Jeff Layton joined SmartSpark Energy Systems in December 2007 to lead the team to successful product commercialization of key technologies. Prior to joining SSE, Jeff was VP of Operations and Engineering at NovaCentrix, a NanoTechnology startup, where he drove improvements in yield and cycle time while leading the development and manufacturing of Photonic Curing Systems and advanced nanomaterials. Prior to NovaCentrix, Jeff was VP of Operations at Coldwatt and brought that startup to Series A funding & manufacturing volume. Jeff's proven leadership in process and institutional change necessary to scale operations served him well in various Product Development leadership roles while he was at Dell from 1995 to 2004. Most recently, he was the Director of Power and Reliability Engineering for all Dell hardware products. Prior to his time at Dell, Jeff held various Operations & Engineering leadership roles at 3M and as an Officer in the US Navy Nuclear Submarine Service. Jeff graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with a degree in Electrical Engineering and studied graduate-level Nuclear Engineering in the US Navy Nuclear Power school. |