About Us:
Hello, this is Kendall Scott Wills of savvy-entrepreneurial-leadership.com. I have started this WEB site to present to you what I have learned through years of experience working for a large corporation, running my own corporation and running many other small businesses. What follows is my resume broken down into section relevant to the type of consulting a client might need.
Is the client Corporate based or are they entrepreneurial based? Are they part of a large organization or part of a small business? For the big picture there is no difference between a large corporation and a small business. But when detail is necessary there are some minor differences which I will point out on this WEB site.
Resume of Kendall Scott Wills
The following resume is broken into segments. The segments are corporate, entrepreneurial and educational.
Corporate:
Summary:
Through the past 32 years in the Semiconductor Industry improvements and innovations in process development for manufacturing as well as Failure Analysis (FA) have been at the forefront of my career. With 11 years of wafer fab process development I understand the delicate nature of the semiconductor process. The additional 21 years in Failure Analysis (FA) give me a strong understanding of the relationship between defects in manufacturing and the functionality of the device. The combined knowledge gives me a unique ability to help organizations develop processes for the future.
Experience:
Failure Analysis Distinguished/ Senior Member of Technical Staff, Texas Instruments TI) 1997- 2008
Most of my time since returning to TI FA in 1997 has been in the management of various aspects of the FA Operation in Houston. I coordinated the development of new techniques such as the AFM scanning capacitance mode, Tapping mode, etc. Through management of the Digital Signal Processor (DSP) FA Team I managed the introduction of the Backside FIB as well as TEM sample preparation on the Dualbeam FIB. While managing the SPARC Team I developed the mechanical method of lid removal for SPARC devices. I designed a reaction chamber and helped to implement the gel delayering process which is now a commercial product.
CEO Beam-it, Inc. 1993 – 1996
From the CEO position of Beam-it, Inc I managed all aspects of a $1.1M FIB operation that included 5 employees and $3.5M in FIB equipment. In a small company the CEO must wear multiple hats, as the chief developer I developed the FIB process for Enhanced Etching of oxides, a FIB process for Enhanced Deposition of Pt and a Cu milling process. In conjunction with our water jet machining business I developed a Water Jet process for cutting ceramic materials, ceramic package cross sections and a method to cut TiAl alloys for aircraft. I sold the company to my business partner.
Failure Analysis Senior/Group Member of Technical Staff, TI 1986 – 1993
As a Failure Analyst I was responsible for the development of advanced FA techniques. As such I developed the FIB process for HDAO, voltage contrast for all TI FA, and the plasma deprocessing used across TI. I also implemented Photon Emission Microscopy in the FA Operations across TI and started the design for FA process. During this time I managed the emerging Microcontroller FA Group and the new DSP FA Group.
Advanced Process Development, Group Member of Technical Staff, TI 1982 – 1986
While in the Houston Process Development Operation I developed the plasma etching process for Molysilicide gate technology, a voltage contrast tool for TI and TI’s laser redundancy process that is used throughout the world.
New Wafer Fab Designer for MOS Memory, TI 1977 – 1982
As the designer of new wafer fabs for TI MOS Memory I had the responsibility of designing the process to be implemented, selecting the equipment to implement the process Designed and build out the wafer fab to first silicon wafer start. I was responsible for the build out of HMOS3 and LMOS2. I rebuilt HMOS2 and reviewed the design of wafer fabs MIHO MOS 1&2, FMOS1, Linear and DMOS2.
Section Head Photoresist and Wet Etch HMOS2, TI 1976 – 1977
As Section Head in HMOS2 I managed 3 Engineers and 12 technicians who in turn were responsible for process development, new product introduction and sustaining engineering. During this time I helped move the yield on the 9900 MOS device from 0 to 35%.
Process Engineer Photoresist and Wet Etch, TI 1975 – 1976
Process Engineering in HMOS consisted of sustaining and developing processing for the contact and project print technologies. I was responsible for the implementation of the projection print process for TI MOS Memory. As a result I developed with Hercules Chemical Co. a plasma developable resist and the smoke stack concept for develop and photoresist dispense that eventually eliminated the cobwebing on wafers. I personally handled the specifications for the wafer fab as well as all new product introductions.
Physics/Math Teacher – Decatur, Illinois Public Schools 1974 – 1975
Teaching in the Decatur Public Schools allowed me to teach 120 students per year in physics and math. I had the only physics class where a world renowned rock band helped me teach the Doppler Effect.
Accolades:
Patents: 20 plus 2 in process on Failure Analysis and Wafer Processing.
Papers: 100+ on Failure Analysis, process engineering and failure analysis business management.
