Paul E. West, Ph.D.
17981 Sky Park Circle, Suite J
Irvine, CA 92614
949 253-8813
pwest@pacificnanotech.com
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Paul West has worked in the fields of Scanning Probe Microscopes and Nanotechnology for twenty years. He is a founder of three companies; QuanScan, Topometrix, and Pacific NanoTechnology. His accomplishments include the development of products that have sold over $100 million around the world. He is the author of more than two dozen U.S. and foreign patents.. Dr. West served on numerous committees including the National Nanotechnology Initiative.
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| 2001: Present V.P. Products/Chief Technical Officer |
Pacific NanoTechnology |
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Pacific NanoTechnology offers atomic force microscopes to the emerging nanotechnology markets that are high performance, easy to use, and affordable.
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| 1998-2001: Vice President of Sales & Marketing |
ThermoMicroscopes |
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ThermoMicroscopes developed, manufactured and marketed scanning probe microscopes for research, nanotechnology, process development, and analytical applications in universities, corporations and government laboratories. In 2001 Thermomicroscopes was acquired by Veeco.
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| 1990-1998: |
TopoMetrix, Inc. |
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TopoMetrix developed, manufactured and marketed scanning probe microscopes. TopoMetrix was a world leader in the probe microscope market. TopoMetrix was acquired by ThermoElectron in 1998.
1997-1998: Vice President of Sales & Marketing
1993-1997: Vice President of Product Development/Chief Technical Officer
1990-1993: Vice President/Chief Technical Officer
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| 1986-1990: Chief Scientist |
QuanScan, Inc. |
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Quanscan developed novel applications for probe technology in the areas of instrumentation, digital storage and acceleration sensors.
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| 1984-1986: Sr. Member Technical Staff |
Aerojet Electrosystems |
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Aerojet-Asuza develops and manufactures high performance infrared sensors for military satellite applications.
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Education:
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Executive Institute-MBA
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D. - Physical Chemistry
M.S. - Physical Chemistry
B.A. - Math & Chemistry
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Stanford University/AEA - 1995
California Institute of Technology - 1984
Wesleyan University - 1983
Purdue University - 1980
Appalachian State University - 1978
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