Versatile technology/engineering manager working in optoelectronic device research with expertise in leading technical development on materials properties & characterization, process design & development, semiconductor device design, fabrication, testing & analysis. Extensive experience in thin film devices and encapsulation technology, device design, operation, failure & degradation analysis for optoelectronic devices such as OLEDs, OPVs etc.
SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS
-- Successfully conducted 10+ DEMOs on Kateeva TFE technology to various display customers to demonstrate value proposition and facilitate multiple orders.
- Led efforts on baseline process improvement leading to 40% variation reduction & 500% improvement
- Supervised cross-functional teams of engineers and technicians providing support to multiple customer and internal R&D projects
- Demonstrated high efficiency blue phosphorescent OLED (DOE website) and fabricated IR-to-green-light up-conversion (Discovery News)
- Demonstrated enhancement in efficiency of OLED device stacks at Plextronics (2-1.5X) using optical stack design, materials electrical properties and a DOE based approach without any external light out-coupling.
- Developed technology for two Plexcore® products & transferred from research phase to process development
- Developed and implemented process flow to streamline material, film and device characterization studies for R&D materials resulting in rework reduction. Implemented purity and quality control processes for research materials processing
- Led two phases of a successful multimillion dollar joint development project with international collaborators and was key personnel in successful procurement of DOE SBIR research grants
- 20+ publications in top journals, 30+ conference presentations. Session Chair for SPIE in 2011. Judge for Intel International Science Fair 2012
- Experienced with procurement, setup and qualification of equipment for laboratories and device testing.