Charismatic, entrepreneurial leader involvement ranging from F100 to early stage company, with success in developing new products.Extensive breadth of expertise in the areas of solid state lighting, semiconductor packaging, and thermal management.Experience in strategic business development, venture fundraising, competitive analysis.Resourceful engineering manager quality management, reliability engineering, product evaluation.Registered six US Patents with multiple pending.
2. EarlyCareer2000
Materials Science Engineering
Polymers/Composites
Metals
Biomedical
Chemical Manufacturing
Co-op, which had its world-wide founding at the University of
Cincinnati more than 100 years ago
4. MacroporousSilicon
Human Hair D=150 Micron
Ultra high aspect ratio silicon
A.R. 60-1 to 200-1, 2-5 micron pores
Light Activated Electrochemistry
Developed Fast Etching / Passivation
5. MicroLoop HeatPipe
Vision: Hybrid packaging scheme for
electronics
Uses silicon membrane as “wick”
or hydraulic lock
Move closer to Tj to cut
packaging resistance
NASA Demo 2004
6. ProgressiveCoolingSolutions 2006
Founder
Business plan development
Lead MBA team
Won $25K in competition
Presented in six cites in north
America
Attracted >$1MM venture
investment
“Even before he enrolled in the PhD program,
he knew that he wanted to start a company,”
says Frank Gerner, College of Engineering
associate dean for undergraduate and
administrative affairs.
7. TTB:“Outside-In” RadicalInnovation
!
Berkeley &
Shanghai
•Scientists
•Entrepreneurs
•Incubated Start-ups
•Core Team of
Venture Technologists
EntrepreneursUniversities
Founding Sponsors:
A&D, CT
Other Partners:
COM, SV
Radical
Innovations
• Financing,
• Domain
Expertise
Business Units
Innovative
New Products
Innovative
New Solutions
Spin-offs
and
Start-ups
Research LabsLead Customers
8. Innovator–2006 to2008
Business planning + strategic market
analysis
International business development
Venture fundraising
Patent prosecution
Thermo- mechanical design analysis
Semiconductor packaging
MEMS R&D Berkeley microlab
Team building
9. CompanySpinOffJuly2008
SIEMENS Spins Out of Progressive Cooling
Strategic Decision :Focus on LED Lighting
Evaluated Various Lighting Verticals
Thesis: Lighting market needs high photon
density LED sources enabled by two phase
cooling platform
~0.15C/W
Evaporative Thermal
Resistance
Optical Sensor
ASIC Control
Blue/Green LED Red LED
ESD Diodes
LiquidVapor
Passive Pump
10. TheIdea2009
Vertically Integrate loop heat pipe
Direct E39 bulb replacement
Less then 5lbs applied to E39 socket
15,000 lumen target
Integrated power supply “Competitive advantage is extreme
light output in small area”
11. BritePointeInc.–2009
400 W HID Lamp Replacement with LED
Corporate Name Change to BritePointe Inc.
1st Prototype – Garage Style Development
A worlds fist 15,000 lumens in 1 square emitter area
16. LightingProductOptimizations
Cost per Lumen
Lumens per Watt
Manufacturing Cost
Total Cost Ownership
Product Lifetime
Lumens per Kilogram
Photon Density
17. OverviewofCredentials
Early Stage Startup Experience
Expertise in corporate strategy,
innovation management
Patent prosecution and patent strategy
Venture financing, business plan
development
Engineering skills in MEMS fabrication,
materials science, thermo mechanical
design, LED Lighting