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Fred Thomas’ technical interest is in the fusion of new technologies for the enhancement or creation of new products. With 35 issued and 25 pending US patents, Fred has demonstrated his creativity in several fields, including data storage, sensors, actuators, electro-optics, machine vision, nano-technology, data security, netwrok attached storage and intellectual property strategy. His work at Iomega Corporation was essential to the Zip, Jaz, DCT, Floptical, Peerless and REV removable storage products. His work on subwavelength optical data storage, which allows for multiple 10s of fold increase in the capacity of DVDs, is embodied in one issued and two pending patents.

From 1983 to 2006, Fred has demonstrated a capability to quickly assimilate the current state of affairs and creatively add new dimensions. He has demonstrated the ability to lead research teams, bring projects to completion on time, and act as a member of cross-functional teams bringing new technology to the market.

Fred brings a world view to his endeavors, having lived in the Philippines, India, Pakistan, Taiwan, Vietnam, Sweden, Germany, and worked with leading companies in Japan, Sweden, China, Taiwan, Scotland and Korea.

Fred has been recognized for his accomplishments with the following awards:

*Lemelson-MIT "Inventor of the Week"

*Laser Focus World "Electro-Optic Application of the Year Award"

*Iomega "Exceptional Invention Award"

*2005 "Nano50 Award" for "Subwavelength Optical Data Storage"

Fred has been an invited speaker at a number of technical conferences:

*2005 European Optical Society Meeting - Abstract.

*2005 Information Storage Industry Consortium's (INSIC) "Alternate Data Storage Symposium." - Presentation.

*NASA Tech Briefs Nano 2005 Boston, Nov. 10-11. Upcoming.

Select published papers include:

"Penny Tag Technologies for Removable Data Storage," Research Feature, IEEE Computer Magazine.

*"Exploring optical multi-level information storage using subwavelength-sized media structure," OSA/ISOM Optical Data Storage Conference.

*"Manufacture of 21 MB Floptical disk using acousto-optically controlled laser ablation process," IEEE Lasers as Tools for Manufacturing Conference.

Employment history:

*Hewlett-Packard Corporation, Fort Collins, Colorado. Oct. 2005 - Present

• Principal Hardware Architect, Personal Storage Business / HP Master Technologist / Entity Patent Coordinator.

* Iomega Corporation, Roy, Utah. Aug. 1991 – Sept. 2005

• Chief Technologist, R&D / R&D Program Manager / Various positions as an R&D and Product Development Engineer.

*ProtoType Devices, Dallas, Texas. Oct. 1987 - July 1991

•Principal Engineer and Owner.

*Texas Instruments Defense Systems, Dallas, Texas. Sept. 1983 - Oct. 1987

•Manager, Laser Ranging Systems Test Group / Electro-Optic Systems Engineer.

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