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Board of Directors Election 2005

James WyldeJames Wylde

Contribution to MANCEF

James has served as the Board Secretary on the MANCEF Executive Board since 2002. In that time he has been an active participant in several MANCEF committees including Marketing, Events, and Membership. James also acted as Conference Director for the 2004 COMS Conference held in Edmonton, AB realizing one of the most successful COMS conferences to date. Through his role as Secretary, James helped to operationalize many of MANCEF's functions, resulting in a streamlined organization that can better serve the needs of its members.

Biography

James Wylde was responsible for commercialization of the micro assembled structures at Zyvex Corporation. Prior to joining Zyvex, James was responsible for integrated MEMS development at Bookham Technology and Nortel Networks in Ottawa, ON, Canada. As part of this development, the world's first integrated optical receiver with a MEMS based VOA was commercialized.

Education

He received the PhD and BEng degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Dalhousie University in Halifax, NS, Canada and the MASc degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toronto in Toronto, ON, Canada.

Publications and Industry Contributions

James has authored or co-authored over 25 articles, conference papers, and book chapters in commercialization, MEMS, nanotechnology, and materials research. James is also on the MEMS Advisory Group for CMC Microsystems and has organized numerous conferences and workshops on small technology and commercialization.


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