Joyce A. Thompson
945 Crane St. #E, Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA
Telephone: 650-322-1027
Fax: 650-322-1581
Email: drjoyth@earthlink.net
PERSONAL SUMMARY AND OBJECTIVES
Multiple technical strengths range from fundamental understanding of engineering
principles to management experience in a high volume, quick ramping fabrication
environment. Emphasis on industrial R&D, microelectronic devices, reliability, and
failure analysis. Excellent project planning, people, and management skills; focus on
interdisciplinary environments.
KEY WORDS: Engineering; Materials Science; Process Development; Product
Development; Electronics; Photonics; Optical Devices; MEMS; Packaging;
Quality; Reliability; Failure Analysis; Test; RF; Characterization; III-V; GaAs.
EDUCATION
PhD
in Materials Science and Engineering
Stanford University Stanford, CA USA
1985
Doctoral Thesis on sputtered metallic oxide alloys for disk drives. Teaching Assistant for
crystallography. Extensive course work on compound semiconductors, ceramics,
metallurgy, and electronic devices. IBM Fellowship holder and employed as
Manufacturing Engineer at IBM’s General Products Division in San Jose, CA, with
responsibility for oxide deposition.
MSc
BSc
Master of Science in Metallurgy
1980
Bachelor of Science in Materials Science and Engineering
MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA USA
Master's Thesis on plasma deposition of diamond-like amorphous carbon. Research
Assistant studying high temperature oxidation and diffusion in iron and steels, using new
furnace designs. Teaching Assistant for introductory solid-state physics. Co-op student
at IBM’s Yorktown Hts., NY, Research Center.
MLA
Master of Liberal Arts
Stanford University Stanford, CA USA
2003
An interdisciplinary degree offered by the School of Continuing Studies. Master's Thesis
on the reaction of Europe to the introduction of Asian beliefs. Course work focused on
Asia and the developing world, particularly with respect to education, economics, and
social policies.
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Reliability Program Manager
Agilent Technologies (California /Singapore)
2004-present
Responsible for providing world-wide consultancy and expertise within the Fiber Optics
Products Division, in the areas of quality, reliability, and failure analysis of optical
transceivers, lasers, LEDs, and electronic/photonic components. Other areas of
responsibility include qualifications and interactions with subcontractors and suppliers.
Director, Quality and Reliability
2000-2003
JDS Uniphase (California)
Joined Scion Photonics as a start-up; venture acquired by JDS Uniphase in 2002.
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Responsible for reliability assessments for new designs of opto-electronic devices.
Included equipping and managing the lab facility, hiring staff, and working with the
complete team from product engineers to purchasing to manufacturing to assure
product integrity and quality in the final package.
Carried out reliability experiments on a wide range of materials, from raw materials
and full wafers to epoxies to electronic components as well as finished devices.
Interfaced with outside labs on characterization and failure analysis of devices and
materials as required. Determined reliability performance to Industry standards.
Support of all phases as and when needed in a start-up environment: testing, trouble
shooting, customer negotiations on specifications.
Director, Advanced Product Reliability
1999-2000
Read-Rite Corp. (California)
A leading independent manufacturer of magnetic sensors for disk and tape drives.
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Responsible for materials characterization and reliability analysis for new designs of
magnetic heads (metals, ceramics, and polymers).
Managing all phases from internal qualifications of initial pilot builds to customer
testing and acceptance, working with R&D, engineering, and production personnel.
Coordinating diverse technical teams to assure high volume manufacturing
compatibility and customer satisfaction.
Director, Analysis Engineering
1998-1999
Read-Rite Corp. (Thailand)
The company’s primary offshore facility, employing more than 9,000 people.
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Managed a team of 60 professionals, including managers, engineers, and technicians,
to provide 24/7 factory support for line-down issues, customer returns, product
qualification testing, and on-going line monitoring of product properties. Annual
budget in excess of US 2 Million.
Established an Asian Analysis Center. Customer and factory support for materials
and analytical issues from wafer level to finished product throughout Thailand,
Malaysia, the Philippines, and Singapore.
