Mustafa Pinarbasi

Dr. Mustafa Pinarbasi is an executive technologist with over 20 years of experience in thin-film materials and processing. Prior to joining SoloPower, he managed the advanced technology group at Hitachi GST, where he led various novel thin film and processing technology development projects which were transferred to manufacturing. From 1989 to 2003, Dr. Pinarbasi developed thin-film processing technology for magnetic head devices at IBM in San Jose, CA. His work at IBM included the development and productization of many innovative processes and thin-film structures as well as the first introduction of ion beam sputter deposition technology to the magnetic head industry. In 2000, he received the distinguished IBM Corporate Award and garnered Distinguished Engineer status for his technical contributions.

Dr. Pinarbasi has authored many articles, holds 130 US patents, and has over 40 pending patent applications. He received a Masters's and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where his studies focused on the processing and properties of hydrogenated amorphous silicon thin films.