SME's 6th Annual Technical Conference

Innovation  for Engineers, Product Development, & Manufacturing Professionals

The Silicon Valley Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) presents an exciting, one-day seminar which will explore new resources, materials, and processes that will help you and your team speed up, develop, and manufacture products in a competitive new world.  We have speakers and panelists from medical devices to aerospace industries. 

This conference is held in conjunction with the Design 2 Part show (www.d2p.com). 

No charge for parking.

Conference Agenda: 

SESSION 1 -  Technology & Innovation Trends

7:30 a.m. Registration & continental breakfast

8:00 a.m. Introduction - Jonathan Cook - SME Chair, Manufacturing Engineer - Space Systems/Loral

8:10 a.m.  Technology Innovations - JoAnne Moody - President - Zeta Scientific LLC            Tamara Colby - Principal - The Colby Group

8:25 a.m. Keynote - State of the Global Photovoltaic Industry - Bettina Weiss - Executive Director, SEMI

8:55 a.m. Cloud Product Development Strategies - Michael Keer - Founder & CEO - Product Realization Group

9:20 a.m. New Applications for Carbon Fiber Composites -Gus Malek-Madani, Founder & CEO, Green Platform Corporation

9:45 a.m. Morning Break

10:00 a.m.Medical Devices Panel - Emerging Technologies and Innovations Moderator: Geetha Rao - PhD, VP, Strategy and Risk Mgt -Triple Ring Technologies

Panelists:

Mir Imran - MD, Chairman and CEO - InCube Labs, Inc.

Joe Heanue- PhD, President - Triple Ring Technologies

Jack Lloyd - Founder - Nellcor and Alere Medical

10:45 a.m. Keynote - The Evolution of Satellites  - Hampton Chan - VP & Chief Architect - Space Systems/Loral

11:15 p.m. Break - Tour the Design 2 Part Show and Meet Our Sponsors

SESSION 2 - Process and Materials

1:00 p.m.  3D Printing: Lasers, powders, and possibilities  - Alexander Dick - VP SLS Operations/Mechanical Engineer - Northwest Rapid Manufacturing

1:30  p.m. Designing with Composites - Mike Hoke - President Abaris Training Services, Inc.

2:00 p.m. Innovative Plastic Designs - Barbara Roberts – President & CEO - Wright Engineered Plastics, Inc.

2:25  p.m. Conductive Polymers with Carbon Nanotubes  - Joel Bell PhD. - Product Development Engineer - RTP Company Inc.

2:50  p.m.  Afternoon Break

3:05  p.m.  Prototyping with Cast Metals - Keith Krook - Business Development Manager - General Foundry Service

SESSION 3 - Entrepreneurship on Your own Dime

3:30 p.m. Panel - Design & Market on Your Own Dime? Moderator: Dave Hadden - VP Engineering - Arlo Inc.

Panelists:

Barbara Carey - President & Founder - Carey & Co.

Della Heywood - Owner - SpectraFix

Karen Waksman - President & Author - Product for Profit 

4:15 p.m. Drawing (must be present) & Thanks to Our Sponsors & Speakers

4:30 p.m. Close

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5:30 p.m.David's Restaurant, Santa Clara Golf Course - Dinner price not included.

About us:

Silicon Valley Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) is a non-profit organization advancing manufacturing, education, and technical knowledge to build the foundation for increased product development and manufacturing in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Contact:

For additional questions about the conference or sponsorship, contact sme098@gmail.com or 925-980-9655. To subscribe to our SME newsletter, go to: http://sme098.publishpath.com/presentations/

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Speaker Bios

Hampton Chan (Keynote)

As the Vice President and Chief Architect for Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), Hampton is responsible for SS/L’s product strategy and continued product enhancement to maintain the company’s leadership position for technical excellence and best-in-class solutions. Prior to becoming the Chief Architect, Hampton was the Executive Director of Advanced Systems; and prior to that, the Executive Director of Payload Systems Engineering. Hampton holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University.

