Ray Hebert

 

Professional Experience

 

2000- present
Prisma (dba) – Florence, OR
Principal

 
 

See services

  • Prisma is a continuation of Optimize (dba) services under a name change. (See 1991-1998 below.)

1998- 2000
Optimize, Inc. – Los Gatos, CA 
Vice President, Research and Development

  • Member of founding executive team

  • Manufacturer of OptiVu HDVD™ personal image display for minimally invasive surgical procedures

  • Breakthrough technologies including LCOS microdisplay technology, proprietary optics design and high-bandwidth infrared communication links

  • Five patents have been issued on our technologies

  • Assets acquired by Stryker Endoscopy

1991-1998
Optimize (dba) – Los Gatos, CA
Principal

  • Consultation, product design and prototyping services for electro-optic systems

  • Specializing in unique high volume, low-cost plastic optical systems incorporating optical elements and integral mechanical features into moldable assemblies

  • Recognized throughout the injection-molded optics community

  • Developed concepts for a unique head-mounted display, upon which the Optimize, Inc. business plans were based

  • Clients included Sega, Adaptec, KeyTronic, Digital Equipment, Chase Manhattan, Univ of Wisconsin, Metrika, Cepheid, Soane and dozens of others

1985-1991
Micro Video, Inc. – Los Gatos, CA   ( acquired by DataLogic SpA )
Chairman and President

  • Member of founding executive team

  • Developed and manufactured stereo microscope ( SAM‑II ) for microwave IC alignment ( Licensed technology to Giga, France)

  • Developed laser barcode scanning technology for beverage bottle and can recycling

  • Developed and manufactured omnidirectional tabletop barcode scanners ( OmniScan ) for point-of-sale markets.  Innovative designs were first to incorporate all-plastic optics, visible laser diodes and digital signal processing technologies

  • Corporate partnered with Sensormatic and DataLogic SpA for investment and domestic and international marketing leverage. OEM agreements with ICL DataChecker and Toyota Tsusho Denso.

  • Scanner designs in continuous production at DataLogic until 1996

1983-1984
Entrepo, Inc. – Sunnyvale, CA   ( acquired by Astec America )
Interim Vice President Engineering

  • A developmental stage company manufacturing continuous-loop, low-cost magnetic tape data cartridges

  • Contracted as consultant to develop and supply production vision systems; hired as interim Vice President to implement redesign.  Managed and expanded engineering staff

1977-1983
Vimech – Los Gatos, CA
Principal

  • Electro-optical consultation and system fabrication, specializing in microscopic vision systems

  • Developed split-field magnetic read/write head alignment techniques

  • Fabricated production head alignment systems for Shugart, Seagate, and others

  • Systems analyses and designs for Spectra-Physics, Telesensory Systems Inc. and others

1973-1977
Spectra-Physics, Inc. – Mountain View, CA
Manager, Scanning Systems Development

  • Responsible for management and design of early point-of-sale barcode scanner developments under contract to NCR Corporation

  • Managed 25-member engineering staff

  • Developed scanning pattern and patented electronic processing technique, both widely emulated throughout the industry

  • Brought difficult optical concepts to production using innovative and pioneering molded plastic optics techniques

1965-1973
Bendix Corp., Research Laboratories – Southfield, MI  ( acquired by Allied Signal)
Senior Engineer

  • Corporate labs; birthplace of many operating divisions; strongly disciplined broad-based training ground

  • Developed video, CRT deflection and servo circuitry for Air Force photogrammetric systems

  • Responsible for video processing subsystem for first Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS) ground data processing station

  • Developed patented laser scanning technology for lumber flaw detection used at American Forrest Products mills

  • Participated in Bendix proposal effort for NCR barcode scanner RFQ

1963-1965
Cadillac Gage Research Laboratories – Detroit, MI 
Engineer

  • Developed electronics and optics for laser ranger for main battle tank fire control

  • Assisted in development of vacuum-deposited films of vanadium oxides for infrared detection

Education

  • Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, University of Detroit – 1966

  • Graduate Courses, Engineering, Wayne State University - 1967

Other

  • Taught professional development courses for University of Wisconsin, "Designing Plastic Optical Systems". Taught in-house course for Thales HTO (Paris, France).

  • Chaired first international conference on Precision Plastic Optics for SPIE, 1995 Philadelphia

  • Holds 20 patents in fields of electronics, energy conversion and optics. These  can be viewed on http://patents.uspto.gov/ ; Quick search (Term 1) Hebert, Raymond T. or Hebert, Raymond or Hebert, Ray; (Term 2) Inventor Name (Select Years) All.