ANDREW STOCKHAM

THE EARLY YEARS

• Grew up in Columbia, Maryland

COLLEGE

• Attended the University of Maryland, College Park

• Majored in electrical engineering

• Maintained a 3.5 GPA• Member of Tau Beta Pi

and Eta Kappa Nu• Received a B.S. in

December 2000

LOS ALAMOS

• Recorded, analyzed, and reported results of experiment on superconducting thin-films

• Operated Ti:Sapphire laser with regenerative amplifier and low-pressure cryostat chamber with liquid nitrogen cooling

MICRO OPTICS

New handheld version!

MEMS OPTICAL

• Designed photomasks for micro-optical components fabrication

• Instituted comprehensive logs tracking mask fabrication, cost, and performance

• Gained experienced in cleanroom operations

A fully processed wafer with microstructures. The wafer has dimensions of 100mm diameter by 1mm thick or more. However, the features are only a few microns deep and perhaps only

hundreds of microns wide.

LEAVING MEMS

• Independently established laboratory procedures for characterization of optical components

• Performed first-ever thermal testing of new etalon design in Zerodur

• Met my wife, Jessica, who’s pretty great

RETURNING HOME

• Added new design and analysis capabilities

• Developed a second source for grayscale photomasks

• Spearheaded development of CaF2 optics

• Worked my way up to become Product Development Manager

AEGIS TECHNOLOGIES

• Responsible for RASP, an $8M BAA, supervising a multi-disciplinary team of engineers

• Designed optics for scene projector

• Wrote null-biasing algorithm for PIC

• Had a baby

LIFE CAN BE TERRIFYING…

AND A LITTLE CONFUSING…

AND SOMETIMES YOU CAN GET HIT PRETTY HARD…

BUT IF YOU WATCH YOUR BACK…

AND STAY FOCUSED ON THE HORIZON…

YOU MIGHT JUST HIT A HOMERUN!

IN CONCLUSION…

THANK YOU!