1. Ira Feldman
35 Pine Lane iradave@gmail.com
Los Altos, CA 94022 www.linkedin.com/in/ifeldman
+1 (650) 472-1192 mobile blog: www.hightechbizdev.com
Manager, developer, and marketer of unique high technology solutions and business
strategies. Proven executive leadership, able to identify and develop markets while resolving
product management and engineering challenges across organizations and companies.
Feldman Engineering Corp. (May 2010 to present)
Los Altos, CA www.feldmanengineering.com
Independent consultant providing Business Development, Marketing, and Technical consulting.
Recent clients include firms in the Semiconductor Test, Wafer Probing, and Financial Service
industries. Project topics have included: supply chain issues, market studies, customer
development, product introductions, and merger & acquisition analysis.
IEEE San Francisco Bay Area Nanotechnology Council
San Francisco Bay Area, CA www.ieee.org/nano
IEEE chapter which promotes nanotechnology engineering by connecting industry, academia,
and government through the facilitation of education, networking, and entrepreneurship.
Executive Committee Member January 2012 to present
Organize, promote, and manage volunteer organization to produce monthly events and two
annual symposiums with over 1,000 attendees to provide opportunities for networking and
learning.
Microfabrica Inc. (2007 to 2010)
Van Nuys, CA www.microfabrica.com
Venture capital funded startup that designs, develops and manufactures high performance
micro-machines and precision parts. Microfabrica’s EFAB technology is a breakthrough platform
that enables the creation of sub-millimeter, 3D, fully-assembled micro-machines and precision
parts of unprecedented scale and performance.
Vice President Business Development January 2007 to May 2010
Identified new markets, developed new business opportunities and managed customers and
partners. Achieved 320% increase in sales year over year with overall growth rate of 250%.
• Managed business and technical relationships, including technology transfers, which
enabled customers to successfully qualify and transition prototypes to high volume
manufacturing (HVM). Supported product demand volume ramp for HVM and new
technology development.
• Formed and managed an exclusive partnership with a major defense contractor to develop
and manufacture the next generation of “Safing & Arming” technology.
• Developed an international sales team in Europe and Japan.
• Directed outbound marketing including trade shows (6 in 2009 with 4 international).

2. Ira Feldman
NanoNexus, Inc. (2000 to 2007)
San Jose, CA
Venture capital funded startup that provided advanced contactor and interconnect products to
the electronics industry.
Director of Design Engineering July 2005 to January 2007
Built infrastructure and processes to enable NanoNexus to provide photolithographic MEMS
based products in less than eight weeks from customer data to finished products.
• Hired and supervised internal designers and subcontractors for the design and production of
photolithography masks and printed circuit boards (PCBs).
• Contracted external vendors to create custom CAD / EDA design tools that reduced design
time by over 50%. Oversaw internal software development of automation tools & scripts.
Director of Products & Applications May 2000 to July 2005
Managed multiple semiconductor interconnect products from conception through customer
production orders. Developed NanoNexus technology into viable products as well as sold and
marketed both products and company to customers and investors.
• Created and motivated an Application Engineering team to successfully deliver and support
products world-wide.
• Developed product outgoing assembly and test process. Selected, qualified and
implemented capital equipment including metrology system and associated software
interfaces.
• Established phase review life cycle process for both product and process development.
Produced product roadmaps, requirements, cost analysis, yield models, characterization
and test plans.
• Administered $10M NIST Advanced Technology Program consortium federal grant.
Managed two California Technology Investment Partnership Program state grants.
Agilent Technologies, Inc. (1994 to 2000)
Santa Clara, CA www.agilent.com
Fortune 500 company focused on test and measurement solutions spun off by Hewlett-Packard
in 1999. The semiconductor test organization now operates as Verigy LTD (www.verigy.com)
after being spun off from Agilent in June 2006.
Manager, Docking Services March 1998 to May 2000
Developed and managed P&L for a $2.5 M startup business within Agilent Technologies
enabling the sales of over $230 M of semiconductor test equipment (STE). My team integrated
the STE into customers’ engineering and high volume manufacturing environments for wafer
probe and packaged part test.
• Hired and developed world-wide team of project managers, electrical and mechanical
engineers, and software developers.
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3. Ira Feldman
Agilent Technologies, Inc. – continued
• Demonstrated the need for, proved the viability of, and rapidly grew this profit-center that
supported the sales of Agilent STE products which was a key element in the transition from
a test hardware provider to a total solution provider.
• Transitioned my unit from full custom projects to standardized products and customized
projects in order to improve customer satisfaction, reduce lead times and improve
profitability.
Lead Project Manager June 1994 to March 1998
Sold, engineered and managed the installation of custom integration projects to a worldwide
customer base. Increased project sales 285% in first two years from $1.3 M to $3.7 M. Projects
included high precision integration hardware that was successfully manufactured, using external
vendors, at very low volumes without any prototypes. Proper planning made every installation a
success; on time and fully functional.
Hewlett-Packard Company (1989 to 1994)
Cupertino, CA www.hp.com
Global technology company which provides computers, printers, software, infrastructure and
professional services.
Program Engineer November 1993 to June 1994
Program Test Engineer November 1992 to November 1993
Board Test Engineer May 1989 to November 1992
Responsible for managing and resolving all manufacturing issues between design divisions and
globally distributed manufacturing sites for the successful introduction and volume ramp up of
several generations of Hewlett-Packard mini-computers.
Education Master of Engineering, May 1989
Bachelor of Science Engineering, May 1988
Harvey Mudd College, Claremont CA
www.hmc.edu
Patent Sammy Mok, F.C. Chong, and Ira Feldman, United States Patent No.
6,710,609 “Mosaic Decal Probe” (July 15, 2002). Building of large area
probe arrays by assembly of smaller elements.
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