Bettina Weiss (Keynote)

Bettina Weiss, as Executive Director, PV Group, oversees the global photovoltaic program (PV Group) for SEMI. She is responsible for global PV strategy and operations for member engagement, expositions, Standards, information products, EHS initiatives, policy and other activities for photovoltaics and is the PV interface to the SEMI International Board of Directors as well as the industry worldwide. Weiss joined SEMI in 1996 and worked in several Standards positions in SEMI Europe in Brussels Belgium and in global headquarters in San Jose, CA. From 2005 to 2008, she was Director, International Standards, overseeing SEMI's International Standards Program operations. From 2008 to 2010, Weiss helped build SEMI's PV Group initiatives in North America and, later, worldwide.  Prior to joining SEMI, Weiss worked in sales and marketing positions at Metron Semiconductor and Varian Semiconductor in Munich, Germany. She holds a B.A. in English from the Interpreters and Translators Institute in Munich, and is a certified translator for Anglo-American Law and Economics.

Michael Keer

Michael Keer is founder and CEO of the Product Realization Group, a group which offers a “one-stop-shop” of outsourced services that enable rapid and cost effective introduction of products to the market, regulatory compliance, manufacturing, service, and lifecycle support. He has over 20 years of High Technology business leadership experience in bringing products to market. Prior to PRG, Michael held Management positions at SofTEQ, a Business Systems Integrator, Paramit Corporation, an Electronic Manufacturing Services provider, and also held Operations Management / Engineering positions at SemiPower Systems, Ericsson/Raynet, and NCR, where he participated directly in multiple new product introductions. Mike received a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and Masters in Manufacturing Engineering from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. He teaches the Data Management module for the PRG Certificate Program. and is an active Mentor for Stanford University’s Product Realization Lab.

Gus Malek-Madani

Gus Malek-Madani, MSME, PE, founded Green Platform Corporation (GPC) www.greenplatformcorp.com in 2008 to commercialize his discovery of adverse effect of vibration on Hard Disc Drives (HDDs) and how servers’ performance, energy consumption and reliability suffer from the typical level of vibration in Data Centers. Gus designed an effective Anti-Vibration Rack (AVR) to mitigate vibration from storage servers and validated the vibration penalty and effectiveness of GPC’s AVR in testing collaboration with Sun Microsystems in 2009. Gus has employed his extensive background in structural dynamics utilizing Carbon Fiber Composite materials to design an extremely effective AVR which reduces vibration up to 1000 times Gus founded Composite Products, LLC (CP) www.composite.com in 2002 to mitigate vibration in high-end audio/video systems resulting in much improved sound and picture quality. Prior to CP, in 1990 Gus co-founded a medical instrumentation company, Composite Rotor, Inc. (CRI), making centrifuges and rotors utilizing Carbon Fiber Composites for biotech industry.

Alexander Dick

Forever interested in how things work, Alexander Dick pursued a Mechanical Engineering degree at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Following graduation, Alex diligently worked to land a job in the Rapid Prototyping industry. Alex spent 5 years at EOS as an application engineer where he was the plastics technology expert, responsible for training and supporting all North American EOS customers. After meeting Chris Harris, owner of Northwest UAV, Alex saw great potential in his vision. Recently, Alex moved to Oregon to help develop applications for laser sintering in the UAV market and beyond at Northwest Rapid Manufacturing, part of the Northwest UAV family of companies.

Michael Hoke

Michael J. Hoke has been the President and owner of Abaris Training Resources, Inc. since 1989. He has been teaching composite material workshops full time since then, and has personally instructed thousands of students in advanced composite and related technologies. Mike is a member of the Commercial Aircraft Composite Repair Committee (CACRC), which is a group by the SAE. He is a member of the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE) and the Society for Automotive Engineering (SAE).

Geetha Rao

Dr. Geetha Rao has 25 years of experience in medical and other high-risk technologies with a focus on emerging business challenges and operational excellence that meets best-in-class, international standards. She is an internationally recognized expert in risk management and liability and has served on several international policy making bodies, and as an invited expert to regulatory agencies, including the FDA, ISO Technical Committees, GHTF, and European Notified Bodies. She is member of the working group on the IEC/ISO 80001 standard. Geetha is also active with several professional and non-profit organizations. She serves on the Advisory committee for UC Santa Cruz Extension Medical Device Certificate Program, the Steering Committee and past chair of ASQ Biomedical Division, Northern California Discussion Group, and on several non-profit and advisory boards. Previously, she has chaired the MIT/Stanford Venture Lab’s Emerging Business Track for Life Sciences, and has been a guest faculty on Stanford University’s Biodesign Innovation Program. Geetha is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, holds a doctorate from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a master’s degree from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business, where she was a Sloan Fellow.

