Senior Management



Dr. Noren Pan, CEO and President

Dr. Pan, a founder of MicroLink Devices, also serves as CEO and President. His previous position was Chief Scientist of Kopin. Dr. Pan received a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1988. He has published more than 60 scientific papers. He is a senior member of IEEE and was inducted to the Chicago Entrepreneurial Hall of Fame in 2007.



Dr. David McCallum, Vice President of Marketing

Dr. McCallum has been associated with MicroLink Devices since mid-2005. Previously, he worked on semiconductor device development and on Ethernet product development marketing. Dr. McCallum received a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of London in 1988 and an MBA from the University of Chicago in 2002.



Dr. Sudersena Rao Tatavarti, Director of Solar Cell Technology

Dr. Tatavarti has served as Director of Solar Cell Technology since January 2007. Dr. Tatavarti worked at Nortel Networks on MOCVD growth and processing of InP-based materials. Dr. Tatavarti received a Ph.D. in Solid State Physics from the University of Delhi in 1986. He has published more than 50 papers in refereed international journals.



Dr. Chris Youtsey, Director of Fabrication

Dr. Youtsey joined MicroLink Devices in December 2007. Previously he worked at TriQuint Semiconductor, where he contributed to both the Research and Development group and the Production Process Engineering group. Dr. Youtsey received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1998. He is the author of 30 peer-reviewed journal publications and has received four patents.



Mr. Glen Hillier, Research and Development Manager

Mr. Hillier joined MicroLink Devices in October 2004. He previously managed the high-speed epitaxial materials development group at Nortel Networks, and was responsible for the insertion of InGaP HBT MMICs into OC 192 10 Gb/s optical communication systems. Mr. Hillier received his B.S. from the Applied Physics Honors program at the University of Waterloo, Ontario in 1985.