Silex Microsystems has formed its Ecosystem and Technical Advisory Board to bring the perspective and guidance of industry experts to Silex and to complement our internal efforts in guiding the company’s technology-development strategy, long-term product roadmap, and efforts in promoting industry ecosystem development. ETAB members are drawn from all areas of the industry to give a broad perspective on the MEMS industry, production and manufacturing, and on the semiconductor industry as a whole.

The current members of the Silex ETAB are:

Dr. Alissa Fitzgerald

Dr. Alissa Fitzgerald is the founder and managing member of AMFitzgerald & Associates, a MEMS product development firm located near San Francisco, CA. Alissa has over 16 years of engineering experience in MEMS design, fabrication and product development. Having developed more than a dozen distinct MEMS devices, such as piezoresistive cantilevers, ultrasound transducers, and infrared imagers, she advises clients on the entire technology development cycle, from business and IP strategy, to initial design and prototyping, to foundry transfer. She is a recognized expert on reliability of brittle materials. Prior to founding AMFitzgerald, Dr. Fitzgerald worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Orbital Sciences Corporation, Sigpro, and Sensant Corporation, now part of Siemens. She received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from MIT and her doctorate from Stanford University in Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Salah Uddin

Salah is Partner and Co-Founder of Nanoshift, an emerging technology development company that specializes in design, development, prototyping and low volume production services for MEMS, Microfluidics, Nanotech, Cleantech and Semiconductor technologies. Salah has also consulted for a number of high technology companies in the Silicon Valley, providing expertise in process integration and fabrication for MEMS devices. He played a major role in successfully developing groundbreaking flexible and inorganic nanotechnology architecture now being used in next generation energy and LED applications in addition to his previous MEMS work. Salah studied at the University of California Berkeley where he completed his coursework in Molecular and Cell Biology with an emphasis in Biochemistry.

Eelco Bergman

Eelco has over 20 years of engineering and business development experience in advanced IC packages, primarily at Amkor Technologies, the #2 OSAT house worldwide. Responsible for strategic direction and market alliances for Amkor. Began his career at Micron Technologies in packaging engineering; currently with Cyrium Technologies, a leading developer and supplier of high efficiency multi-junction III-V solar cells for concentrated (CPV) photovoltaic cells. Eelco received his BSAE in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan.

Harry Inia

Harry has more than 27 years experience in the semiconductor business, currently Commercial Director of Bruco, a specialty design business with specific expertise in MEMS sensor driver design and execution. Extensive mixed signal background with management and engineering roles at Philips and National Semiconductor. He received his BscEE in Electronics from Noordejilke Hogeschool Leeuwarden, his MBA from San Jose State, and “De Commisaris als Professioneel Adviseur” accreditation from Nyenrode Business Universiteit.

Dennis Omanoff

Dennis has two decades experience leading end-to-end global supply chains at major multi-billion dollar public companies and start-ups in the Information Security, Networking, Storage, Telecom and Retail sectors. Prior to working at Seagate as SVP of Supply Chains, he held VP positions in operations, support, and quality at MacAfee, Candera, and Jetstream Communications. He is an an ASQ Fellow and Registered Lead Assessor RAB and IQA (US and UK). He is a frequent speaker at industry events and lecturer at academic institutions. He has a BA from Fordham University, and MBA from Hofstra, and several executive development programs at Wharton and Stanford.

Alex McCann

Alex is Chief Operating Officer at Linear Technology Corporation responsible for all aspects of global operations and supply chain services, package and process development, facilities and information technology services. With over 25 years in the semiconductor business, he has extensive expertise in all areas of product development and lifecycle management, fab operations, new process development, quality systems, and outsourced manufacturing operations management. Prior to LTC he held senior operations positions at NanoOpto, Anadigics, and National Semiconductor Corporation. He received his BscEEE from James Watt College and his MBA from the University of Glascow.