, MTT, QA, ISO-9000, ISO 13485, ISO 14971, ISO 60601, ISO 13495, ISO 14971, IEC 60601, FDA QSR, and ACMI, QSR/cGMP, regulatory requirements, global regulation, including design control procedures). CE, UL, Six Sigma, calibration, medical devices, DEFM, risk management, design control, documentation control, corrective actions, preventive actions, procedures, work instruction, NPI, manufacturing, lean manufacturing, process development, continuous improvement, production, production process, yield, FMEA, yield improvement, MIL, customer satisfaction, customer service, technical support

Magnetic resonance, electron spin, nuclear spin, NMR, MRI, EPR, ESR, magnetic field, magnetometer, Cs, Rb, He, bio-magnetic field, optical pumping, rf resonance, Zeeman splitting, laser frequency stabilization, external cavity laser, frequency standards, frequency control, line shape, line width, Maxwell equations, wave equations, wave propagations, non-linear interactions, multi-pole moments, irreducible tensors, tensorial sets, angular momentum, quantum optics, quantum mechanics, polarization, absorption, dispersion

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