CTO and VP Engineering at SiOnyx Inc.
Greater Boston Area
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- CTO and VP Engineering at SiOnyx Inc.
- Director R&D at Boston Scientific
- Vice President Engineering at SMaL Camera
- Director R&D at Dialog Semiconductor
- Technical Group Manager, Advanced Imaging at Sarnoff Corporation
- Education
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- New Jersey Institute of Technology
- New Jersey Institute of Technology
- New Jersey Institute of Technology
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Nathaniel McCaffrey’s Summary
● Expert in high speed electronic imaging and communications systems
● Develops foundation technology and effective strategic IP pipelines with $85M generated from licensing, venture and M&A.
● 20 US patents awarded (another 26 patents pending)
● Built 5 design teams as large as 85 people from the ground up.
● Assembled offshore supply chains under fabless quality control at over 45Ksystems/month.
● Program Manager leading 18 image sensor and ASIC designs with 100% first silicon success and > 1.8M parts.
● Game changing designs:
¤¤¤- World’s first real time portable video histogram processor.
¤¤¤- First single-use endoscope in human colonoscopies and therapeutic procedures.
¤¤¤- World’s smallest full function VGA camera for mobile phone.
● Wins and leads programs for DARPA, NASA, USG and military clients on UGV, UAV, satellite, gun sight, missile and perimeter protection systems.
¤¤¤- US citizen with inactive Top Secret (TS/SCI) clearance
Nathaniel McCaffrey’s Specialties:
● Directs teams sustaining advanced product lines from concept to manufacture.
● C-level visionary road mapping and strategic intellectual property management.
● Electro-optic systems to FDA GMP, MIL-SPEC and automotive quality requirements,
● Set up quality systems and image quality validation meeting ISO-14000 and ISO-13485 audit
● medical device design, radiometric modeling
Nathaniel McCaffrey’s Experience
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CTO and VP Engineering
SiOnyx Inc.
(Privately Held; Nanotechnology industry)
May 2007 — March 2009 (1 year 11 months)
● Built research facilities and recruited team of electro-optic, process and materials scientists from ground up.
● Secured $12M in Series A venture round with CEO.
● Created technical breakthroughs and device models enabling products for imaging, detection and photovoltaics.
● Chaired and founded a world class Scientific Advisory Board and initiated aggressive patent pipeline process. -
Director R&D
Boston Scientific
(Public Company; BSX; Medical Devices industry)
December 2004 — May 2007 (2 years 6 months)
● Founded and resourced the Photonics Imaging Center, an internal OEM of medical device grade imaging.
**- 85 engineers reporting in three labs located in the US, China and India with 5 additional major OEMs.
● Responsible for electrical design and overall image quality of all BSC endoscopes and vision systems.
● Led product development through world’s first human trials of a disposable colonoscope. (Camera with high performance DSP based image processing and control console with PACS integration)
● Clinical imaging expert- Extensive requirements development, witnessing procedures, image quality metrics for medical standards, SOPs, test methods (DICOM working committee member).
●Developed global supply chain to manufacture medical grade imaging systems at mobile phone camera cost. ISO 13485/60601/14971/FDA 21CFR. (Japan, China, India, Costa Rica) -
Vice President Engineering
SMaL Camera
(Consumer Electronics industry)
September 2003 — December 2004 (1 year 4 months)
●Recruited to strategically reorganize technology and rapidly revitalize product line.
●Retargeted business from digital still camera to mobile and automotive imaging.
●Increased resolution from 1.3 to 3MP with NEI of 0.65 lux using a 2.54um pixel in 0.18um CMOS.
●Retooled technical organization and instituted a fabless manufacturing quality system (ISO9001 certified).
●$45M Investor return: Company sold to Cypress Semiconductor for $45M (camera in Volvo production). -
Director R&D
Dialog Semiconductor
(Public Company; Semiconductors industry)
April 2002 — September 2003 (1 year 6 months)
●Spun off from my previous work at Sarnoff and IP license sale.
●Built team in Germany, Sweden and US for very high volume mobile camera product (39 direct reports)
●Developed 3 imagers and 4 camera modules in 9 months (camera in present Motorola production).
●Started some earliest Asian mobile camera supply chains and developed high speed focusing and test fixtures. -
Technical Group Manager, Advanced Imaging
Sarnoff Corporation
(Privately Held; Research industry)
August 1993 — April 2002 (8 years 9 months)
●Directed research efforts, managed 4 design projects concurrently: CCD/CMOS 0.5 to 0.18-micron processes.
●Novel system development: ballistic cameras, iris biometrics, night vision, autonomous systems, medical devices.
●Increased contract revenue to $3.2M. Packaged as fabless semiconductor business venture.
●Spun off business to Dialog Semiconductor for $24M. I moved my team to Dialog to productize IP.
Nathaniel McCaffrey’s Education
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New Jersey Institute of Technology
PhD , Electrical Engineering , 1995 — 2009
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New Jersey Institute of Technology
MSEE , Solid State Device Physics , 1991 — 1993
Advisor : Dr. Walter Kosonocky
Research: Hyperspectral MWIR Imaging Radiometer QVGA utilizing AOTF filter and PtSi device design -
New Jersey Institute of Technology
BSEE , Electrical Engineering , 1985 — 1991
- Activities and Societies:
- WJTB Radio: Music Director and General Manager
Newspaper: The Vector Features writer
Cross Country Team: IAC Division III Champions 1985
Additional Information
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Nathaniel McCaffrey’s Groups:
SPIE, Senior Member IEEE
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On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs -
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Boston Scientific Alumni -
Medical Imaging Network -
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New England Venture Community -
NJIT -
Digital Camera -
Sarnoff Alumni & Alumnae -
Multi-Spectral Sensors -
Image Sensor -
CMOS/CCD IMAGE SENSOR GROUP
Nathaniel McCaffrey’s Honors:
20 US patents (26 additional pending)
32 Technical publications in advanced imaging
RCA Laboratories Achievement Award- 1995 for IR camera systems
RCA Laboratories Achievement Award- 1997 for Advanced CMOS imager design
Sarnoff Award 1999 - For MEMS based devices and novel test inspection methods
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