Dr. Jeff S. Schoenwald
693 Oak Shadow View Place
Thousand Oaks CA, 91320
US
Thirty years in telecommunications, directed energy weapons, and related optical/electronic technologies; MEMS, optical medical sensors, optoelectronics, product development; eight patents
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Office:
805 844 3347
Fax:
805 499 8305
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EW #13626 has engaged in intellectual property infringement research for a major European Telecommunications manufacturer and its U.S. legal representation
A professional with a broad and deep range of experience –directed energy systems, optical, fiber optical, telecommunications, optical medical sensors, clean room process technologies, MEMS, mixed rf-optical technologies, piezoelectric films/transducers, due diligence, patent search and development, optoelectronics device design, and product development and rollout; experimental & theoretical physics research, engineering, technical management and marketing and sales support.
§ Product Development
§ Customer Development & Marketing
§ Equipment Demonstration, Trade Exhibits
§ Optical Medical Sensors
§ MEMS
§ Optics and Fiber Optics
§ Telecommunications
§ Mixed rf-Optical Technologies
§ MEMS and Piezoelectric devices/sensors
§ White Papers, Collateral Marketing Documents
§ Optoelectronics Device Design
§ Theoretical and Experimental Guided Optical Wave Phenomena
§ Experimental & Theoretical Physics Research
§ Robotics and Automation
§ Clean Room Process Technologies
§ Automotive Safety Sensors
ZEVEX, Inc. Salt Lake City, UT
· Manufacturer of OEM and branded medical components and equipment
Director of Engineering, Optoelectronic Products May 2002 – Feb. 2004
· In-house design and manufacturing of custom LEDs, detectors and subassemblies
· Grow Optoelectronics business
· Coordinate design of custom optoelectronic sensors for medical applications such as pulse oximeters, blood separation and dialysis optical sensors.
· Developed manufacturing and assembly procedures to successfully roll out OEM products for major healthcare companies.
· Train production personnel to improve yields and manufacturing efficiency.
· Interface with customers for custom sensor development and vendors for supply chain development.
Lynx Photonic Networks, Inc. Calabasas Hills, CA
· All-photonic silica-on-silicon and LiNbO3 optical switch manufacturer: 80 employees, pre-IPO
Chief Physicist, U.S. Operations November 2000 – November 2001
· Technical interface between (overseas) R&D/Engineering Center to both pre-sales and post-sales customers for optical systems requirements; market/sales development
· Technical interface to U.S. vendors/suppliers of optical components; develop vendor supply chain
· Responsible for white papers, conference presentations, external technical/marketing collaterals
· Development of Customer Applications support and demonstration facilities
· Support Marketing and Sales with product demonstrations to customers & at trade shows
Solus Micro Technologies, Inc. Westlake Village, CA
· Telecommunications MEMS tunable optical filter development
Director, Telecom Systems Engineering, Operations Engineering June – October, 2000
· Led development of packaging and integration of a tunable Fabry-Perot interferometer for C+L band filtering – first prototype built in 3 months
· Directed Electronics, Mechanical Engineering, Optics & Processing Departments
Schafer Corporation Calabasas, CA
· Government & commercial optics technical consulting
Manager, High Energy Laser Testing & Experiments Sept. 1997- June 2000
· Redesigned laser source fiber-fed beacon alignment system and preparation for the Space Based Laser for successful final ground based test of complete system
· Prepared & submitted SBIR proposals, including to study regional electrical power grid systems using non-linear (chaotic) dynamics analysis
Rocketdyne, Boeing North American, Inc. Canoga Park, CA.
· Laser & Electro-Optics Systems , aerospace engineering
Senior Staff Engineer and IPT Lead Sept. 1995 – Sept. 1997
· Top Secret Clearance – Laser & Electro-Optics Systems
· Supervising technical personnel to deliver large system products on time and to specification in 3-month cycles.
Science Center, Rockwell International Corporation Thousand Oaks, CA
MTS, IR&D/contract PI/PM, Department Mgr. March 1978 – Sept. 1995
· 6 years - manager of research departments for robotics, sensors, and material characterization
· IR&D Program Manager for 12 years
· Initiated robotic, optical, acoustic sensor research and MEMS processing facility
· Conceived and managed 1st RSC commercial hardware product development – fiber optic rotary encoder
· Piezoelectric and optical fiber smart structure control actuators and sensors
· Pioneered low temperature – low stress RF magnetron techniques in 1979 for growth of oriented, piezoelectric ZnO, ZnS, CdS and CdSe
Teledyne Microwave Electronics Company Palo Alto, CA
Senior Staff Engineer
Central Research Laboratory ,Texas Instruments Dallas Texas
Member of Technical Staff
EDUCATION
B.S., Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1967
M.S., Physics, University of Pennsylvania, 1969
Ph.D. Physics, University of Pennsylvania, 1973 - theoretical and experimental guided optical wave phenomena
· 70 published research and technical marketing papers, 2 encyclopedia articles (robotic sensors, ultrasonic sensors), 8 patents (7 for fiber optic sensor and communications devices)
Patent Bibliography
3961293: Multi-resonant surface wave resonator
4733068: Crossed fiber optic tactile sensor
5265475: Fiber optic joint sensor
5336884: High resolution optical hybrid absolute incremental position encoder
5451776: High resolution optical hybrid digital-analog linear position encoder
5666448: Variable splitting optical coupler
5757994: Three-port optical coupler
5892868: Fiber optic coupler combiner and process using same
Professional Affiliations, Achievements & Awards
· General Chairman - 1996 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium
· $56,000 surplus over expenses
· Local Arrangements Chairman - 1999 IEEE International Ultrasonics
· Administrative Committee - Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control Society
· Board of Directors: Southern California Region of the American Vacuum Society
· Associate Editor: IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control
· Associate Editor: IEEE Journal of Robotics and Automation
· Advisory Committee: British journal Ultrasonics
· Life member: American Physical Society
· Life member: Sigma Xi - Research Honor Society
A professional with a broad and deep range of experience –directed energy systems, optical, fiber optical, telecommunications, optical medical sensors, clean room process technologies, MEMS, mixed rf-optical technologies, piezoelectric films/transducers, due diligence, patent search and development, optoelectronics device design, and product development and rollout; experimental & theoretical physics research, engineering, technical management and marketing and sales support.
