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Development Team

R&D Mgt/Electrical Engineer, 33 years

Founded and led growth of ImTech, an R&D company focused on enabling inkjet innovation. Led design of new inkjet printheads, consumer and industrial printing mechanisms, and complex printhead test systems. Conducted research on ink and substrate compatibility. Managed concept through manufacture of calculators, portable computers and other peripheral devices. (3 Patents – inkjet technology)

R&D Mgt/Mechanical Engineer, 35 years

Co-founded ImTech. Led mechanical design from concept through manufacture of inkjet printers, inkjet test systems, calculators, portable computers and peripherals. Designed ink delivery system for thermal printhead test system and piezo drop-on-demand wide-format printer. Coordinated introduction of a high-volume manufacturing process. Has extensive experience in design, modeling and FEA of plastics, metal, injection molded, die-cast and machine parts and assemblies. (2 Patents – thermal protection of electronic circuits)

Manufacturing Mgt/EE, 40 years

Section manager for large inkjet business segment. Full program management across design, marketing, manufacturing and sourcing for new products. Supply chain management responsible for international procurement of commodities and management of suppliers in Asia and Europe. Electronic circuit design for portable computers, frequency counters and digital voltmeters. (M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Colorado State Univ.)

R&D Mgt/Electrical Engineer, 29 years

Extensive background in thermal inkjet printer design, specializing in custom digital pipeline ASIC’s. Extensive experience in product development cycles. Managed various R&D product development teams on both small and large format thermal inkjet printers, investigated new business opportunities and was Program Manager for a large rear projection television project. International experience, having worked in Europe as well as experience in co-development environments with various contract design & manufacturing firms located in the Far East. (3 patents – digital pipelines & TV usability)

R&D and Manufacturing Mgt/Chemist, 27 years

Experienced manager in inkjet printing industry with successful history of product and technology development, particularly in the area of printing inks and dispersions. Extensive experience in leading multi-disciplinary teams of technologists and projects. Several years of engineering and operations management of high technology print head manufacturing in Asia. Led several ink R&D programs and print cartridge programs from concept through manufacturing. Sponsored and investigated new business opportunities in multiple markets. Developed several inks for thermal ink jet applications. (11 patents – ink chemistry)

Physicist/Electrical Engineer, 34 years

Led thermal inkjet innovation. Optimized inkjet architecture for increased frequencies and reduced drop weight, leading to photographic print quality. Broadened ink/substrate compatibility and application of inkjet beyond conventional printing. Extensive background in materials science, printhead architecture, microfluidics and fluid dynamic modeling. (43 Patents – inkjet technology)

Physicist/IC Designer, 33 years

Key contributor to MEMS/IC design, including eleven printhead designs critical to Hewlett-Packard (HP) products. Led multinational projects spanning as many as four cities in three countries simultaneously. Senior level experience in selecting design tools and IC processes. (17 Patents – MEMS/inkjet technology)

Electrical Engineer, 17 years

Designed firmware (EPLD, FPGA), analog and digital circuitry, power supplies and data acquisition systems for high precision, inkjet performance testers, printing mechanisms, ink delivery systems, and various automated manufacturing tools.

Materials Development Engineer, 34 years

Primary background in inkjet materials and process development with experience in nuclear, aerospace and electronics industries as R&D management and R&D/Manufacturing Engineering. Part of team to develop first high-resolution color inkjet cartridge. Developed industry-leading adhesives and protective coatings for inkjet products. (8 patents, 21 pending – inkjet technology, high-performance materials, electroluminescent stacks)

Jetting Scientist, 29 years

Printhead designer, device physicist and manufacturing engineer. Founding member of the project team that commercialized the first embodiment of Hewlett-Packard's thermal inkjet printhead technology in the early 1980's. Continued support of HP's inkjet manufacturing operations in Corvallis, Ireland, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Boise, and San Diego as microfluidics designer, thermal inkjet device physicist, and manufacturing engineer. B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and M.S. in Materials Science, UC Davis. (11 patents – inkjet technology)

Printer & Printhead Interaction Engineer/Product Support Engineer, 38 years

Broad inkjet and customer knowledge and experience. Developed writing system pen servicing algorithms for printers, based on tested needs of inks and printheads. Investigated root cause of printhead and printer failures in field applications. Served as inkjet technical advisor to CEO's Customer Advocacy Group, working directly with customers to solve technical problems. (6 patents – inkjet technology)

Computer Scientist, 26 years

Led software integration on wide-format, piezo-electric printer development. Created low-level drivers and control system for electronic testing of inkjet printheads. Wrote real-time O/S, device drivers, and sensor controls for laser-machining device, pollution supervising system, VT100-compatible terminal and several other complex systems.

Computer Scientist, 22 years

User interface and tester control application expert for inkjet performance testers used in advanced research and development environments. Wrote software for high-volume mass storage manufacturing. Extensive experience with Visual Basic 6 and .Net. Worked hands-on in process operations.

Chemical Engineer, 10 years

Formulated and tested UV-curable thermal inkjet inks. Conducted research on aqueous diblock copolymer solutions, examining their effectiveness as low-VOC coating components and response to changes in solution pH and ionic strength. Experience qualifying automotive coatings per ASTM methods. (Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Univ. of Mass.)

Hardware Development Engineer, 21 years

Inkjet silicon micro-machining manufacturing, creating micro ink flow channels in silicon substrates. Provided orifice layer technologies for a new fully-integrated thermal inkjet design. Drove invention and fabrication of devices and processes to meet new FAB light modulator requirements. Coupled electro-piezo-mechano-fluidic modeling, fabrication, and testing of sputter-deposited piezo layers and sintered-brick piezo elements. (24 patents, 12 pending – inkjet processes and device-design, micro-fluidics, MEMS packaging)

Mechanical Engineer, 9 years

Designed shutter, air-cooling and light containment for UV curing system and service station for drop-on-demand piezo inkjet printer. Designed camera and LED mounting system for DBOS (drop observation tool.) Two publications on injection molding and hot embossing of micro and nano scale features. (M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Univ. of Mass.)

Electrical Engineer, 18 years

Designed analog and digital circuitry, power supplies, power quality equipment, data acquisition, solar power systems, vehicle electronic components, precision measurement, MEMS circuitry, digital projectors, light modulators, and light sources. (3 patents, 2 pending - digital projectors)

Chemist, 27 years

Substantial TIJ ink formulation design resulting in commercialization of several HP TIJ inks. Thin film engineering of TIJ resistor films. Product engineering. Engineering and design of TIJ materials interfaces. Extensive analytical chemistry experience. (10 patents - inkjet development)

Software Architect, 24 years

Extensive experience in the design of specialized and general purpose imaging and printing systems including inkjet printing, laser printing, and digital image acquisition. Experience in leading software, firmware and hardware projects through all stages of project development life cycle. (2 patents - digital imaging)

Product Support Engineer, 13 years

Designed BIOS firmware for embedded processors, and embedded software for real-time machine vision system. Oversaw QA: specified and executed system, use-ability, regression, and stress tests. Extensive background in technical sales, customer interfacing, and onsite technical support. Drafted system requirements based on customer applications and expectations.