Mir Imran

Dr. Mir Imran founded InCube Labs to focus on his passion: creating medical solutions that change the standard of care in critical healthcare markets. He has founded more than 20 game-changing life sciences companies, most of which have seen an IPO or acquisition. With his expertise spanning a wide range of clinical areas from interventional cardiology to chronic pain, obesity and CNS disorders, he holds more than 200 issued patents.. Mir actively collaborates with the nation's top universities on research and development including Stanford, Rutgers, Johns Hopkins, UTSW, etc. Mir also founded InCube Ventures, a life sciences venture fund, where he has led investments in a range of promising ventures. Mir sits on Boards of several life sciences companies. He holds an M.S. in bioengineering and a B.S. in electrical engineering from Rutgers. He also attended CMDNJ/Rutgers Medical School.

Joe Heanue

Joe Heanue, PhD, is founder and President of Triple Ring Technologies, and has significant leadership experience in device and instrumentation research & development within interdisciplinary environments. His experience includes the analysis and design of complex systems, x-ray and gamma-ray detector development, low-noise analog electronics, data-acquisition systems, signal and image processing, high-speed data-processing architectures, and thin-films failure analysis. Joe holds patents for detector and image processing, spectroscopy, and a patent for medical system imaging architecture that is licensed to a major medical equipment manufacturer. He received a BS in Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley. Joe was a postdoctoral researcher at Xerox PARC, and he has completed the Stanford University Executive Program for Growing Companies.

Jack Lloyd

Jack Lloyd has been described as "a shining example of medical device entrepreneurship," He has served as a founder, officer, and director of several medical and high technology companies since 1970. He was co-founder of Nellcor, the developer of Pulse Oximetry, and served as its first President and CEO from 1981-1990, during which time he grew the company from a start-up to annual sales of $150 million. Prior to that he was founder and President of Humphrey Instruments, later acquired by Carl Zeiss, served as Chairman and President of Aradigm Inc., a developer of aerosol drug delivery systems, and was founder and Chairman of Alere Medical Inc., a provider of disease management services utilizing electronic home monitoring, sold to Inverness Medical in 2007. Jack holds a Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, serves on the Engineering Advisory Board of the UC Berkeley School of Engineering, and was recognized as a Notable Alumni for 2008.

Keith Krook

Keith Krook joined General Foundry Service, as Business Development Manager, in June of 1999. Prior to this, he was the Regional Sales Manager at Plynetics, a local Rapid Prototyping Service Bureau that provided Engineering & Presentation Models, and Injection Molded Prototypes, from various Rapid Prototype processes. Keith’s other past roles include Engineering Manager & Plant Manager for Western Sky Industries, a company that produced Aluminum Standoffs and Injection Molded Nylon Grommets & Bushings for Aerospace and Automotive applications. He started off his professional career at WesTec Plastics, an Injection Molding company, in Project Management and became Sales Manager prior to his move to Western Sky. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology – Polymers from California State University at Chico, 1991. He is active in the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and is on the board of the local chapter of the American Foundry Society (AFS).

Joel Bell

Dr. Joel R. Bell is a Product Development Engineer for RTP Company. He has a B.S. in Composite Materials Engineering from Winona State University and a Ph.D. in Materials Science from the University of Minnesota. During his graduate studies at the University of Minnesota, Dr. Bell specialized in polymer blend formulation and characterization. At RTP Company, he specializes in conductive thermoplastics.

Barbara Carey

Barbara Carey, President and Founder of Carey & Co., is a serial entrepreneur, a marketing guru and an inventor with the gift at developing products that match needs of the customers. She has launched personal care products through anchor brick and mortar retailers such as Target and CVS in mass and e-commerce retailers such as QVC and Akasha.com in prestige. Ms. Carey has started seven companies, been granted more than a dozen patents, and invented more than 100 products. Her companies have achieved over $100M in retail and e-commerce sales so far – most notably Hairagami® and Spinlash™, together selling over six million units in their first year with distribution in 37 countries. She has success in licensing her products and continues to expand her IP. In addition, Ms. Carey is the author of The Carey Formula, public speaker, conducts TV and radio interviews.

