Erica A. Douglas, Ph.D., is an R&D manager for Sandia National Laboratories.
In this role, she leads the materials characterization and performance department within Sandia’s Material, Physical, and Chemical Sciences Center, which develops and applies materials characterization systems and analytical techniques to assess the structure, composition, and properties of all material types, at all material scales, and through built-up systems to improve performance.…
Jason Griggs conducted his BS, MS, and PhD studies in Materials Science & Engineering at the University of Florida. His dissertation research was co-mentored by Dr. Jack Mecholsky and Dr. Ken Anusavice.
He joined the faculty at Baylor College of Dentistry (Texas A&M) in 1998 as an Assistant Professor.
During his appointment at Baylor, Dr. Griggs progressed to the rank of Professor and served as Graduate Program Director and Vice-Chair of the Department of Biomaterials Science.…
Ahmad Robert “Bob” Hadba, Ph.D., MBA is a Senior Director of R&D Projects at Alcon Laboratories, Inc. Fort Worth, Texas. In this role, Bob is leading a cross-functional multi-site team charged with developing and clinically validating the performance of a new Modular Intraocular Lens Platform designed to optimize the refractive outcomes of post-cataract surgery patients. Bob began his career at Alcon in 2012 as the Director of Materials Research.…
Margaret has over 20 years of medical product experience in combination medical devices, medical devices and pharmaceutical products. She currently runs a consulting business focusing on Scientific Affairs and Regulatory Affairs in the Combination Device, Medical Device, and Pharmaceutical industries.
Margaret holds an MBA from the University of California-Irvine, where she focused on strategy, and BSc, MSc, and PhD degrees from the University of Florida Materials Sciences and Engineering Department, with her dissertation research centered on drug delivery from and surface modification of implantable biomaterials.
Tyler Lenzi received a B.S. in Materials Science Engineering from Washington State University (Pullman, Washington USA) in 1995 and finished his M.S. in Materials Science & Engineering from the University of Florida (Gainesville, Florida, USA) in 1997.
Mr. Lenzi has over 23 years of semiconductor manufacturing experience. He currently manages the Yield Enhancement, Data Science, Process Control, Corporate TEM Lab, and Wafer Level Testing teams for technology development at Micron Technology Inc.…
Dr. Navin Manjooran serves as the Chairman of Solve, a global technology and research services company addressing critical energy, industry, medical and infrastructure challenges. For almost a decade, he was on the global leadership team of Siemens AG, where he was responsible for managing complex global teams. In this role, he provided leadership from the corporate side for the entire Siemens portfolio, including expanding international collaborations, developing the global strategy, driving revenue growth, and ensuring Siemens stays a trendsetter for advanced technology and innovation.…
Steve McDanels received his degree in Materials Science and Engineering, with a specialization in metallurgical engineering, from the University of Florida. His professional career began as a materials engineer performing failure analysis and crash investigations of navy and marine rotor-wing and fixed-wing aircraft. He also served as an adjunct professor of metallurgy at Pensacola Junior College.…
Ananth Naman has served as our Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Cabot Microelectronics since January 2015. Previously, Dr. Naman was our Vice President of Research and Development since January 2011. Prior to that, Dr. Naman was our Director of Product Development starting in April 2009 and Director of Pads Technology from January 2006 through March 2009.…
Rodriguez is currently Vice President of Global Supply Chain for the Electrophysiology at Johnson & Johnson, based in the United States. She brings extensive experience from various leadership roles within Johnson & Johnson. Heather holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Florida and an MBA from Florida International University.…
WALDEN C. RHINES is President and CEO Emeritus of Cornami, Inc., a fabless software/semiconductor company focused on intelligent computing for fully homomorphic encryption and machine learning. He was previously CEO of Mentor Graphics for 25 years and Chairman of the Board for 17 years. During his tenure at Mentor, revenue nearly quadrupled and the market value of the company increased 10X.…
Kevin joined Siemens in 2000 as a materials engineer in Orlando, Florida within the fossil power generation division. Prior to joining Siemens, he briefly worked as a materials engineer for the International Truck and Engine Company after graduating from the University of Florida with a Master’s of Science degree in Materials Engineering.
Since the start of his career at Siemens, he has spent the first quarter as an engineer providing support to the engineering community to solve issues through failure analyses and providing materials solutions to the new generation of industrial large gas turbines.…
Deepika Singh is the Founder and former CEO of Sinmat- a company specializing in novel planarization processes for the semiconductor chip industry. These processes are currently being used by leading global companies in some of the fastest-growing markets involving the manufacturing of smartwatches, smartphones advanced silicon carbide and gallium nitride electronics for electric vehicles, 5G communications infrastructure and advanced defense electronics.…
James D. Talton, Ph.D., is the President and CEO of Alchem Laboratories Corporation. Prior to joining Alchem, Dr. Talton served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Nanotherapeutics, Inc. for seventeen years. He also is President of Nanopharmaceutics, Inc., President of Discovery Cure Institute, Inc., a Florida non-profit Corporation and serves on the Alumni Advisory Board for the University of Florida Department of Materials Science & Engineering.…
Dr. Widenhouse is currently Senior Director of Surgical R&D at Bausch & Lomb. Prior to Bausch & Lomb, Chris was Sr. Director R&D at AtriCure for 8 years, and at Johnson & Johnson for multiple operating companies (Cordis Endovascular, Cordis, Ethicon Endo-Surgery, and Ethicon) over 16 years. During that time, he contributed to developments in cardiovascular combination products, peripheral vascular devices, laparoscopic and thoracic surgical devices for surgical access, surgical stapling for general surgery, and devices and technologies for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias and post-operative pain.…
Bryan Wilson is a registered patent attorney and founder of Bryan Wilson IP Law, PLLC, where he counsels clients on all aspects of intellectual property.
Bryan’s business, legal, and engineering experience enables him to effectively communicate with executives, in-house counsel and inventors. In addition to representing clients in district court litigation, Bryan has served as lead attorney in post-grant trials before the Patent Trial and Appeals Board (PTAB) at the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and has drafted licensing agreements for universities, private entities and governments.…
Jamie Womack grew up in Gainesville and fell in love with chemistry in high school classrooms just miles from the University of Florida. That curiosity about how the physical world works has never left her. She began her career at SLB in the energy industry and trained as a deep-sea metallurgist with expertise in corrosion. This job gave Jamie the opportunity to travel the globe and see how equipment was made.…
Mike P. Zamora is Senior Vice President of ExxonMobil Chemical Company, located in Houston, Texas. In this position, he is responsible for the company’s future growth, integration with other parts of the corporation and oversees the Basic Chemicals and Catalyst & Licensing global business units.
Prior to his current position, Mike was Manufacturing Director, Americas, ExxonMobil Chemical Company, located in Houston.…