Engineer Electrical

Maurice W. Karl, PhD

Cell 573-***-****

EDUCATION

PhD in Physical Chemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

BS in Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AWARDS AND HONORS

• Purple Tree Technologies, Inc. (2005- 08/2010)

o Designed and developed a patented mass notification system, which is currently deployed in 18 different locations within United States.

• 3M Electronic Product Division (1988-2005)

o Expanded the flexible circuit product line offering by enhancing manufacturing capability, technology transfer projects, and expanded the role of quality department’s material lab.

o Transferred Diamond-Like-Carbon (DLC) coating process for flexible circuit to manufacturing resulting in patent application and 3M Electronic Product Division Recognition Award.

o Transferred laser ablation process for flexible circuits between HP and 3M Company earning 3M Process Technology Award, Corporate Quality Award, and Golden Step Award.

o Reduced environmentally hazardous chemicals from chemical mill and etching processes earning 3M Chairman’s Environmental Award.

o In working with 3M R&D, developed new gold plating chemistry/process resulting in patent application.

EMPLOYMENT

Adjunct Professor

Columbia College –Columbia, MO (8/2011 to present)

Physical Science Survey Class including physics, chemistry, and astrophysics.

Moberly Area Community College-Moberly, Missouri (10/2011 to present)

Fundamental principles of DC/AC electrical and electronic circuit theory and design with focus of hand-on practical applications.

Industrial Electricity which includes construction, control, and maintenance of AC and DC motors, generators, and transformers.

Electrical Motor Controls for integrated system which includes control logic, AC/DC generators, AC/DC motors, solenoid, transformers, power distribution systems, control devices, programmable controllers, etc..

Aerotek . –Columbia MO (01/2011 to 09/2011)

Contract Engineer

Responsible for establishing protocols for class 10,000 (ISO7) cleanroom, including creating detail documentation of cleanroom protocol, purchase of cleanroom equipment and training of all cleanroom personnel.

Responsible for installation and maintenance of advance visual measurement systems, including program development utilizing PC-DMIS operating software.

Supported engineering in resolving production issues associated with advance heater unit construction for semiconductor plasma etch chambers, primarily in the area of interpreting test results from various outside analytical labs.

Purple Tree Technologies, Inc. –Columbia MO

3/2005 to 8/2010

Responsible for research, design, and development of geo-specific targeting emergency alert system utilizing cellular broadcast technology

In addition to creating a new patented process based on intellectual property for the geo-specific system, I was also responsible for developing technical cooperation with several large corporations in the final Design for Manufacturability(DFM) and Assembly(DFA), full-scale manufacturing and deployment on a national scale

Meet with engineering personnel in the private sector and government officials of the local, state and federal levels as well as potential investors

Met with Broad of Directors to provide management updates for technical, financial, marketing, sales, and deployment issues.

3M Electronic Product Division - Columbia, MO - (1988 to 2005)

8/2001 to 3/2005 - Manufacturing Engineering Specialist

Supervisor/Material Engineer, Electronic Product Division’s Plant Quality Department

Responsible for guiding the analytical laboratory group in identifying root causes of process and production failures utilizing various analytical tools including Failure Modes and Effect Analysis(FMEA), Design of Experiments(DOE), and other statistical analysis techniques.

Worked with engineers and vendors to resolve problems related to raw materials in the production process

Worked with suppliers to establish Statistical Process Control processes to ensure consistent raw materials used in production.

Managed numerous special projects involving the transfer of technology and processes from the early-stage advance research and development into the full-scale development and manufacturing.

8/1999 to 8/2001 - Manufacturing Engineering Specialist

Advanced Process Technology Manufacturing Group; copper plating and laser drilling processes

Developed and executed the upgrade of the circuit plating process to a circuit and flash two-sided substrate process

Worked with members of the development laboratory to reduce cross-web and down-web copper thickness variability in order to meet customer design tolerance specifications associated with laser drilling material

Coordinated the successful transfer of the laser drilling process from early-stage advance development in Austin Development Laboratory into full-scale production.

Successfully transferred the laser drilling process above without interruption to production and continued development within manufacturing

9/1998 to 6/1999 - Manufacturing Engineering Specialist

Process engineer; Diamond-Like-Carbon (DLC) coating process

Successfully transferred Diamond-Like-Carbon (DLC) equipment from sector research facility and developed a manufacturing process for DLC Coating Micro-flex, in a period of 8 months, documenting various aspects of intellectual property resulting in a patented process

Worked to create a full set of process documentation and made extensive equipment modifications to meet the demands of lean manufacturing environment.

Identified potential vendors for design and development of additional DLC coating equipment required for future manufacturing demands

8/1994 to 9/1998 - Senior Process Engineer

Laser ablation senior process engineer; Micro-flex department.

Responsible for the transfer of the laser process technology from Hewlett-Packard and the supervision of laser technicians during the first 18 months of production

Liaison between 3M - Columbia, Hewlett-Packard and Tamarack Scientific (processing equipment vendor) during the process transfer

Designed the laser ablation facility, transferred process documentation to 3M - Columbia, and participated in the development of the laser technician organizational structure for training, maintenance, material resource planning (MRP), process improvement and safety teams.

7/1992 to 8/1994 - Senior Process Engineer

Senior Process Engineer; Micro-interconnect System’s chemical milling and etch flash processes

During the 2-year period, we completed the conversion to an aqueous process in the milling of polyimide features in DuPont's Kapton material, eliminating the need for solvents, as well as the conversion from potassium cyanide to potassium permanganate.

Worked with quality department to establish ISO standards for certification of the Mirco-flex department to meet the demands of our customer(s).

8/1988 to 7/1992 - Advanced Process Engineer

Development and optimization of circuit and cover plating as well as heat treatment processes

Work with a corporate scientist in the development of intellectual property and implementation of a new patented chemistries/processes and the understanding of the electrical characteristic of ionic contamination in the Micro-flex parts

Designed and developed the first gold selective plating capability within the Micro-flex department

Expanded the use of Statistical Process Control (SPC) methodology to included greater process and product characterization in the cover plating processes.

MITRE Corporation, Bedford, MA

1/1988 to 8/1988 - Design & Test Electrical Engineer

Involved in signal processing design and implementation in analog digital signal processing

Studied analog to digital converter distortion and compensating for harmonic distortions created by the converter testing; analyzed new analog to digital converts for use in future equipment design

6/1987 to 1/1988 - Design & Test Electrical Engineer

C3 System engineer supporting development and acquisition of tactical and fixed C3 systems for foreign customers and the US

Primarily responsible for identifying requirements for an air base communication system which included ground to ground, ground to air, and off base specifications

United States Marine Corps

7/1976 to 6/1983

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

Process Capability

Concurrent Engineering of Product & Process

Fundamentals of Vacuum Technology

Design of Experiments

Laser Technology

Engineering Economy

Fundamentals of Variability

Fundamentals of Experimentation

Statistical Process Control & Capability

Laser Training

Roadmap to Problem Solving

Constraint Management

Plasma Enhanced CVD

Plasma Etching & RIE

Green Belt Six Sigma Training

Kauffman Foundation FastTrac TechVenture

ACTIVITIES

Tau Beta Pi, November 1985

University Relations Chairman, Tau Beta Pi, January - May 1986

Eta Kappa Nu Association, April 1986

Phi Lambda Upsilon, October 1995

American Chemical Society 2000

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