Dave Hadden

Dave Hadden founded and successfully sold two electronics companies. He realized that he didn't like running a corporation and that his passion is hands-on inventing things. In 1988, Dave started Arlo, Inc., one of the first virtual corporations in Silicon Valley. In addition to selling its own line of proprietary products, with no employees or fixed overhead, Arlo has licensed over 250 SKUS resulting in sales in excess of 100 million dollars - all out of a home office. Dave has 10 patents, all of which have been successfully licensed or sold.

Della Heywood

Della Heywood has been involved in art, design and marketing for over 30 years, after an unsuccessful attempt to persuade herself to become a biologist. Through her own artistic explorations, science and art met each other later in life when she grappled with the problem of not being able to find non-toxic fixatives to preserve her drawings. She now runs her own manufacturing company, producing a milk casein based (bio-polymer) spray fixative which is distributed throughout North America, and soon Europe and Australia, all for a start-up cost of $600.

Karen Waksman

Karen Waksman is a Manufacturer's Rep turned Author, Consultant and Speaker. She has sold millions of units to the world’s largest retailers and now dedicates her time to teaching Entrepreneurs how to market and sell their products to retailers! Karen is also the Wholesale Product Expert for About.com and is the author of 'How to Sell Your Product, Invention or Craft to Major Retailers...No Sales Experience or Existing Buyer Relationships Required!’

Barbara Roberts

Barbara has been President and CEO of Wright Engineered Plastics, Inc. for 14 years. Wright provides injection molding and contract manufacturing services to medical, telecommunications and industrial equipment OEMs. Wright’s customers include Agilent Technologies, JDS Uniphase, Cisco Systems, Calix Networks, Turin Networks, Abbott Laboratories, Novare Surgical, and General Electric. Ms. Roberts is also Treasurer of Engineers without Borders, past President of the Silicon Valley Engineering Council, past President of the Society of Plastic Engineers, and past President of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. She mentors Stanford engineering and MBA students in product development by participating in Stanford’s Product Realization Group

JoAnne Moody

JoAnne Moody is President of Zeta Scientific, an adhesives and materials science consulting company.  Prior to this, Ms. Moody had various positions at 3M, Raychem, EndoSonics Corporation, and Boston Scientific. Ms. Moody is the founder of Zeta Scientific LLC. Ms. Moody earned her BA degree in Chemistry from Hamline University, St. Paul, MN and MS degree from the Chemical Engineering & Material Science Department, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.  Ms. Moody is the Chair-Elect and Conference Co-Chair for the Silicon Valley SME Chapter, past Chair and Newsletter Editor. She has served as delegate, board member, and Maker's Faire event manager for the Silicon Valley Engineering Council (SVEC).

Jonathan Cook

Jonathan is the SME Chair for the Silicon Valley SME Chapter  98 and a Senior Manufacturing Engineer at Space Systems/Loral in the satellite structures department. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and an M.Eng. in Engineering Management from Cornell University. In his free time, Jonathan and his wife Statia enjoy volunteering at the Oakland Animal Shelter and at Chabot Space and Science Center.

Tamara Colby

Ms. Colby is principal of The Colby Group, which specializes in marketing and product management for emerging technologies.  Ms. Colby was co-founder of Vocatell, which developed a voice-activated search platform for consumer electronics.   Ms. Colby is a patented innovator in broadcast communications. Ms. Colby served as an adviser to the World Expo '92 in Spain, and was a researcher at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid’s Center for New Technologies. Ms. Colby received a BA from UC-Berkeley, an MA in Urban Planning from UCLA and an MBA from San Francisco State University.

Join:

Join Silicon Valley Chapter 098 SME today and receive member benefits. Go to www.sme.org and click "Join."  For a short time only, our chapter can offer gifts for new members and membership renewal. The gifts, which can be selected at the event, include an SME ball cap, embossed portfolio clipboard, or fleece blanket.  We will confirm your membership number and you can attend the conference for the SME member price and receive many more member benefits.

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