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Expert has 31 years of experience (the most recent 12 years in the position of Senior Scientist responsible for company analytical laboratories) at three companies manufacturing advanced semiconductor devices for military, aerospace, medical device, and other applications, and an additional 18 years as a consultant helping a variety of clients in studying, selecting, qualifying, and researching the functional performance of materials used for these products, including analysis of product failure where materials are involved.

Expert's employment and consulting experience include all aspects of measuring and controlling volatile species, including moisture, hydrogen, and other volatiles, entrapped within or leaking into hermetic electronic enclosures of all kinds. His laboratory responsibilities at semiconductor manufacturing companies included establishing and overseeing the daily function of a mass spectrometer facility declared suitable by DLA for measuring internal water vapor in hermetic packages as specified by Mil-Std 883 Test Method 1018.

Expert's overall experience includes application of a wide variety of materials analysis methods and interpretation and use of data generated by these methods, including, but not limited to: scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, energy dispersive Xray analysis, Auger electron spectroscopy, secondary ion mass spectrometry, emission spectroscopy, gas chromatography/ mass spectrometry, ion chromatography, UV/visible/infrared spectrophotometry, thermal analysis.

Expert has worked extensively with material suppliers in selecting, analyzing, evaluating performance, qualifying, and preparing purchase specifications for materials and products to be used in electronic component manufacturing processes. In these activities, he encourages suppliers to utilize the principles of statistical process control in manufacturing and outgoing quality control, so that users can receive products based on control chart acceptance.

Expert has worked extensively in supporting root cause investigations into component failure analysis where materials defects are or contribute to root cause of failure.

Expert has worked extensively in supporting efforts to combat entry of counterfeit electronic components into distributor supply chains, including communication of awareness of the broad scope and damaging effects of counterfeit components in high-reliability systems, and helping clients with product inspection methods to identify counterfeits utilizing IDEA Standard 1010.

Expert's work experience has included helping emerging companies/small businesses establish quality manuals and overall quality programs emphasizing the use of statistical process control to characterize and control manufacturing processes.

2001-2019 Expert has his own consulting service. Been in consulting business for 18 years. 2001-2019 Support company in establishment and interpretation of package leak test and internal gas analysis services. Liaison between company and certain portions of client base as the advisor on hermetic packaging gas analysis and data interpretation.2004-2016 Team with other AJA consultants to guide clients in the microelectronic device, medical device, and related industries in problem-solving and root cause analysis, product, and business development, and customer satisfaction.2014-2018 Part-time consulting activity. Develop product specifications and quality program for commercializing hydrogen gas getters utilized in sealed enclosures in the microelectronic device, medical device, and military and nuclear applications.2014-2019 Consulting staff member assisting the firm in problem-solving and root cause analysis of component and materials failure for a variety of clients in the electronic component and automotive industries.2018-2019 Part-time consulting services in business development. Provided technical and quality data in support of a new emerging gas getter company.Provided failure analysis of wirebond reliability and materials analytical work supporting re-build program of power management transistor parts for installation on International Space Station for Fairchild Corp/Boeing, 2001-2004. Parts upgraded for reliability lifetime on two occasions for service into the 2020’s.Provided failure analysis and contamination control materials analysis services for Arthur Jonath Associates supporting re-design and manufacturing of a transdermal drug delivery device for client Alza Corporation, 2004-2007. Product successfully re-designed and manufactured.Provided internal volatiles analysis and guidelines for controlling same in hermetic packaging for Arthur Jonath Associates and client Lockheed Corp., 2011, leading to much-improved client understanding of hermetic package fine leak and moisture control problems.Provided proprietary protocol for assuring reliability of hermetic packages non-compliant to internal water vapor specifications for Los Alamos National Laboratories, 2013. Product deployed and successfully flown in an aerospace application.Provided guidance for hermetically sealed enclosure design, selection, and qualification of materials, and control of volatile species within cochlear implant hearing devices for medical device manufacturer Cochlear, Ltd., 2014 and 2018.Provided technical services and customer development support for Arthur Jonath Associates, leading to customer identification in the military and aerospace arena for client Datadot, Inc. to gain market acceptance of rare-earth product authentication marking technology for electronic components, 2014-2017. Provided ongoing consulting services in the areas of package seal materials analysis and internal gas control to client and start-up package sealing service provider Microcircuit Labs, 2015-2019. Successful start-up with several new customers attracted by the high quality of the company’s package sealing processes.