This Ph.D has served as a Senior Optical Technology Manager and Optical System Engineer for companies such as 3M and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.  He has extensive experience in lens design and optical systems that employ advanced technology to achieve state-of-the-art performance, and has a broad background in optical principles and their practical application to real products and systems.  He has led multi-disciplinary technical organizations, managed intellectual property portfolios, and connected strategic business directions to specific programs to develop products.  He has been engaged by companies for his leadership abilities to work with small project teams and large technical organizations, integrating one-on-one coaching with small group teaching opportunities assisting individuals and team members with meeting project challenges.

• Competitive Intelligence and Analysis
• Error Budgets
• Experiment Planning and Testing
• High Power Laser Systems
• Illumination System Design
• LED Illumination
• New Product Introduction
• Optical Sensors and Controls
• Optical System Design
• Physical Optics Phenomena
• Project and Program Management
• Projection Displays
• System Requirements
• Technical Organization Staffing and Effectiveness
• Tolerance Analysis

• Ph.D., Optical Engineering.  "Diffraction Theory for Polygonal Apertures."
• B.S., Honors Physics and Mathematics  

Expert Witness Services;

• Intellectual Property
• Management of IP Portfolios
• Patent Analysis
• Patent Portfolio Review
• Technical Consultant