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Phillip B. Espinasse, M.S., MBA

Phillip Espinasse, M.S., MBA

Phillip Espinasse, M.S., MBA

“With increases in product design and fabrication complexity, reduction in product life and demands for shorter time-to-market cycles, organizations face mounting pressure to manage innovation and change by seeking a strategic advantage over their competitors.”

Analyst Phillip Espinasse partners with high tech electrical and optical engineering companies to develop innovative business and technical solutions to guide strategies ranging from investment tactics to long-term business plans. Drawing on his experience conducting market assessments, competitive reviews, patent portfolio analyses, peer reviews, and patentability and patent invalidation reviews, Mr. Espinasse delivers intelligence critical to executive decision-making in the areas of marketing, product design, and research and development.

Mr. Espinasse spent five years in semiconductor R&D, engineering, and sales and marketing with PolarFab (Bloomington, Minn.), now known as Polar Semiconductor, Inc., a subsidiary of Sanken Electric Co Ltd. He also has five years of technical journalism experience with Key Enterprises (Minneapolis, Minn.). As an engineer, he developed a design methodology and subsequently modeled photodiode antireflection coating stacks suitable for photodetector integrated circuits (PDICs) used in CD, DVD, and Blu-ray Disc (BD) applications. Mr. Espinasse also managed a broad spectrum of competitive analysis activities including technology reviews, competitive benchmarking and reverse engineering of competitor integrated circuits (ICs). After being recruited into sales and marketing, he managed high-level engineering projects for customer release, with a focus on defining the company’s product offerings. Concurrently, Mr. Espinasse expanded his depth of knowledge by covering the electrical and optical engineering industries. After a brief stint with VerticalNet Inc.’s Photonics Online e-publication covering breakthroughs in photonics and fiber optics, he joined MSP Communications as a technical magazine editor, where he reported the latest technological advances and market/business trends in optics, optoelectronics and photonics in SPIE’s OE Magazine. While earning his M.B.A. in international business and finance at the University of Hawaii, Mr. Espinasse performed market research, financial analysis, and modeling, with heavy emphasis on real-estate acquisitions for the investment banking firm Blackpoint Capital Advisors in Honolulu. He also worked in the University of Hawaii’s Office of Technology Transfer and Economic Development, where he assisted on a variety of market research projects. In addition, Mr. Espinasse holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering from Iowa State University, where his research focused on the design and fabrication of an aluminum nitride microwave thin film resonator (TFR) grown by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). He holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Northwestern University, where he specialized in optoelectronics. Mr. Espinasse authored or co-authored more than 160 business and technical articles on optical, optoelectronic, and semiconductor-related technologies, as well as engineering management. Among the publications he wrote for are SPIE’s OE Magazine, SPIE Professional, Micro Magazine, Chip Design Magazine, IEEE Circuits & Devices Magazine, Compound Semiconductor Magazine, and Photonics Spectra. Mr. Espinasse is fluent in French, and has traveled extensively throughout North America, Europe, and Asia.

Areas of Expertise

  • Electrical engineering
  • Business
  • Competitive intelligence
  • Optics/microelectronics/optoelectronics/photonics
  • Semiconductor manufacturing and processing
  • Materials

Industries

  • Electronics

Credentials

  • M.B.A., International Business & Finance, University of Hawaii
  • M.S., Electrical Engineering, Iowa State University
  • B.S., Electrical Engineering, Northwestern University
  • Bloomberg Certification, Equity Track III
  • Member, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  • Member, International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE)

Publications

Mr. Espinasse authored or co-authored more than 160 business and technical articles on optical, optoelectronic, and semiconductor-related technologies, as well as engineering management. Among the publications he wrote for are SPIE’s OE Magazine, SPIE Professional, Micro Magazine, Chip Design Magazine, IEEE Circuits & Devices Magazine, Compound Semiconductor Magazine, and Photonics Spectra.

Selected publications

Espinasse, PB, “The evolving MOEMS IP landscape”, SPIE Professional, p. 12-13, January 2007

Espinasse, PB, “Patents: Left-handed material IP on the rise”, Optical Design & Engineering, SPIE (http://www.SPIE.org), April 2007

Espinasse, PB, “Eddie would be proud”, Hawaii Magazine, Vol. 22, No.2, p. 68-70, March/April 2005

More Information

Espinasse, PB and Kosier, SL, “Dual-layer coatings target next-generation optical discs”, Photonics Spectra, Vol. 38, Issue 12, p. 44&46, December 2004

Espinasse, PB, “Can publishing serve as an engineering management resource?”, IEE Engineering Management Magazine, p. 32-35, August/September 2004

Dahlke, MC, S. Tran, T and Espinasse, PB, “Analog PDK 101”, Chip Design, p. 38-42, June/July 2004

Espinasse, PB, “Optical sensor monitors glucose levels in real time”, OE Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 6, p. 9, June 2004

Espinasse, PB and Kosier, SL, “What’s in store for silicon photoreceivers?”, IEEE Circuits & Devices Magazine, Vol. 20, No. 2, p. 23-31, March/April 2004

Espinasse, PB and Kosier, SL, “Detection reflections”, OE Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 3, p. 24-26, March 2004

Jayatilaka, VK and Espinasse, PB, “Lowering magnetic fields in metal dry etch recipes to reduce MOS leakage levels”, Micro Magazine, Vol. 22, No. 1, p. 39-45, January/February 2004

Espinasse, PB, “Know thy enemy”, IEEE Engineering Management Society (EMS) Newsletter, Vol. 54, No. 1, p. 7-9, First Quarter 2004

Espinasse, PB, “Diamonds are a laser’s best friend”, OE Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 10, p. 6, October 2003

Espinasse, PB, “Multiphoton endoscope images biocells”, OE Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 8, p. 8, August 2003

Espinasse, PB, “Long wavelength IR photodetector enables multi-spectral imaging”, OE Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 7, p. 8, July 2003

Espinasse, PB, “OLED technology makes white light shine”, OE Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 7, p. 12&13, July 2002

Espinasse, PB, “IR imaging with quantum dots becomes reality”, OE Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 7, p. 10&11, July 2002

Espinasse, PB, “Si/SiGe devices and the RF communications revolution”, Semiconductor Online & RfglobalNet, VerticalNet, Inc., February 23, 2001

Espinasse, PB, “HBT Transistors Reach the 100 GHz Barrier”, Compound Semiconductor, Vol. 6, No. 9, p. 80 & 82, December 2000/January 2001

Espinasse, PB, “Transistor IC’s above and beyond 50 GHz”, Semiconductor Online, VerticalNet, Inc., October 02, 2000

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