Optical Consultant Specializing in LED Lighting, Optical Films, Lenses, Edge-illuminated Light Fixtures and LED Backlighting

Expertise

• LED lighting optical design, component and patent analysis (LED, OLED, lenses, diffusers, lightguides, edge-lit, edge-illuminated, panels, downlights, bulbs, remote phosphor).
• Optical film design and analysis (prismatic, reflective, refractive, retroreflective, TIR, total internal reflection).
• Display and backlight technology (edge-lit, LED, lightguide, light extraction, laser scribing, screenprinting), BEF films, diffusion films and prismatic films.
• Intellectual property strategy and patent strategy for optical technology and lighting companies.
• Optical polymer selection and optical film expert.
• Extruded optical films based on polycarbonate, polyester, co-polyester, PET, acrylic, PVC, fluoropolymers, FEP, PFA, PMP, cross-linked beads, polymer blends, polymer alloys, embossing, UV-cured embossing and thermoforming.
• Applied rigorous coupled wave diffraction theory to model and analyze recorded edge-lit holograms.
• Expert witness on LED lighting and optics.

Experience

Undisclosed Company, President, 2003 - Present

• Optical technology consulting and expert witness.
• Patent strategy and drafting services, patent analysis, patent mapping, infringement and patent validity.
• Optical design and analysis of diffusing films, refractive-TIR films, projection screens and systems, LCD backlights, lightguides, signs, head-up displays and light fixtures.
• Invented new optical films, projection screens, backlights and displays (drafted 8 patent applications).

Undisclosed Firm, 2005 - 2009

Vice President of Technology and Director of Technology

• Developed technology roadmaps, intellectual property strategy and competitive benchmarking.
• Invented 35 unique patentable products and drafted and prosecuted 60 patent applications.
• Managed the research and development of optical films, diffusion films, LED backlights, and LED light fixture projects.
• Designed and setup a complete photometry, goniophotometry, spectral analysis, light fixture and optical properties measurement laboratory.

Manager, Optical Engineering

• Developed and prototyped micro-replicated, multi-functional optical films for displays and light fixtures through optical modeling, prototyping, analysis and specification.
• Analyzed the optical properties of 100 polymers, and the effects of film extrusion and orientation.
• Designed, installed and managed optical film, LED backlight, scattering, and light fixture characterization lab.

Motorola, Schaumburg, IL, Senior Physicist, 1997 - 2002

• Optically designed and constructed world' s first personal projector.
• Designed reflection and transmission micro-structured optical films for LCDs.
• Designed and developed 3 new brightness enhancement film optical products with suppliers, including an optical film with 3M which was shipped in over 100 million cellular phones.
• 12 extensive technology evaluations with detailed display measurements and new measurement techniques.
• 3D Display technology design and evaluations.
• HUD Display, Picoprojector and OLED design and evaluations.

ImEdge Technology Inc., White Plains, NY, Optical Engineer, 1993 - 1997

• Holographic illumination technology using edge-lit holograms, diffusion films, and edge-lit devices for display and biometric applications.

Honors & Publications

Academic and Professional Affiliations

• SPIE, OSA, SID, IESNA

Publications

• 15 Publications.
• 17 issued patents (30 pending) in the areas of led lighting, optical films, optical components, manufacturing of films and components and displays.