Summer 2019 Members Meeting Talks and Speaker Biographies Dr Michael Liehr: Chief Executive Officer, AIM Photonics, and Executive Vice President for Technology and Innovation, SUNY Poly Welcome Remarks from AIM Photonics Michael Liehr is the Chief Executive Officer of the American Institute for Manufacturing (AIM) Photonics Michael focuses on the creation of new AIM business opportunities, and is responsible for the effective and efficient operation of AIM’s programs including SUNY Poly’s strategic 300mm integrated photonic semiconductor and 3D packaging He is also SUNY Polytechnic Institute’s Executive Vice President for Technology and Innovation Prior to this assignment, he led the Global 450mm Consortium through the start-up phase as the General Manager and was an IBM Distinguished Engineer Vincent Esposito: Vice President & Regional Director, Empire State Development Finger Lakes Regional Office, and Executive Director, Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council Welcome Remarks from New York State As a lifelong resident of Monroe County, Vinnie grew up in the Village of Fairport, studied computer science at SUNY Geneseo, and worked as a software designer and project manager for a small database company In 2003, Vinnie entered government as an aide to New York State Assemblyman Joseph D Morelle and was later elected to the Monroe County Legislature representing Irondequoit, where he lives with his wife and daughters In 2012, Vinnie joined the administration of NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo at Empire State Development (ESD) Vinnie is the Regional Director of the ESD Finger Lakes Regional Office, which oversees New York State’s economic development efforts in the 9-county Greater Rochester/Finger Lakes region This includes the dual-role of serving as Executive Director of the Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council (FLREDC), which is an advisory board that provides strategic direction and funding recommendations for the region Rick Stevens: Technical Director Lockheed Martin and Lockheed Martin Fellow MEMBER KEYNOTE AIM photonics involvement and RF Analog KTMA focus Rick Stevens has 38 years of experience with Lockheed Martin, both in Research and Development Engineering and Project Engineering He is currently part of Advanced Technology Laboratories (ATL) as the Principle Investigator on multiple projects associated with advanced computing and interconnect technology Mr Stevens has been involved in the development of mission computing systems for manned military aircraft Mr Stevens holds thirty-nine patents in the area of processing and optical interconnect technology Summer 2019 Members Meeting Talks and Speaker Biographies Ms Tracy Frost: Director, Department of Defense (DoD) Manufacturing Technology (ManTech) Welcome Remarks from Department of Defense (DoD) Taking over the program in April 2016, Ms Tracy Frost is currently the Director of the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) Manufacturing Technologies (ManTech) Program which includes the Department of Defense’s Manufacturing USA Institutes In this capacity, she is responsible for serving cross-cutting defense manufacturing needs and stimulating the early development of manufacturing processes and enterprise business practices to achieve cost-effective solutions that enable our warfighters Ms Frost also leads the DoD’s Manufacturing USA institutes which are public-private partnerships designed as innovation ecosystems to provide access to world class pilot manufacturing facilities that complement member capabilities, yielding a robust and sustainable domestic industrial commons promising technology areas Under Ms Frost’s leadership, the DoD Manufacturing USA Program has expanded to include eight institutes combining $600 million in federal investment with $1.2 billion in matching funds from industry, academia and state governments to form centers of excellence promoting U.S competitiveness Membership has also increased to include over 1,100 organizations from defense and commercial manufacturers of all sizes, start-ups, universities, community colleges, and state or local economic developers in active partnership with the U.S Federal Government Prior to leading the OSD ManTech Program, Ms Frost spent seven years managing small business programs for the Office of Naval Research’s SBIR Program and DoD Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP) In 2014, Ms Frost became the Associate Director for the DoD Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) where she implemented innovative initiatives to assist the small business community transition viable technologies to the military and commercial marketplace Prior to her small business involvement, Ms Frost served as a science and technology program manager for over 10 years in the areas of unmanned systems and ship logistics Ms Frost has a Bachelor of Science degree in Ocean Engineering from Florida Atlantic University and a Master of Science degree in Engineering Management from George Washington University Farooq Mitha: Senior Advisor, Department of Defense (DoD) DoD SBIR/STTR tutorial/presentation Farooq A Mitha currently serves as the Senior Advisor in the Department of Defense (DoD) Office of Small Business Programs In these roles Farooq supports the overseeing more than $120 billion of annual awards to small business, in addition to assisting the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Secretaries of Military Departments, Under Secretaries of Defense, Directors of Defense Agencies and Major Commands in including small business planning into the readiness of the Department Additionally he supports the analysis of the increasingly global, commercial, and financially complex industrial supply chain essential to our national defense, and actions taken by DoD to maintain the health, integrity and technical superiority of that supply chain Farooq also supports DoD in the analysis of all matters relating to mergers, acquisitions, and dissolutions of national security-related business These efforts aim to modernize and restore the nation's industrial