Richard Williston

Richard Williston is the Director of Operations for OSCP, with 30+ years of experience with start-ups in microsystems, compound semiconductors, MEMS and advanced materials, and has extensive manufacturing and test experience in Ring Laser Gyroscope (RLG) production.

He has held Director Level positions with Nemsor Technology (CTO), Advanced Diamond Technologies, Microbridge Technologies, BigBangwidth, Crystalline Manufacturing Ltd., as well as senior process development roles with Nortel Networks, Com Dev International, Delphax Systems and Litton Systems. He has led business development activities for Bluewater Technology Access Centre and in North America for INEX Microsystems (UK). He has held board positions with Edmonton Council for Advanced Technology, Groupe NanoXplore and Tech-Access Canada.

He holds an MSc degree in Materials Engineering from the University of Western Ontario studying RIE kinetics and a BSc in Applied Physics from the University of Waterloo in solid-state physics.