success stories

• Managed programs and led technical design of many early CMOS imagers from CIF to 5MP with full system on chip SOC functionality.
• Developed novel image capture systems in earliest generation iris identification biometrics and hyperspectral semiconductor equipment. 
• Started offshore manufacturing methods and facilities for mobile phone cameras in 2000 and ramped high yield production.
• Redirected product roadmaps and technology plans to successful outcomes in three startups and a Fortune 500's major product initiative
• Pioneering efforts in real-time high dynamic range imaging sensors and systems with fundamental patent inventorship.
• Built design teams who have launched high performance cameras into automotive production, high volume consumer application and space based platforms.

Military Projects            Medical Devices               Consumer Products                   

experience

Vice President Engineering and Chief Technology Officer, SiOnyx, a Harvard based startup in Beverly MA,
05/2007 - 03/2009

• Built research facilities and recruited team of electro-optic, process and materials scientists from ground up.
• Secured $12M in Series A venture round with CEO.
• Created technical breakthroughs and device models enabling products for imaging, detection and photovoltaics.
• Chaired and founded a world class Scientific Advisory Board and initiated aggressive patent pipeline process.

Director R&D Endosurgery, Boston Scientific, Endovations startup Division in Natick, MA
12/2004 - 05/2007

• Founded and resourced the Photonics Imaging Center, an internal OEM of medical device grade imaging.
  • 85 engineers reporting in three labs located in the US, China and India with 5 additional major OEMs.
• Responsible for electrical design and overall image quality of all BSC endoscopes and vision systems.
• Clinical imaging expert- Extensive requirements development, witnessing procedures, image quality metrics for medical standards, SOPs, test methods (DICOM working committee member).
• Led product development through world’s first human trials of a disposable colonoscope.
  • Camera with high performance DSP based image processing and control console with PACS integration.

Vice President Engineering, SMaL Camera, an MIT based startup in Cambridge MA
09/2003 - 12/2004

• Recruited to strategically reorganize technology and rapidly revitalize product line.
• Retargeted business from digital still camera to mobile and automotive imaging.
• Increased resolution from 1.3 to 3MP with NEI of 0.65 lux using a 2.54um pixel in 0.18um CMOS.
• Retooled technical organization and instituted a fabless manufacturing quality system (ISO9001 certified).
• $45M Investor return:  Company sold to Cypress Semiconductor for $45M (camera in Volvo production).

Director Engineering, Sarnoff Corporation / Dialog Semiconductor, teams in Germany, Sweden and US
08/1993 - 09/2003

Group Head, Advanced Imaging, Optoelectronics       (1994-2001)

• Directed research efforts, managed 4 design projects concurrently: CCD/CMOS 0.5 to 0.18-micron processes.
• Novel system development: ballistic cameras, iris biometrics, night vision, autonomous systems, medical devices.
• Increased contract revenue to $3.2M.  Packaged as fabless semiconductor business venture.
• Spun off business to Dialog Semiconductor for $24M.  I moved my team to Dialog to productize IP. 

Director R&D       (2001-2003)

• Built team in Germany, Sweden and US for very high volume mobile camera product (39 direct reports)
• Developed 3 imagers and 4 camera modules in 9 months (camera in present Motorola production).
• Started some earliest Asian mobile camera supply chains and developed high speed focusing and test fixtures.

Member of Technical Staff, David Sarnoff Research Center  -  RCA Laboratories, Princeton, NJ
 Semiconductor IC device design and Hyperspectral imaging research

Design Engineer, Veterans Administration Neuro-Behavioral Unit/ NJ Medical School - East Orange, NJ
Medical devices and biomedical research (PTSD and circadian cycle).

skills and tools
RTOS, JTAG, DSP (SHARC, TI), FPGA/CPLD, RISC (ARM) optoelectronic device characterization, system design (hyperspectral, line array, CMOS APS CCD), Zemax, Cadence, Silvaco, FRED, Matlab, Agile SCRUM SW development, ASIC SOC architecture and floorplanner, AJAX, SharePoint, Python