Education: Ph.D. Physical Chemistry, U. of Illinois. Postdoctorate in Physics and Quantum Optics, U. of Arizona. Postgraduate courses in Solid State Physics at U. of Texas Dallas and U. of Texas Arlington.
8 years – Tigelaar Consulting, LLC. Wrote 150+ patent applications for Customer. Yield consultant to several major semiconductor companies. Technical advisor to 3 startup companies.
2 years – PDF Solutions: Senior consultant. Yield enhancement and SRAM layout.
26 years - Texas Instruments, Inc. Managed technical engineering groups. Developed manufacturing flows for next generation integrated circuits. 70+ US patents. 40+ publications in technical journals. TI Fellow.
4 years - Abbott Labs, Inc. Managed Technical Troubleshooting group that diagnosed and fixed production problems and customer problems with Abbott’s diagnostic kits.
5 years - Rohm and Haas Co. Plastics Engineer, Developed production procedures for diagnostic reagents. Setup and managed the production facility for RIA diagnostic kits for Micromedic Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of Rohm and Hass Co. 1 patent.
Cofounder of Testchip Technologies, LLC. Developed automated software for testchip layout.