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Turning Science Into Things People Need by David Giltner

Are you a scientist working in industry?

by David

"If you have a good science education then the world is your oyster,
and you can do almost anything." - Tanja Beshear, physicist working
in industry

`Turning Science into Things People Need,' is a project exploring
scientists who chose a career in industry instead of the `traditional'
academic path. I'm interviewing 25 of these successful scientists to
get their stories and understand:
* Skills and attributes of a scientist that are useful in industry
* Roles in a commercial organization that are suited to a scientist
* Skills and habits that a scientist should develop to be successful
in industry

As I work towards completing the book, I will post interview excerpts
and other thoughts about careers in the private sector on this site.
Check back often, and thank you for visiting!

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Gary Shade, Failure Analysis Engineer

by David

Gary Shade is a Senior Staff Failure Analysis Engineer with Insight
Analytical Labs in Colorado Springs, CO where he performs failure
analysis on PCB assemblies and semiconductor devices. He was the
president of the Electronic Device Failure Analysis Society from
2006-2008 and is an expert in the field of Photoemission Microscopy.
Gary has a BA in Physics from William Jewell College in Liberty, MO and
a BS and MS in Electrical Engineering from Washington University in St.
Louis, MO. In his spare time he enjoys home remodeling, auto repair,
and making family memories.

Here is an excerpt from my interview with Gary:

Do you have any thoughts on the difference between science and
engineering?

A big difference that I see between science and engineering is that
scientists are more removed from the general population. An engineer
may design something where a person may actually live or die if they
don't do it properly, but scientists don't typically have that
exposure. An engineer benefits more from people skills and also from an
awareness of the impact of their work on society. Both scientists and
engineers need to be aware of the impact of their work, however. A lot
of research has been stopped short because society's perception was,
"This is not a good thing," or, "This is immoral," or, "What if this
got into the wrong hands?"

How does a science education prepare one for working in industry?

Having a very good understanding of mathematics is valuable because it
helps you not only solve a problem, but also describe it to others.
Math is a language in itself.
The scientific process is also very important. In industry you find
there are a lot of people who are careless and end up coming up with
answers that are half-baked, wrong, or even downright dangerous,
because they haven't done their due diligence and followed correct
procedures. We see this in the news when companies broadcast a new
product and then it never comes to market because they were careless
and didn't really have a product yet.

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Scott Sternberg, Executive Vice President at Vaisala

March 15, 2011

Scott Sternberg is an Executive Vice President at Vaisala, a global
environmental and industrial monitoring device company headquartered in
Finland. He is also President of Vaisala Inc., the company's US
subsidiary headquartered in Louisville, CO. Prior to Vaisala, Scott was
a Business Development Manager for Roper Industries/Photometrics in
Tucson, AZ. He has [...]

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Antoine Daridon, Product Manager at SpinX Technologies

July 11, 2010

Antoine Daridon is a Product Manager at SpinX Technologies in Geneva,
Switzerland. He is also a member of the Strategic Advisory Board of
InSphero in Zürich, Switzerland. Antoine holds a Ph.D. in analytical
chemistry from the Universität Bern in Switzerland, a masters in
analytical chemistry from the Université de Jussieu, Paris VI and the
[...]

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Jack Jewell, Founder of Picolight, Inc.

June 20, 2010

Jack Jewell sparked widespread industrial development of the Vertical
Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VCSEL), by demonstrating over 1 million
VCSELs on a single chip at Bell Laboratories in 1989. Building on this
achievement, in 1991 Jack co-founded Vixel Corp, the first company
committed to VCSEL commercialization. In 1995 Jack left Vixel to start
Picolight, [...]

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Tom Baur, Founder of Meadowlark Optics

June 7, 2010

Tom Baur is the founder of Meadowlark Optics, Inc., a company founded
in 1979 that designs, manufactures and sells precision optics for
polarization control. He is also the founder of Team Baur, a company
that is developing a 75-acre business park in Frederick, Colorado.
Prior to founding these companies Tom was a research scientist at [...]

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Ashok Balakrishnan, Director of Product Development at Enablence Technologies

May 13, 2010

Ashok Balakrishnan is the Director of Product Development at Enablence
Technologies in Kanata, Ontario. Ashok was a co-founder of Enablence
Inc., and is a co-inventor on the key patents that define Enablence's
proprietary technology. He has extensive product development and
commercialization expertise spanning several markets, including
spectroscopy, telecommunications, and biophotonics. Prior to
Enablence, Ashok was [...]

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The Art of Science

May 6, 2010

I've always been interested in the `human' side of science. The general
population often perceives science as a cold calculated endeavor. I do
not see it this way at all. Those of us with experience in science
research know that it requires creativity and intuition in order to
make progress. It [...]

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Peter Fiske, CEO at PAX Water Technologies

April 30, 2010

Peter S. Fiske is the CEO of PAX Water Technologies, Inc. in San
Rafael, California. A native of Bethesda, Maryland, Peter has an A.B.
from Princeton University, a Ph.D. in Geological and Environmental
Sciences from Stanford University, and an MBA from the University of
California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business. In 1996, he was [...]

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Jason Ensher, Senior Optical Engineer at InPhase Technologies

April 23, 2010

Jason Ensher is a Senior Optical Engineer at InPhase Technologies. He
earned a B.S. in physics from the State University of New York at
Buffalo. He earned his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Colorado
at Boulder, where he worked with Dr. Eric Cornell, who won the 2001
Nobel Prize for demonstrating [...]

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