Richard Austin

About Richard Austin

Richard L. Austin has over 30 years experience designing and developing optical radiation measurement instruments and systems as well as over 20 years of business management, development and strategic planning. The developed measurement systems cover a broad range of applications including; Head Up Display and direct view display characterization for the F-16, F-18 and C-17 and F-117 military aircraft, quality assurance and process control for antireflection and other thin film coatings, LED, flash lamp and lamp luminous intensity and luminous flux, and characterization of retroreflective materials for both intensity and color. The instrumentation used in these systems include standard light sources, both tungsten lamp and LED based traceable to NIST, computer controlled scanning grating and diode array spectroradiometers and spot telespectroradiometer, world class photometers, display and lens modulation transfer function, patented tristimulus CRT spot profile and convergence measurement method, and portable and laboratory retroreflectance characterization instruments. Richard is the current President and Chief Technology Officer of Gamma Scientific, where he has held the position of optical physicist for over 30 years. He has a degree in physics from San Diego State University. He is former member on the board of directors of the Council of Optical Radiation Measurements and member of the Optical Society of America, SPIE, Society for Information Display, ASTM, Commission Internationale de l’Eclairage (CIE) Division 2 and expert representative on IEC TC110 working on display metrology standards. He currently serves on the Executive Committee of the International Committee for Display Metrology (ICDM) and the VR/AR/HUDS/NEAR-EYE-DISPLAY sub committee Chair working on content for the 1.3 revision of the Information Display Measurement Standard, IDMS.Specialties: Strategic Planning and business analysis,Optical Physics applications

Experience

1. President and Chief Technology Officer

   Gamma Scientific

   Nov 1998 — Present

   Plan and direct all aspects of an organization\'s policies, objectives, and initiatives to insure both the short- and long-term profitability and growth of the company through the implementation of comprehensive strategic planning and review process. Provide primary technical expertise in a variety of optical physics and optical radiation measurement concepts, instrumentation, practices, and procedures. Also is a member of the board of directors.

Education

• San Diego State University

  BSc, Physics, Mathematics minor

  1971 — 1976

Skills

• Engineering
• Optical Engineering
• Research and Development (R&D)
• Manufacturing
• Metrology
• R&D
• Sales Management
• Chinese Culture
• Entrepreneurship
• Characterization
• Business Planning
• Solar Energy
• Optical Physics
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Marketing Strategy
• Semiconductors
• Business Development
• Lighting
• Strategic Partnerships
• Strategic Planning
• Engineering Management
• Product Development
• Physics
• Thin Films
• Laser
• Innovation
• Energy Efficiency
• Sensors
• Spc
• Competitive Analysis
• Contract Negotiation