Currently the CTO of Paragraf, John has led the development of capital equipment for the semiconductor and electronics industries for over two decades across wide-ranging technology areas from front end Semiconductor processes to wafer level packaging applications. In these positions John has been responsible for bringing novel technologies and processes to the industry and supporting the introduction of products by top tier consumer electronics companies.
John has held Non-Executive positions in high technology companies in semiconductor and advanced imaging markets with experience of the business and technology acquisition process from a multinational corporate viewpoint.
Starting his career in consulting engineering, John has also worked in the development of systems for particle accelerators and Synchrotron physics.