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1994-1997
Senior Manager, Analysis Engineering
Read-Rite Corp. (Thailand)
Designed and set up laboratory for materials characterization, reliability studies and
engineering failure analysis for thin film magnetic recording heads. Managed a staff of
approximately 40 operators, technicians and engineers. Evaluated, purchased, and
installed equipment for many major analytical, metallurgical, and metrology techniques,
including SEM/EDX, GC, Ion Chromatography, Differential Scanning Calorimetry,
Thermal Analysis, Metallurgical and Mechanical Analysis
Senior Member, Technical Staff
1992-1994
Institute of Microelectronics, National University (Singapore)
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Set up initial protocols for project development, marketing and negotiations with
multinational electronics companies for contract research. Major customers included
Siemens, Western Digital, SGS-Thomson, IBM, and Chartered Semiconductor.
Budget determinations and project management responsibility once contract research
had been undertaken.
Technical areas of responsibility focused on testing, characterization, and reliability of
ICs, magnetic, electrical, and optical devices. Supervised junior staff (engineers and
technicians). Experience with silicon and III-V and II-VI semiconductor devices.
Managing Director
1989-1992
TEMAC –Thai Engineering Materials Analysis Co. (Thailand)
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Founding partner in Thailand's first commercial, independent testing and materials
analysis laboratory. Customers ranged from multinational electronics and
semiconductor industries to local ceramics, metals, and steel companies.
Responsible for all phases: funding, facilities, purchasing equipment, training,
recruiting, marketing, and initiation of technical services.
Technical Staff
Watkins Johnson (Palo Alto, CA)
1985-1987 and 1988-1989
Developed microwave (GaAs) semiconductor devices, particularly sputtered films for
diffusion barriers and thin film resistors, prevention of electromigration, and optimal
microwave parametrics. Responsible for device electrical test and characterization.
Foreign Specialist
Microelectronics Research Center- KMIT (Thailand)
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1987-1988
Taught solid-state physics, thermodynamics, and magnetic recording.
Consulted to industries in Thailand on failure analysis and manufacturing process
enhancement.
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TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS AND PATENTS
Publications in technical journals include IEEE Transactions on Magnetics; IEEE
Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques; J. Applied Physics; Thin Solid
Films; J. Electrochemical Society; Solid State Communications. Patent Applications (3)
for magnetic sensor designs.
LANGUAGES
English, Spanish, (Fluent). Thai (Intermediate - certified to level P.6 by the Thai
government). Varying levels of academic study in French, German, Russian, and
Mandarin Chinese. Computer skills in many desktop applications, including reliability,
statistics, and mathematical analysis and modeling software.
OTHER EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION
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Volunteer work at St. Mark's School, Limon, Costa Rica. Summer Student at the
University of Salamanca, Spain. Extensive travel throughout Asia and Europe.
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Guest lecturer at Mahanakorn University of Technology, Thailand.
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University of California - (Berkeley, CA): Certificate Program in Marketing
Management and International Business.
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Extensive involvement with the transfer of GaAs laser products from the JDSU
Eindhoven, Netherlands facility to San Jose, CA, and the transfer of LEDs from
JDSU in New Jersey to San Jose.
PATENT APPLICATIONS
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A new coil design for the writer and its detailed process flow for high data rate and
high areal recording density applications. (Dong, Shi, Chen, Hiner, Gibbons, Liu,
Jensen, Chien, and Thompson).
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Inductive writer with stitched pole and pedestal defined zero throat. (Chen, Shi,
Hiner, Dong, Liu, Gibbons, Thompson, Jensen, and Chien).
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New Nickel-Iron Based Electromagnetic Core for Security Applications (Brown,
Thompson – In Process 2004).
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PUBLICATIONS and INVITED PAPERS
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"Reliability Evaluations of the 40 Channel Arrayed Waveguide Grating – AWG,"
Joyce Thompson and Catherine Kelk. Company White Paper, JDS Uniphase.
October 2002.
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"Managing Off-Shore High Volume, High Tech Manufacturing." JA Thompson.
Invited talks given to the Business Schools of Duke University and Emory
University, April 2001.
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"Reliability Characteristics of IrMn Dual Synthetic Spin Valves", Vincent V. Doan,
Caleb Chang, Chung Lam, and Joyce Thompson; IEEE Trans. Mag. 36, 2608 (2000).
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"Advances in Microextraction for Ion Chromatographic Measurements of Surface
Ionic Contamination on Microcircuit Devices", B. Newton, S. Heberling, A. Siriraks,
J. Thompson, and T. Prommanuwat; Presented at The Pittsburgh Conference on
Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, New Orleans, LA (March 2000).