§ Product Development
§ Customer Development & Marketing
§ Equipment Demonstration, Trade Exhibits
§ Optical Medical Sensors
§ MEMS
§ Optics and Fiber Optics
§ Telecommunications
§ Mixed rf-Optical Technologies
§ MEMS and Piezoelectric devices/sensors
§ White Papers, Collateral Marketing Documents
§ Optoelectronics Device Design
§ Theoretical and Experimental Guided Optical Wave Phenomena
§ Experimental & Theoretical Physics Research
§ Robotics and Automation
§ Clean Room Process Technologies
§ Automotive Safety Sensors
ZEVEX, Inc. Salt Lake City, UT
· Manufacturer of OEM and branded medical components and equipment
Director of Engineering, Optoelectronic Products May 2002 – Feb. 2004
· In-house design and manufacturing of custom LEDs, detectors and subassemblies
· Grow Optoelectronics business
· Coordinate design of custom optoelectronic sensors for medical applications such as pulse oximeters, blood separation and dialysis optical sensors.
· Developed manufacturing and assembly procedures to successfully roll out OEM products for major healthcare companies.
· Train production personnel to improve yields and manufacturing efficiency.
· Interface with customers for custom sensor development and vendors for supply chain development.
Lynx Photonic Networks, Inc. Calabasas Hills, CA
· All-photonic silica-on-silicon and LiNbO3 optical switch manufacturer: 80 employees, pre-IPO
Chief Physicist, U.S. Operations November 2000 – November 2001
· Technical interface between (overseas) R&D/Engineering Center to both pre-sales and post-sales customers for optical systems requirements; market/sales development
· Technical interface to U.S. vendors/suppliers of optical components; develop vendor supply chain
· Responsible for white papers, conference presentations, external technical/marketing collaterals
· Development of Customer Applications support and demonstration facilities
· Support Marketing and Sales with product demonstrations to customers & at trade shows
Solus Micro Technologies, Inc. Westlake Village, CA
· Telecommunications MEMS tunable optical filter development
Director, Telecom Systems Engineering, Operations Engineering June – October, 2000
· Led development of packaging and integration of a tunable Fabry-Perot interferometer for C+L band filtering – first prototype built in 3 months
· Directed Electronics, Mechanical Engineering, Optics & Processing Departments
Schafer Corporation Calabasas, CA
· Government & commercial optics technical consulting
Manager, High Energy Laser Testing & Experiments Sept. 1997- June 2000
· Redesigned laser source fiber-fed beacon alignment system and preparation for the Space Based Laser for successful final ground based test of complete system
· Prepared & submitted SBIR proposals, including to study regional electrical power grid systems using non-linear (chaotic) dynamics analysis
Rocketdyne, Boeing North American, Inc. Canoga Park, CA.
· Laser & Electro-Optics Systems , aerospace engineering
Senior Staff Engineer and IPT Lead Sept. 1995 – Sept. 1997
· Top Secret Clearance – Laser & Electro-Optics Systems
· Supervising technical personnel to deliver large system products on time and to specification in 3-month cycles.
Science Center, Rockwell International Corporation Thousand Oaks, CA
MTS, IR&D/contract PI/PM, Department Mgr. March 1978 – Sept. 1995
· 6 years - manager of research departments for robotics, sensors, and material characterization
· IR&D Program Manager for 12 years
· Initiated robotic, optical, acoustic sensor research and MEMS processing facility
· Conceived and managed 1st RSC commercial hardware product development – fiber optic rotary encoder
· Piezoelectric and optical fiber smart structure control actuators and sensors
· Pioneered low temperature – low stress RF magnetron techniques in 1979 for growth of oriented, piezoelectric ZnO, ZnS, CdS and CdSe
Teledyne Microwave Electronics Company Palo Alto, CA
Senior Staff Engineer
Central Research Laboratory ,Texas Instruments Dallas Texas
Member of Technical Staff
EDUCATION
B.S., Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1967
M.S., Physics, University of Pennsylvania, 1969
Ph.D. Physics, University of Pennsylvania, 1973 - theoretical and experimental guided optical wave phenomena
· 70 published research and technical marketing papers, 2 encyclopedia articles (robotic sensors, ultrasonic sensors), 8 patents (7 for fiber optic sensor and communications devices)
Patent Bibliography
3961293: Multi-resonant surface wave resonator
4733068: Crossed fiber optic tactile sensor
5265475: Fiber optic joint sensor
5336884: High resolution optical hybrid absolute incremental position encoder
5451776: High resolution optical hybrid digital-analog linear position encoder
5666448: Variable splitting optical coupler
5757994: Three-port optical coupler
5892868: Fiber optic coupler combiner and process using same
Professional Affiliations, Achievements & Awards
· General Chairman - 1996 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium
· $56,000 surplus over expenses
· Local Arrangements Chairman - 1999 IEEE International Ultrasonics
· Administrative Committee - Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control Society
· Board of Directors: Southern California Region of the American Vacuum Society
· Associate Editor: IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control
· Associate Editor: IEEE Journal of Robotics and Automation
· Advisory Committee: British journal Ultrasonics
· Life member: American Physical Society
· Life member: Sigma Xi - Research Honor Society
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