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Electrical Engineer, Micro Electronics And Nanoelectronics Consultant, Semiconductor Industry Management Consultant, Advanced Lithography Research Consultant, Engineering Technology and Management Consultant, Forensic Analysis, Specialist, Forensic Analysis Investigation Expert Witness Testimony, Engineering Consulting Services
Expertise in micro and nanoelectronics technology, high-tech business, technology exploitation, technology integration, technology forecasting and assessment, and organizational development.

This associate offers additional specialization and expertise in strategic partnering assistance, business development, merger and acquisition assistance, product planning, definition, manufacturing technology insertion, advanced lithography research, new process technologies and equipment. Extensive background and experience regarding yield improvement management, advanced lithography, mask and reticle technology, inspection and pattern generation equipment, optical and electron beams, electron beam lithography systems manufacturing, laser-based lithography equipment manufacturing, semiconductor devices, integrated circuits, land aser pattern generators.

More examples of related expertise include semiconductor IC masks, reticle layers, production wafer fabrication, process development, exploratory device and circuit design, design aids, mask making, device testing and analysis, technical problem resolution, masks, work stations, tapeout methodology, mask making, wafer steppers, semiconductor research, photomask technology, and nanophotonics

PRINCIPAL INDUSTRIES SERVED
Industrial Optics, Lasers, Microelectronic Manufacturing, Nanoelectronic and Conventional Technology, Nanophotonics, Semiconductor, Silicon Technology

EDUCATION
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
M.Sc., Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
B.Sc., Electrical Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Consultant, Kevin Kennedy & Associates, Inc.

Providing electrical engineering, micro electronics and nanoelectronics consulting, semiconductor industry management consulting, advanced lithography research consulting, engineering technology and management consulting, forensic analysis and related expertise to a wide variety of clients.

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Research Professor, Engineering Technology and Management, Portland, OR

Academic activities as well as Microelectronics and Nanoelectronics Consultant with technology consulting firm

Microelectronics and Nanoelectronics Consultant, technology consulting firm, Portland, OR

Providing micro and nanoelectronics technology consulting, focusing on the exploitation and integration of technology into high-tech businesses, including conventional technology, technology forecasting and assessments, organizational help, strategic partnering assistance, business development, merger and acquisition assistance, product planning/definition and manufacturing technology insertion.

Visiting Professor, Electrical Engineering, Stanford University

Conducted research in advanced lithography

Adjunct Professor, The University of California, Berkeley

Member of the team studying the management practices of the worldwide semiconductor industry. Key areas included the corporate introduction of new process technologies and equipment, yield improvement management, and other successful technical management practices. Expert in manufacturing yield and yield management, in advanced lithography, in mask and reticle technology, and in inspection and pattern generation equipment using both optical and electron beams. Also part of the management buyout group.

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Management in Science and Technology Department, Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology

Executive Director, Marketing and Sales, Etec Systems, Inc.

Leadership role for an electron beam lithography systems manufacturer.

Cofounder and Corporate Executive, ATEQ Corporation, Beaverton, OR

Direction and leadership for a venture capital funded company designing and manufacturing laser-based lithography equipment for use by manufacturers of semiconductor devices and integrated circuits. The CORE 2000 Reticle Writer was the first product introduced and was selected by Industrial Research and Development magazine as one of the 100 top products. Laser pattern generators produced by the company are used by over 60% of the semiconductor IC’s produced in the world for some of their mask/reticle layers.

Director, Technology Development, Intel Corp., Aloha, OR, Santa Clara, CA

Responsibilities included technology development activity in the Portland area to support Intel's Portland-based businesses. The facility included a large pilot line integrated into the production wafer fabrication line, process development, exploratory device and circuit design, design aids, mask making, and device testing and analysis. Set up an engineering organization chartered to improve manufacturing yields company-wide. Served as Assistant General Manager of Technology Development, to share the management responsibilities for Intel's corporate technology development with the Vice President of Technology. Initiated and developed Intel's first HMOS-CMOS process and built two large and successful engineering organizations from the ground up, eventually staffing over 50 engineers. Increased Intel's manufacturing yields by a factor of two, as measured in one manufacturing plant in a period of one and one-half years. Resolved the technical problems associated with masks, design workstations, tapeout methodology, and mask making, particularly those with Ultratech wafer steppers.

Director

Silicon Technology Laboratory, Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada

HONORS AND AWARDS
Visiting Professor in Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
Lecturer, Electrical Engineering at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Fellow of the IEEE for contributions to MOS device technology, with numerous positions within the IEEE Council system
Executive Council, the Oregon chapter of the American Electronics Association
Technical Advisory Board representative, the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC)
Guest editor, special issue of the IEEE Journal of Solid State Circuits
Program Chairman/General Chairman, the International Electron Devices
General Chairman, Interface Specialists Conference
Chairman, Standards Committee for the IEEE Electron Devices Society
Member, program and organizing committees for national and international conferences
Co-editor, special issue of the IEEE Proceedings on Lasers for Microelectronic Manufacturing
Technical Program Chairman, Northcon, Portland, OR
BACUS Prize awarded for contributions to photomask technology
SEMI Award, North America
Board of Directors, Luxtera, Inc. (a nanophotonics startup company)
Technical Advisory Boards, high-tech startup companies

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
IEEE
American Electronics Association

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New Inkjet Printer Technology Assessment

Micro-Mirror Array Technology Introduction

Assessment of New Photomask Repair Technology

Semiconductor Metrology System Product Plan

Yield Improvement at a Major Semiconductor Chip Manufacturer

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