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"Electromigration Failures and Reliability Considerations in Magneto-Resistive
Recording Heads", K. Supsermpol, J. Thompson, and S. Thongprasert; J. Electron
Microscopy Society of Thailand, 13 (2), p.53 (1999).
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"Electron Microscopy Study of Magneto-Resistive Recording Heads", K.
Supsermpol, C. Jantapatad, V. Chuchit, and J. Thompson; J. Electron Microscopy
Society of Thailand, 13(2), p.43 (1999).
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"Development of Microextraction for Ion Chromatographic Measurements on Thin
Film Sliders for Hard Disk Drives", Archava Siriraks, Shawn Heberling, Joyce
Thompson, and Tanawat Prommanuwat; IDEMA Micro-contamination
Symposium, Singapore (December 1998).
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"An Experimental Study of Die Attach Polymer Bleed out in Ceramic Packages",
Michael Raj Marks, Joyce Thompson, and R. Gopalakrishnan; Thin Solid Films,
252, p. 54 (1994).
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"Application of Superlattice Bragg Reflector to Fabrication of High Brilliance Red
LEDs", SJ Chua, KP Goh, N Lim, EW Tan, YH Wu, Mike Randall, and Joyce
Thompson; Presented at the 5th International Symposium on IC Technology,
Systems, and Applications (IEEE). (September 1993).
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"Investment Opportunities Study: Metal Finishing Industries in Thailand", Joyce
Thompson, Peter Brimble, and Orasa Thongsa; Prepared for the Office of the Board
of Investment, Office of the Prime Minister, Royal Thai Government. (April 1993).
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"Investment Opportunities Study: Science and Technology Services in Thailand",
Chatri Sripaipan, Peter Brimble, Joyce Thompson, and Pramote Chotikastit; Prepared
for the Office of the Board of Investment, Office of the Prime Minister, Royal Thai
Government. (April 1992).
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"Reliability and Failure Analysis in the Electronics Industry", JA Thompson;
Presented to the Thai Japanese Technological Promotion Association, Bangkok,
Thailand. Invited Paper. (October 1991).
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"X-Band 0.5-, 1-, and 2-Watt Power Amplifiers", RD Boesch and JA Thompson;
IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory and Techniques 38, 707 (1990).
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"Role of Failure Analysis in Electronics and Electrical Engineering", JA Thompson;
Presented to the Engineering Institute of Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand. Invited
Paper. (December 1989).
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"TiWN Thin Film Resistors", K Ngan, JA Thompson, and W Strifler; Presented at
Electrochemical Society Meeting: SOTAPOCS. (May 1988).
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"Operating Characteristics of 2 to 8 GHz GaAs MESFET Amplifiers at Elevated
Case Temperatures to 200 C", EJ Crescenzi, JA Thompson, TR Kritzer, and ME
Kretschmer; IEEE MITT-S International Microwave Digest Symposium, p. 837
(June 1987).
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"Use of TiN and TiWN Diffusion Barriers for Improved Reliability GaAs FETS", JA
Thompson and RD Remba, J. Electrochemical Society 134, 3205 (1987).
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"Influence of Deposition Conditions on Co-V Thin Films", JA Thompson and DA
Stevenson; J. Appl. Physics 61(8), 3155 (1987).
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"Effects of Oxygen on Co-Ti and Co-Pt Thin Films", JA Thompson and DA
Stevenson; IEEE Trans. Mag. 22, 635 (1986).
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"Comparison of the Effects of Oxygen on Cobalt and Cobalt Chromium Thin
Films", JA Thompson and DA Stevenson; IEEE Trans. Mag. 21, 1441 (1985).
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"A Statistically Designed Investigation of Substrate Effects on Co-Cr Films for
Perpendicular Magnetic Recording", JA Thompson and PB Mee; IEEE Trans. Mag.
20, 785 (1984).
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"Compositionally Modulated Co-Cr Films -- A New Phase", R Walmsley, J
Thompson, D Friedman, RM White, and TH Geballe; IEEE Trans. Mag. 19, 1992
(1983).
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"Spin Resonance Spectroscopy of Amorphous Carbon Films", RJ Gambino and JA
Thompson; Solid State Communications 34, 15 (1980).