colleagues.
EXPERIENCE
2005 Impattern Solutions, President
Impattern Solutions is an independent consultant practice specializing in;
§ Imprint Technology materials, molds, tools and process
§ Flat Panel Displays
§ Light Emitting Diodes
§ Display and Wafer Inspection process and equipment
§ Photolithography process and equipment
§ Photoresist Technology materials and equipment
§ Applied Statistical Analysis in Semiconductor Equipment
2002 - 2005 Molecular Imprints, Inc. V.P. Engineering and V.P. Applications
Molecular Imprints (MII) is the only venture funded start up in nano-imprint technology. It was recently
voted “Most Promising New Technology”, in the 2005 EE Times’ Annual Creativity in Electronics (ACE)
Award.
• One of the four member founding team that wrote the original business plan and resulted in
funding.
• Grew the company to 100 people in 4 years, personally built 3 engineering and process teams.
• Delivered first product 6 months from initial funding.
• Coauthored 5 issued patents with over 20 in process. Member of IP committee.
• Spearheaded the invention and development of a new large area imprint tool.
• Made the presentation that won the Nanotech Ventures — Early Stage Companies competition at
Nanotech 2005
• Responsibilities included customer technical interactions, applications development, product
marketing, system and process design.
1998-2002 Seriate Solutions Inc., President
Independent consultant in semiconductor processing, specializing in technology forecasting, market
analysis, requirements definition, design specification, project management, statistical data analysis,
and expert witness in intellectual property litigation.
Expert Witness in 6 patent litigation suits.
Involved in business development and technology evaluation for :
• Cymer, an excimer laser company.
• Nline, a wafer inspection company.
• Global Factory, an Internet e- collaboration company.
• Key Assetts, a used semiconductor equipment web site.
• Internet Controls, a company developing “smart” Internet server technology.
• Molecular Imprints, an advanced lithography company.
1994-1997 Pixel Systems Inc. President and CEO
Founder of a start up company in flat panel display inspection, developed business plan and market
strategy. Generated $1M in contracts, system sales and patent revenue. Won a United States Display
Consortium competition for flat panel inspection equipment worth $2M in matching funds. Two Patents
issued for the inspection system, one patent issued for a vertical prober.
1990 -1994 Electroglas Inc. Director of Engineering
Responsible for planning and directing overall engineering activities relating to the creation, and design
of new products together with engineering support functions. Reported to the President and C.O.O. The
engineering group consists of 89 people with budget of $9.5M. Member of management team that took
Electroglas public in a IPO worth over $200M in 1993. Electroglas is the world's #2 manufacturer of wafer
probers used in the final test of integrated circuits. Additionally responsible for new business
assessments for probe cards and electron beam testers. Includes machine vision.
1988-1990 Semiconductor Systems, Director of Marketing
Responsible for directing marketing functions including product line marketing, quote evaluation,
strategic marketing, and communications. Reported to the President. Semiconductor Systems
manufactures automated photolithography coat and develop systems used in mask making and
semiconductor fabrication. Additionally responsible for new business evaluations for new process
control products.
1984 - 1988 AZ Photoresist Products, Manager of Western Region Applications
1979 - 1984 Hewlett Packard Labs., Scientist / Member of Technical Staff
EDUCATION
Postdoctoral research, 1979, Univ. of Massachusetts - Dept. Polymer Materials Science, specializing in
ultra high modulus materials.
Ph.D. degree, 1978, Univ. of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, England, Dept. Polymer
Materials Science, specializing in materials for mechanical damping
B.Sc. degree, First class honors, 1974, Univ. of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology,
England, Dept. Polymer Materials Science.
PATENTS
U.S.P. 6,936,194 “Functional patterning material for imprint lithography processes”
U.S.P. 6,932,934 “Formation of discontinuous films during an imprint lithography process”
U.S.P. 6,926,929 “System and method for dispensing liquids”
U.S.P. 6,916,584 “Alignment methods for imprint lithography”
U.S.P. 6,900,881 “Step and repeat imprint lithography systems”
U.S.P. 6,408,260 “Laser lithography quality alarm system “
U.S.P. 5,966,212 “High-speed, high-resolution, large area inspection using multiple optical fourier
transform cells “
U.S.P. 5,656,942 “ Prober and tester with contact interface for integrated circuits containing wafer held
docked in a vertical plane”U.S.P 5,966,212 “High Speed, High Resolution, Large Area Inspection using
Multiple Optical Fourier Transform Cells”
U.S.P. 5,506,676 “Defect Detection using Fourier Optics and a Spatial Separator for Simultaneous
Optical Computing”
U.S.P. 4,857,738 "Absorbtion measurements of materials"
U.S.P. 4,874,240 "Characterization of semiconductor resist materials"
U.S.P. 4,362,809 "Multilayer photoresist utilizing an absorbent dye
More than 20 publications
Michael P. C. Watts Ph.D.
9404 Bell Mountain Drive
Austin
TX 7830
Tel: (512)-565-9024
E Mail mpcwatts@impattern.com
The only time he is not available he is probably on the water.
