VP of Engineering, systems engineering, General Manger

Fred Tabrizi

H 775-***-****, Cell 775-***-****

E-mail: ********@******************.***

SUMMARY:

More than 24 years of “hands on” successful and progressive experience with proven track record in diversified product development, semiconductor processing equipment & PV (photovoltaic) equipment design, renewable energy systems design/integration (PV, Micro-Hydro, Wind, Solar HVAC, Solar Thermal), and general engineering industry, mechanical, electronics, software, robotics, vacuum technology, and system integration. Break down complex problems; systematically identify causes and develop recommendations. Exercise independent judgment in developing methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results. See broader implications; judge particular events in context of whole. Drive common processes, metrics and results to meet customer and company growth requirements. Willingness to take risks and calculate benefits. Very technical, analytical, strategic, and tactical with excellent communication, organizational, and computer skills. A self-starter, “Out of Box Thinker", with entrepreneurial spirit and the drive to “Make Things Happen”. I also received an Electrical Engineering degree from San Jose State University in California and specialize in Robotics, Systems Engineering, high power AC/DC, DC/DC, RF power supplies (80KHz to 13.56 MHz) and factory automation.

Since 1981, I have held an active General and Electrical Contracting license (Lic.# B-448382 & Lic.# C10-448382) in State of California. Since 2001, I have also held an active General, Electrical, and Photovoltaic Contracting license (General B-2 Lic.# 0052471A, Electrical C-2 Lic.# 0059225, Photovoltaic Lic.# NV RPV-047) in State of Nevada, pending NABCEP (North America Board of Certified Energy Practitioners) certification in Sept. 2009. Provided expert witness testimony in construction defect cases.

TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT

- Renewable Energy Systems Design/Install - Project & Program Management.

- Software & control system development. - Develop product/project road map.

- Semiconductor vacuum technology. - Team building, mentoring, & motivating.

- AC/DC/RF technology. - Strategic & day-to-day tactical planning.

- Semiconductor thermal processing to 1350 C. - Start-up to product development.

- Mechanisms & robotics, OCR, RF tag. - Budget development & management.

- PVD, CVD, RTP, STRIP, EPI processes - Negotiating international customer driven programs.

- Advanced equipment development. - Full P&L responsibility.

EXPERIENCE/ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

General Manager (6/05 – Present)

Sierra Solar Systems of Reno, NV. (Start-up)

(Renewable Energy Engineering/Integrator, Solar PV, DHW/HVAC, Wind, Hydroelectric)

• Direct, Coordinate, and Manage day-to-day work, as well as long-term planning of the business function into a productive & cohesive unit inclusive of Engineering, Procurement, & Construction (EPC).

• Responsible for Sales, Engineering, Production, Marketing/Promotion, Purchasing, and customer Service.

• Built infrastructure to support business in a growing Solar & Renewable Energy Market.

• Establish best in class operational systems and processes in each of the departments.

• Visited customer sites for any escalated, sales, customer support, or engineering issues.

• Delivering products and designs to agreed specification within time and budget constraints.

• Ensure cost control and schedule performance of engineering tasks associated with product design and development.

• Manage design and development activities toward meeting system target cost objectives.

• Implement PV system monitoring at module level for off-grid application.

• Systems power production/performance modeling and ROI analysis on PV, wind, micro-hydro.

• Solar site assessments and feasibility analysis of commercial & residential systems, making cost-effective technology selections, developing electrical and structural system designs and drawings, overseeing the permitting, incentives and utility interconnection processes, inspection, certification, ongoing maintenance and operation, water pumping, rural/remote electrification, system debug and troubleshooting.

Vice President of Engineering (12/02 – 6/05)

Se2quel Pleasanton, CA.

(Engineering Consulting in Semiconductor Cap. Equipment)

• Complete product development for Semiconductor equipment companies.

• Marketing, Research, product & technology specification catalogue, design and build of prototype and release to production, COO analysis, ME, EE, SWE, project management, management of client’s resources.

• Turn Around of privately held companies from $9M revenue and about 30% losses to profitability.

• Successful track record of bringing complex electro-mechanical systems from concept through prototype, manufacturing,

and on to the market.

• Inventions and New Products that have had Paradigm Shifting Impact on the world market in the areas of technology equipment.

• Establish best in class engineering processes including documentation control, change order control and stage gate development.

• Support in-house counsel with patent applications.

• Delivering manufacturable designs to agreed specification within time and budget constraints.

• Fostering of innovative solutions that meet/exceed customer needs.

• Manage day-to-day work, as well as long-term planning of the engineering function into a productive cohesive unit.

Vice President of Global Technical Operations (1/01 – 12/02)

Mattson Technology, Inc. Fremont, CA. (MTSN)

(Multi-product capital equipment for Semiconductor processing industry)

• Participated in due diligence process of a 3-way acquisition between Mattson/CFM/Steag.

• Responsible for integration of Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Facilities, and Customer Support of merged companies to achieve higher efficiency and economy of scales.

• Established Common/International policies, standards, and metrics across all entities to get economy of scales.

• Managed departmental budget and P&L.

Vice President of Engineering (4/ 97 – 1/01)

• Provide sophisticated technical leadership throughout the company. Led and/or managed cross-functional teams in development of new products and product improvement and assist setting product strategies.

