James Hillendahl
Senior Manager, Optical Systems Design Genetic Analysis, Genetic Sciences @Thermo Fisher Scientific
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WORK HISTORY
Senior Manager, Optical Systems Design Genetic Analysis, Genetic Sciences @Thermo Fisher Scientific
South San Francisco, CA, US
Optical System Design, Development, Qualification, and Testing of new DNA Array Readers and digital PCR Systems
EDUCATION
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Master of Science - MS, Physics
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Master of Science, Physics
University of California, Berkeley
Bachelor of Science, Physics
ABOUT JAMES HILLENDAHL
My Background: Optical R&D Engineer/Material Scientist/Inventor/Key Technical Contributor, also with extensive experience in R&D Management, Commercial (Sales and Marketing), and Intellectual Property (IP) development and management for a wide range of optical device and metrology applications, including biotechnology, health and fitness, semiconductor, computer memory, display, and navigation technologies. Extensive background in technology development (advanced materials and processes) for high performance and high manufacturability/high volume components. Specialties: Optical design and architecture (ZEMAX and FRED), Stray Light Analysis (TracePro), Optical Thin Film Coating Design (Macleod), Physical and Mathematical Modeling (MATLAB), experimental design and analysis (DOE, JMP), Process and Product Improvement, Technology and Business Assessment, Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property Development and Management Extreme expertise in - optical coatings - ebeam with IAD/APS, IBS, magnetron sputtering, meta-mode sputtering, CVD, ALD for design, manufacture, testing, FA, qualification- optical manufacturing - surface finishing, subsurface damage assessment, Ion beam finishing, subaperture finishing - lasers - diode-pumped solid state, diode, CO2, chemical, excimer, metal vapor, super-continuum, gas, diode, Ti-sapphire, SHG, FHG; pulsed and CW - statistics and process control (Cpk, JMP), Reliability/Life Testing/HASS and HALT
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