Chairman - Alec Reader
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Dr Alec Reader is Director of the Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) and has thirty years commercial experience, working most recently in plastic electronics with Philips the Nederlands, Innos and Polymer Vision. As a member of the senior management team and board at Innos, he was instrumental in bridging the gap between industry needs and academic expertise in the fabrication sector and firmly establishing its reputation for R&D expertise in the UK.
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Business Manager - Claire Watson
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After leaving secondary school Claire went onto complete an HNC in Social Sciences at Edinburgh’s Telford College. She has previous industry experience working at the SMC (Scottish Microelectronics Centre) for two years where she provided business services to both the existing and prospective clients. Claire joined JEMI in September 2009 and is responsible for maintaining and developing relationships with the members of the organisation, as well as extending the membership network and organising the technical visits.
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Director - Ric Allott
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Ric is currently at the STFC, engaged in business development for the Central Laser Facility. He has 25 years R&D, commercial and business development experience in advanced photonics based technologies. Between 1995 and 2001 he led a team at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in the UK, responsible for the Ultra-High Power Laser Target Areas. In 2001, he joined Exitech Ltd, an innovative manufacturer of highly specialised laser micromachining systems. Prior to becoming Chief Technical Officer at Polyphotonix he was Director for Plastic Electronics at the Electronics, Sensors and Photonics KTN. Ric inputs to a number of Industrial Advisory Boards and Scientific Committees. He has extensive, worldwide scientific and commercial contacts and a deep knowledge of the emerging plastic electronics industry.
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STFC
Harwell, Oxford
Didcot
OX11 0QX
ric.allott@stfc.ac.uk
+44 1235 769 835
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Director - Ian Burnett
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Following an education in Electrical Engineering and then Mechanical and Production Engineering at Loughborough and Leicester University, Ian became a practised team player and proven leader in the fast moving semiconductor equipment industry.
In his 20 + years of experience, Ian has held Directorships in 7 Companies, four start-ups, one trade association, a business incubator and one a rescue. Three Companies have been sold via trade sales and remain active under new ownership. Ian has been active in setting up subsidiary companies in European and Asian Countries, and has experience as part of a core team, in raising finance, preparation of business plans, joint ventures and Company disposals and has a broad general management experience typical in smaller businesses.
Ian is a past member of the National Advisory Committee for Electrical and Electronic Devices and Materials and a past Chairman of the Scottish Microelectronics Centre, a business incubator located in Edinburgh.
Since the sale of WED in 1997, Ian has been running his own business, IDB Technologies Ltd which sells equipment and materials used for semiconductor manufacture. The business has 3 employees and has approximately £1.5m of sales.
Ian is a member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, I Eng, MIET.
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Director - Iain Hyslop
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Iain was educated at Nottingham University gaining a BSc in Production engineering and Production management. His career initially was based on electronics manufacturing, working at increasingly senior levels for companies including Marconi Space and Defence, Burroughs Machines, Solectron and three SME start ups. In 2000 Iain moved to SMC as CEO Under his direction the company has evolved from a business incubator into a Centre of excellence for R & D and incubation supporting the Semiconductor and MEMS industry.
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Director- Mark Berry
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Mark Berry is US & Europe Business Director for Metryx, a UK manufacturer of innovative mass metrology equipment. Prior to joining Metryx, Mark worked at Veeco Instruments and was based in Ft Collins, CO for three years where he was Vice President of Sales for the compound semiconductor division, a role with a worldwide responsibility. And before that Mark also held sales and marketing positions with Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology. Mark has been involved with JEMI for a number of years and became a director in 2010.
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Metryx Ltd
1240 Park Avenue
Aztec West
Almondsbury
Bristol, BS32 4SH
Tel: +44 1454 456 370
email: mark.berry@metryx.net
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Director - Duncan Cooper
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Duncan is the Sales Manager for the Photonics group of ACAL BFi UK Ltd. He has some 30 years background in the Semiconductor and Photonics industries starting with GEC Semiconductors in 1980, Duncan has worked for innovative UK, American and Japanese companies in lithography, wafer test, lasers and nanotechnology. As well as experience with major corporations (Hoya and Tokyo Electron) Duncan has enjoyed the experience of two UK based venture backed startups. He hopes to bring this spread of experience to the benefit of JEMI and its members.
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ACAL BFi UK Ltd.,
Unit D, Mill Court,
Wolverton Mill South, Milton Keynes,
MK12 5EU, UK.
Tel: +44 (0) 1908 326 326
Mob: +44 (0) 7827 923 627
email:Duncan.Cooper@bfioptilas.com
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