Dr. Howard E. Rhodes is Vice President of Process Engineering at OmniVision Technologies. Dr. Rhodes earned his B.S., M.S, and PhD degrees in Solid State Physics from the University of Illinois. From 1980 to 1988, Dr. Rhodes worked at Kodak Research Labs where he was in charge of process development and process integration for high speed visible and IR sensitive CCD products. In 1988, Dr. Rhodes joined Micron Technology where he was named a Principal Fellow in 1998. In 2002, Dr. Rhodes became Micron's Director of Imager Engineering, overseeing the development and process technology for all of Micron's imager products. In October 2004, Dr. Rhodes left Micron to join OmniVision as Director of Process Engineering, developing OmniVision's advanced pixel design and process technologies. In August 2005, Dr. Rhodes was promoted to Vice President of Process Engineering. Dr. Rhodes holds 149 patents and over 15 publications. Since joining OmniVision Dr. Rhodes has filed for 18 patents. In June 2005, Dr. Rhodes received the Walter Kosonocky Award for his published work in CMOS Imaging. |