Work with thought leaders and academic experts from Odessa I. I. Mechnikov National University

Sr. Staff Scientist / March, 2021 — Present

• R&D and industrialization of automotive windshield and sunroof products: solar-control, low-E, p-pol HUD, UV-blocking, PV, colored and dark, touch-sensitive, other • Optical simulations • Closely working with Patent Department on developing defensive/offensive IP strategies • Scouting for new technologies

Patent Expert / April, 2020 — October, 2020

• IP cases for federal and private clients: coatings, opto-electronic devices, sensors, information displays, PV, etc. • Formal IP training: international patent law, EPO and USPTO standards, proprietary IP evaluation algorithms • IP landscaping; working with subscription search engines; converting clients’ ideas to patent applications; patent drafting; liaising with patent attorneys

Sr. Innovation Scientist / January, 2005 — February, 2020

• R&D and transfer to manufacture of energy-efficient coatings, optical filters, components for thin-film PV, solar concentrators, etc. • Liaising with Engineering, Business Integration, Marketing • Combinatorial R&D, statistical data analysis, development of new material combinations • Optical and electrical modeling of optical coatings • Coatings metrology • Applying a wide range of R&D and industrial methodologies: Stage-Gate, TRIZ, DOE, DMF, SPC, FMEA, etc. • Developed a range of concepts for new product pipeline • Contributed to the corporate IP and trade secret portfolio

Principal Scientist / May, 2003 — April, 2004

Mississauga, ON, Canada • R&D and manufacturing of electroluminescent information displays • Contributing to multi-million-dollar revenue from top-tier defense and commercial customers (Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, NASA, U.S. Navy, Airbus, Hyundai, Mitsubishi, Tohoku Pioneer, etc.) • Conceptualization, development, industrialization, and yield improvement of new product designs: o New generation of dark electrode o Bandgap-engineered light emitters o High-contrast AMOLED o Quantum-well electron-injection cathode • PVD deposition (sputtering, e-beam, thermal), combinatorial R&D, and statistical data analysis • Contributing to corporate IP and trade secret portfolio; supporting development of defensive and offensive IP strategies

Project Leader / April, 1996 — July, 1996

• Developing an alpha-voltaic energy converter

Project Leader / Assistant Professor / March, 1993 — February, 1996

• Developing blue LEDs • Fabrication and characterization of semiconductor thin films • Studying mechanisms of defect formation and migration in wide-gap semiconductors