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Ross Bringans
Ross Bringans
Vice President, Electronic Materials and Devices Laboratory

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  • directs novel electronics, MEMS, optoelectronic systems
  • infrastructure includes Si and optoelectronic fabrication lines for prototype devices
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society
  • over 140 publications and 25 issued patents
  • previously Humboldt Fellow at Max-Planck-Institute for Semiconductor Research; research at Stanford University
  • Ph.D., Physics, Cambridge University

 

 

Scott Elrod
Scott Elrod
Vice President, Hardware Systems Laboratory

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  • directs PARC Cleantech Innovation Program
  • holds 60+ patents; responsible for much of acoustic ink-printing patent portfolio (novel inkjet technology based on focused ultrasonics) as well as several inventions for PARC spinout LiveWorks, Inc. (acquired by SMART Technologies)
  • previously directed ESH Division at SEMATECH; co-wrote chapter for The Handbook of Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology
  • Ph.D., Applied Physics, Stanford University

 

Stephen Hoover
  • bridges functional silos 
  • specializes in integrating technology, market, customer, and business opportunities
  • Ph.D., M.S., Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University

 

 

Walt Johnson
Walt Johnson
Vice President, Intelligent Systems Laboratory

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  • directs PARC's ISL research organization, which focuses on social software, cyberphysical systems to control complex processes, agent-based modeling and simulation of complex work environments
  • as a scientist, specialized in intelligent interfaces for mobile and ubiquitous computing applications
  • worked at Silicon Graphics; Uppercase Inc. (acquired by Microsoft); 12 Entrepreneuring; Skygrid
  • Ph.D., Cognitive Psychology, University of Pittsburgh

 

 

 

Teresa Lunt
Teresa Lunt
Vice President, Computing Science Laboratory

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  • directs wide range of research activities including content-centric networking, ethnography, and ubiquitous computing
  • was an Assistant Director and Program Manager in DARPA's Information Technology Office; led teams at SRI International
  • M.A., Applied Mathematics, Indiana University, A.B., Geophysics, Princeton University

 

Damon Matteo
Damon Matteo
Vice President and Chief Intellectual Property Officer

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  • manages full-spectrum of corporate intellectual capital assets
  • previously created and managed Hewlett-Packard's licensing organization; represented transactions for international Fortune 500 companies, startups, government, universities
  • one of "Fifty Most Influential People in Intellectual Property"; winner of National Technology Transfer Excellence Award,  R&D 100 Award; Senior Distinguished Fellow with the Center for Advanced Technology

 

John Pauksta
John Pauksta
Vice President, Finance and Human Resources & Chief Financial Officer

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  • directs PARC's finance, human resource, and other related activities
  • previous companies include Xerox; Apple; subsidiaries of WR Grace, GD Searle Pharmaceuticals, Beatrice Foods
  • B.S., Management and Finance, DePaul University & MBA, Roosevelt University