Member of EDFAS
Chairman of the ISTFA tutorial committee. 2003
Chairman of the ISTFA poster session for 2007, 2008
Chairman pro tem of JEDEC 14.6 FA Sub Committee 2004 – 2008
Entrepreneurial:
Summary:
As an entrepreneur I have been both failed and succeeded. I have sold door to door, farmed, been a plumber and a CEO. I have been blessed to have been able to operate so many businesses.
Burpee Seed Door to Door Sales: 1957 -1963
Sold seeds door to door to make money for toys and other extras. This as my first venture into sales. I did well enough to make some money but never enough to get the bicycle.
Contractor- small construction: 1966 -1968
Perhaps the most lucrative job I have ever had was working for myself as a contractor. I would build out small buildings, remodel homes, paint exteriors and move small buildings. The hole time I worked The Grand Ol Opre played on the radio.
Salvage Cars: 1965 1974
I love cars. When in high school and all through collage I would buy junk cars to restore or to sell the parts. My favourite was a 1949 Henry J. I also had a 1949 Buick Hearse. A beautiful car. In collage my friends would buy cars then run them into the ground. So I would take the cars for the scrap metal. The radiator for example would bring enough money for a family of 4 to eat for a week. After collage I maintained the interest in cars. But did not continue with the salvage due to lack of space to store the cars.
Welder: 1970 – 1986
I never used the welding as a real job. I just fooled around with it. I did make my own tools for auto salvage. I made equipment for silk screen printing and other businesses. I mostly worked with Ox-acetylene equipment.
Plumber: 1968 -1974
To pay part of my way through school I worked as a plumber for my landlord. I would put in the natural gas lines to the trailers in the trailer park. I also help build an entire 200 trailer court. I worked on every aspect of the trailer court from the clay sewer tiles to the water and gas lines. My welding came in handy.
Farmer: 1955 – 1998
I would spend my summers on a farm in the middle of Shanwee National Forest. The winters would be in inner city Decatur, Illinois. The farm was both a blessing and a burden. I was the only child there so I had no one to play with. On the other hand I was the gardener of a 3 acer patch. I mowed the fields and helped bail hay. At times I would plow the fields when we planted lespedeza. I leaned to raise corn, soy beans and farm animals.
When I went to collage I would mow the fields to satisfy the Soil and Water Conservation board. Mowing brought in extra money. Later as the owner of the property we would grow two corps for 2 years and a 3 crops on the 3rd year. The sharecropper had a hard time figuring out what was going on so I sold the farm to him so he could do the farming his way.
Owner billiard parlor: 1977 – 1985
Perhaps the most interesting business was the billiard parlor. I was in business with 3 very good partners. Two of us bought out the 3rd partner. We made good money until September of 1982 when the bottom fell out of the world. There business drop to 25% of the total in August of that year never to recover to its full potential by 1986. In fact 1985 was so bad not one person walked through the door as a customer the entire months of January and February. That was a real learning experience. I had automated the cash register using a Tandy TRS 80 computer. I had one of the first POS programs in the USA, if not the first. I had sponsors to help finish development. There was even people willing to buy the product. I chose to work dong Research and Development for semiconductor processes instead of marketing the software. I don’t regret my decision but I did learn a lot about how to make decisions.
CEO and Owner of Beam-It, Inc.: 1993 – 1996
Beam-It, Inc. was a business that started out modifying semicondcutors using a Focused Ion Beam Mill (FIB). The start up was fast the business did well. We expanded into forensics, ore assay analysis, Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) sample prep and analysis. We performed failure analysis on semiconductors. As part of the failure analysis area material analysis was performed on stainless steel.
We expanded into water jet machining. The water jet could cut every thing from rubber a few mils thick to stainless steel 20 cm thick. The water jet was used to improve the efficiency of failure analysis of ceramic packages for the semiconductor industry.
Real Estate Investor: 1975 -2009
I currently own 8 properties they range in size from 1000 sq.ft. to 4000 sq.ft. Over time I have leaned to deal with the tenants. The average length of time a tenant stays in a house I own is about 8 years. The longest is nearly 20 years and the shortest in now about 1 year. I have been very lucky. In 1986 I lost two properties to foreclosure. This was a bad time for me. The foreclosure process helped me learn a lot about the banking industry.
Education:
Summary:
As a teacher I have taught 6th grade through sophomores in collage. During this time I helped develop the computer science department for high school students and participated in the development of educational objectives for K-12 math curriculum. My teaching expertise has come in handy in the formation of the Alief Soccer Club where I started my favorite past time, coaching soccer. To date I have coached for over 25 years players from 3 years of age to 16 years of age. In the corporate work my educational background has been helpful as a mentor for Engineers in the areas of Wafer Processing and Semiconductor Failure Analysis.
