Degrees:

• Ph.D., 1982, Physics, RWTH Aachen, Germany
• M.S. 1978, Physics, RWTH Aachen, Germany
• Master Certification, 1997, Project Management, George Washington University
• PMI Project Management Professional (PMP), 2002

Positions held:

• Executive for strategic production alliances and factory synchronization at IBM  2003-2009
• Foundry technical enablement manager at IBM 2002-2003
• Manager for analog/mixed-signal and RF CMOS foundry offerings at IBM 2000-2002
• Manager of logic process technology development and technology transfer at IBM 1996-2000
• Microelectronics Manufacturing Research manager at IBM T.J. Watson Research Ctr. 1991-1996
• Researcher at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center 1983-1991

Research Areas:

• Advanced CMOS Integration

• 3D / Packaging

• Advanced Equipment and Process Control

• Electronic materials and processing

Awards:

• Member IBM Academy of Technology (2009) 
• IBM Distinguished Engineer (2007)

Recent invited presentations:

• Fab Synchronization, European AEC_APC, Tel Aviv, April 2008
• Tech Transfer, key note speaker KLA Symposium, Grenoble, Dresden, Oct 2006
• Platform synchronization, Chartered Tech Forum, Santa Clara, Sep 2006
• IBM technology platform proof points, customer presentation and movie clip (2005/6)
• Mixed-signal RF CMOS and SiGe device and processing, tutorial, 10^th International Symposium on Integrated Circuits, Devices, and Systems, Singapore, 2004.

Public Profile

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