• Worked with the Division General Managers on development and approval of business objectives, policies, and plans that achieve profitability and company goals.

• Led Engineering (group of ~45 engineers/managers) projects through all product development phases from concept and feasibility to manufacturing transfer, to include product release reviews, product documentation, and timely generation of Bills of Materials; working closely with Marketing/Sales throughout the process.

• Communicate engineering objectives and plans within the company.

• Ensure that plans and policies are consistently understood and correctly interpreted and administered by subordinates.

• Built and motivated a talented team, recruited world class engineers/managers, and led the engineering group to “best in class” capability for new product development process.

• Convey a favorable technical image of the company to its customer and business communities.

• Established programs and objectives to assure a high return on company investment in technical and new product development.

• Assured that all technical personnel are properly qualified, trained and supervised to perform their assignments effectively and within cost and schedule.

• Created and managed a climate for effective engineering innovation.

• Participated with Executive team and other key Managers in strategic management process, contributing an engineering management viewpoint to product, market strategy, business and resource allocation decisions.

• Partner with Marketing for new product development, design reviews, and actively participate in Product Life Cycle planning: contributing to the product definition and specification and prototype testing, and leading the effort to define process recipes and protocols.

• Facilitate technical support to the sales organization, including sales presentations, customer consulting and participation in customer demonstrations.

• Managed a departmental budget of $30M.

Director of R&D Engineering (4/ 94 - 4/97)

• Responsible for all development of the state of the art next generation platform (ASPEN III dual wafer processing) for 300mm wafer size with 200+ wafers per hour throughput capability (same equipment used to process PV cells).

• Organized and directed 300mm development team and set overall program/project objectives including schedules & costs.

• Generated engineering specs. from Marketing Requirement Statement (MRS).

• Designed all hardware & software in house due to unique system architecture (robotics inclusive).

• Coordinated all Semitech i300i and SELETE activities.

• Attended various conferences held by different customers for their unique 300mm needs.

• Responsible for troubleshooting of critical customer driven engineering programs.

• Oversee all controls/engineering activities company wide.

• Responsible for manufacturing of Beta level 300mm systems for customer evaluation.

• Provide engineering support to marketing, production, and service departments.

• Provide strategic leadership for engineering teams.

• Responsible for departmental budget of $7.7M. Recipient of MVE award for 1997 (involving ~25 engineering staff).

Engineering Manager (3/ 88 - 4/94)

AG Associates/CVD Division, Fremont, CA.

(Rapid thermal processing equipment for Semiconductor industry)

• Provided key contribution to company organization in start-up phases and participated in all product definitions and conceptual design.

• In charge of all development engineering activities such as mechanical, electrical, software, and system integration.

• Responsible for analyzing hardware/software tradeoffs and developing hardware/software architectures for best performance to price ratio.

• Provided engineering expertise to division GM’s by preparing technical proposals, estimates, schedules, reports, and etc.

• Proposed programs to improve product reliability and initiated programs to reduce manufacturing cost by smart and elegant engineering designs.

• Interfaced directly with the customers in systems qualifications and source acceptance sign-off.

• Responsible for all electrical/controls design with full CAD documentation of EPI/CVD cluster tool per Semi cluster tool standards.

• Developed PMAC1 motion controller with servo amplifiers to control mechanisms such as dual vacuum robots, cassette indexer/wafer mapping, wafer orienter/flat finder (all software inclusive).

• Developed illegal gas mixture interlock per semi standards.

• Designed wafer heater power supply to control temperatures to 1200 C +/- 0.5 C.

• Designed sensor bus for distributed I/O and controls to simplify custom, specials, and modularize system architecture.

• Designed the complete system power distribution per NEC, Semi S2, and CE.

Senior Electrical Engineer (8/84 - 3/88)

Varian Associates TFS, Palo Alto, CA.

(Sputtering capital equipment for Semiconductor industry)

• Designed 36KW Linear DC power supply with arc sensor for magnetron sputter source.

• Designed servo deposition source controller to maintain constant plasma impedance by varying electromagnet current.

• Designed various closed loop motion servo controllers for system automation.

• Designed 8 CRT’s to 3 computer multiplexer circuit with 1st in enable priority feature.

• Designed constant power servo using SCRs and tungsten halogen lamps for wafer preheating.

• Designed battery back up system to keep system controls up for 15 minutes (before off the shelf UPS days).

• Designed various concepts and feasibility test beds.

• Trained manufacturing, and service personnel.

• Supported sales personnel on customer technical presentations.

• Installed/supported new designs in the field.

EDUCATION:

SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY, SAN JOSE, CA. B.S. in Electrical Engineering and minor in Math, 1984, broad engineering curriculum with individual specialization in electromechanical servo systems and computers.

Special Courses:

- Renewable energy systems design and integration – Nvenergy (Nevada electrical utility)

- Mergers & Acquisition - American Management Association.

- Developing Executive leadership - American Management Association

- Managing for success - Mattson Technology, Inc.

- People skills for managers - Ridge Associates, Inc.

- Finance for Non-financial managers - Friant Associates, Inc.

- CAD schematic capture, PCB design, PLD compiler, and circuit modeling - SJSU.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY:

Patent #’s: 6647665, 6568552, 6315512, 700112, 41422202, others pending.

REFERENCES:

Available upon request.

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