Nick Lopez

Nick Lopez has 25 years of experience developing systems involving vacuum, high voltage, electron device, and RF/microwave technologies. Nick’s experience includes wafer inspection systems, X-Ray fluoroscopy systems, thermal processing and brazing systems, high power electron sources, megawatt-level microwave sources, lasers, and ultra-high vacuum (below 1.0×10-10T). Nick specializes in transferring products from development engineering to production. He has worked in startups and large companies where he has implemented TQM and JIT. Nick has held manufacturing and senior management positions at KLA-Tencor, Varian/CPI, Nexray Medical/Cardiac Mariners, Altair, and Kodak.

Nick holds a BSEE from the University of California, Davis.