commons, maintain the technological superiority of the domestic industrial base and ensure an innovative industrial base aligned with the DoD's current and future needs Summer 2019 Members Meeting Talks and Speaker Biographies Dr Benjamin L Miller: Professor University of Rochester Medical Center, and AIM Photonics academic lead, integrated photonics sensors KTMA Lessons from writing/reviewing SBIR proposals Prof Benjamin L Miller completed his undergraduate studies at Miami University (Ohio), receiving degrees in Chemistry (B.S.), Mathematics (A.B.), and German (A.B.) in 1988 He next moved to Stanford University, where he carried out his Ph D research in Chemistry under the direction of Paul Wender Following a stint as an NIH postdoctoral fellow at Harvard in Stuart Schreiber’s laboratory, he joined the University of Rochester faculty in 1996, where he is currently Dean’s Professor of Dermatology, Biochemistry and Biophysics, Biomedical Engineering, and Optics His group’s expertise in molecular recognition, combinatorial chemistry, nanotechnology, and optical sensing has been applied to the development of novel optical biosensor platforms and synthetic compounds targeting several human diseases As an entrepreneur, Miller is a founder of Adarza BioSystems, Inc., a multiplex optical bio detection company located in St Louis, MO He is also the Academic Lead for Integrated Photonic Sensors in AIM Photonics Dr Todd Stievater: Research Physicist, US Naval Research Lab, Photonics Technology Branch Chemical and Biological Sensors on the AIM Platform Todd Stievater is a research physicist in the Photonics Technology Branch at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC Dr Stievater currently leads research efforts in nanophotonics, nonlinear optics, semiconductor photonics, cold atomic physics, and chemical sensing He has authored or co-authored over 150 journal publications and conference presentations and holds nine patents related to this work He is the government co-lead of the AIM Photonics Sensors Key Technology Manufacturing Area Dr David Harame: AIM Photonics COO, and Vice President for Integrated Photonics Research and Development Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) and Multi Project Wafer (MPW) services update Dr Harame is an IBM Fellow, an IEEE Fellow and a senior member of IEEE He was the first to make SiGe devices using ultra high-vacuum chemical vapor deposition to deposit the SiGe layer and he was the leader of the development of the world's first successful silicon germanium (SiGe) technology generally available for analog and communications circuits used in wireless communications equipment, optical network interfaces,GPS and cellular telephones The technologies he developed and later installed in IBM's Essex Junction, Vermont manufacturing facility in 1998, set records for the performance of silicon bipolar transistors and is still running in high volume today Based on his work, SiGe HBTs now exceed frequencies of 390 GHz This enables products based on existing compound semiconductor technology to be replaced with higher-performance, lower-power and lower-cost SiGe HBT technology commonly used in many products containing high-frequency analog circuits such as cell phones, WLAN, high-speed test and fiber optic applications He received his education at Stanford University He is the recipient of the 2010 IEEE BCTM Award and the 2004 IEEE Daniel E Nobel Award for being the first SiGe Manufacturing Technology He is the co-author of, “The Early History of IBM’s SiGe Mixed Signal Technology”, with Bernard S Meyerson Summer 2019 Members Meeting Talks and Speaker Biographies Dr Michael Watts, Chief Technology Officer, AIM Photonics, and Analog Photonics (AP) Chief Executive Officer Process Design Kit (PDK) update Michael Watts is the Chief Technology Officer of AIM Photonics He is responsible for the technology direction of AIM Photonics and driving development projects aligned with the Key Technology Manufacturing Areas (KTMA) and Manufacturing Centers of Excellence (MCE) He is also an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT but currently on leave from MIT to serve as the Chief Executive Officer of Analog Photonics Analog Photonics is a company that Dr Watts founded in 2012 to commercialize the Silicon Photonics capability that he has developed over the past decade and is currently developing the PDK for AIM Photonics While Dr Watts is currently focused on his roles within both Analog Photonics and AIM Photonics, he continues to develop emerging silicon photonics technologies at MIT, including nonlinear silicon photonic devices, RF photonics, and 3D optical display technologies Prior to joining the faculty at MIT, Dr Watts was a Principal Member of Technical Staff and Sandia National Labs where he led their silicon photonics effort Dr Kevin McComber: Chief Executive Officer, Spark Photonics Education, Workforce Development, and Design Services update Kevin McComber is the CEO of Spark Photonics, a photonic circuit design firm spun out of AIM Photonics, and he is also the outgoing Assistant Director of AIM Academy, the education and workforce development branch of AIM Photonics Kevin earned his bachelor’s and PhD in materials science and engineering from MIT, and he has worked in industry as a process engineer at Intel Corporation and as a management consultant Dr Roger Helkey: Associate Director, AIM Photonics West Coast Hub, and AIM Photonics Government and Industry Outreach Executive Data Comm: The big emerging market for Silicon Photonics Roger Helkey is Associate Director of the AIM Photonics West Coast Hub, and AIM Photonics Government and Industry Outreach Executive He has a BS in Engineering from Caltech, and Ph.D in Optoelectronics from UC Santa Barbara He spent 15 years at Calient Networks, leading the development of optical switching as a low-power alternative to electrical switching for data center and telecommunications applications His research interests include silicon photonics and energy efficiency He is a Fellow of the OSA, a Senior Member of the IEEE, and has published four book chapters and received 42 patents