Thin Film Deposition and Metallization Expert
Eric Stevens

Thin Film Deposition and Metallization Expert - Eric Stevens

Product manager with a unique blend of business and technical savvy, big-picture vision, and the drive to transform abstract concepts into commercially viable products using Agile methodologies. Experienced leading cross-functional teams to design, qualify, release, and support cutting-edge tech with global relevance.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

November 2021 – Present
Lam Research – Product Manager
Fremont, CA

• Product manager for Lam’s ALTUS CVD Tungsten portfolio with 4 products in HVM, 1 in pilot ramp, 1 in alpha, and 1 in C&F phase. Yearly portfolio revenue >$250M with projected 20% growth

• Used competitive analysis and Voice of Customer to define product vision and drive new product development, define product roadmaps, minimize configurations, and maximize commonality across a diverse product portfolio

• Lead cross functional teams to design and release semiconductor capital equipment which meet customer technical requirements and timelines while ensuring low cost/high margin products

October 2020 – November 2021
ASM – Product Manager
Phoenix, AZ

• Ownership of ASM’s global portfolio of Synergis metal nitride (NT) products. Customer install base increased >60% Y/Y under my leadership with 1 product in HVM, 3 products in pilot ramp, 5 additional products in R&D/concept phase. Projected 5 year portfolio revenue >$600M

• Maintain product roadmaps and define market requirement specification documents for the NT product portfolio, using competitor and market analysis to ensure process and hardware development priorities align with customer needs and timing

• Ownership of all technical marketing materials for executive meetings with >10 global customers

June 2018 – October 2020
ASM – Senior Process Engineer
Phoenix, AZ

• Lead process engineer responsible for process and hardware development of ALD metal film for next generation 3D-NAND and DRAM memory devices. Patent Pending US17/353.262  
• Utilized design of experiments to invent and productize a novel, ALD metal-nitride film for applications in 3DNAND, DRAM, and logic. Patents Pending TW202122615A and 100627US02

August 2013 – June 2018
North Carolina State University – Research Assistant
Raleigh NC,

• Developed and optimized a novel process for atomic layer deposition of metallic Sn using in situ characterization techniques, reactor design, and DoE methods. DOI 10.1116/1.5055212

• Designed and constructed a custom reactor for thin film deposition inside the cooling channels of RF devices. Obtained over 300% improvement in corrosion resistance. Patent Pending 15/331,860

September 2016 – May 2017
IMEC – International Scholar
Leuven, Belgium

• Studied nucleation and growth mechanisms during area-selective atomic layer deposition of titanium dioxide, hafnium dioxide, and titanium nitride using surface deactivation on carbon. Demonstrated substrate selectivity on patterns on the nanometer scale. DOI 10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b00017

CERTIFICATIONS 

• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) | Scrum Alliance
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) | Scrum Alliance

EDUCATION 
Ph.D : Chemical Engineering
North Carolina State University - Raleigh NC

Bachelor of Science: Chemical Engineering
Arizona State University - Tempe AZ

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PUBLICATIONS

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