Experience:
Mentor for Engineers – Texas Instruments 1977 – 1993 , 1997 – 2008
As a mentor in wafer processing I taught engineers of all levels the fundamentals of photoresist, metalization and wet/dry etching. The background in wafer processing helped me mentor engineers, on the best possible processes for device assembly, in the Philippines, Singapore, Japan and the United States.
As a mentor in failure analysis I had the privilege of instructing engineers of all levels from all over the world on the physics and practical application of the tools used in failure analysis. The tools included those used for deprocessing, global failsite isolation, electrical failsite isolation, automated test pattern generation and business management. As a consequence of the training some of the engineers under my guidance were able to patent new concepts in semiconductor structures as well as semiconductor processing.
Consultant to the Semiconductor Industry – Beam-It, Inc. 1993 – 1996
As a consultant I had the pleasure of working with many of the top semiconductor companies in the world. Consulting opportunities included how to prevent the theft of intellectual property from an integrated circuit when the device was tested electrically, physically deprocessed or stimulated by ion/electron/optical beam technologies. Training was provided on failure analysis to those companies who did not have in-house or local experts. Specific training was provided on focused ion beam technologies, deprocessing of integrated circuits and electron beam inspection.
D licensed FIFA Soccer Coach – 1976 – 2008
Coaching soccer has been a great joy. I have coached on the average 18 players biannually. The players from my teams have received scholarships, played on collage teams and have become semiprofessional soccer players.At one point when I was coaching club soccer when two of the rival high schools played 80% of the players on the field had been coached by me.
Physics/Math Teacher – 1974 – 1975
Teaching in the public schools allowed me to teach 120 students per year in physics and math. I had the only physics class where a rock band helped me teach the Doppler Effect. I am sure all the students of the high school understand the Doppler effect because of their intense interest in the class. One of my students left high school with a 1 meter CO2 T laser he build as a personal project under my guidance. He used the laser to get his own lab as a freshman in collage.
Helping the public school system was a preoccupation of mine. I helped setup the newly formed computer science department and helped to set the K-12 educational objectives. Later those objectives were given to a Texas school system.
Earth Science Instructor – Southern Illinois University Carbondale 1972 – 1974
As an Instructor at SIU-C I was able to mold the minds of 30 students each quarter.
Student – Southern Illinois University, Carbondale 1968 – 1974
Masters of Science – Physics 1974,
Bachelor of Arts – Physics, 1972
Bachelor of Arts – Math 1972 and Teaching certificate – Secondary Education Illinois
Patents
PAT. NO. Title US Patents
1 7,474,112 Method and apparatus for non-invasively testing integrated circuits
2 7,313,490 Wavelet analysis of one or more time domain reflectometry (TDR) signals to determine one or more characteristics of one or more anomalies in a wire
3 7,130,749 Wavelet analysis of signals to determine characteristics of anomalies in a wire
4 7,057,409 Method and apparatus for non-invasively testing integrated circuits
5 6,521,479 Repackaging semiconductor IC devices for failure analysis
6 6,355,973 Integrated circuit having a sealed edge
7 6,281,563 Laser programming of CMOS semiconductor devices using make-link structure
8 5,960,263 Laser programming of CMOS semiconductor devices using make-link structure
9 5,847,467 Device packaging using heat spreaders and assisted deposition of wire bonds
10 5,605,863 Device packaging using heat spreaders and assisted deposition of wire bonds
11 5,543,365 Wafer scribe technique using laser by forming polysilicon
12 5,451,550 Method of laser CVD seal a die edge
13 5,406,116 Dopant implant for conductive charge leakage layer for use with voltage contrast
14 5,317,186 Ring crystallization of wafers to prevent thermal shock
15 5,149,675 Ring crystallization of wafers to prevent thermal shock
16 5,119,451 Optical waveguides as interconnects from integrated circuit to integrated circuit and packaging method using same
17 5,008,729 Laser programming of semiconductor devices using diode make-link structure
18 5,006,916 Vertical-walled contacts for VLSI semiconductor devices
19 4,912,066 Make-link programming of semiconductor devices using laser-enhanced thermal breakdown of insulator
20 4,751,197 Make-link programming of semiconductor devices using laser enhanced thermal breakdown of insulator
21 4,720,908 Process for making contacts and interconnects for holes having vertical sidewalls
22 4,623,403 Indexing of laser beam for programming VLSI devices
23 4,135,077 Laser bread browning apparatus
PAT.NO.
Title Canadian Patents
1 1075775 Laser bread browning apparatus
