JAMES BUCKNER, PhD

MATH, CHEMISTRY, PHYSICS TEACHER

Seeking to teach mathematics, chemistry, or physics, in a public or private high school, after a successful career as an engineer in the semiconductor manufacturing industry.

SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND

• Created curriculum for, directed the education of, and presented training to youth and adults in various settings.
• Developed chemical and physical production processes, implemented and sustained them in computer chip manufacturing.
• Conducted laboratory research on chemical and physical transformations of materials used in the semiconductor and polymers industries.
• Published the results of non-proprietary researches at various times.
• Managed and collaborated in enterprise-wide projects at Texas Instruments and in the wider semiconductor industry.

DELIVERY OF INSTRUCTION

• Created curriculum for, and delivered instruction to, 9^th-grade Coming of Age classes at church. Included off-site retreats, fund-raising, outside experts, active learning, service projects, and an annual six-day Heritage Trip to Boston.
• Created curriculum for, and delivered instruction to, combined 6^th-9^th-grade summer religious education classes.
• Created and delivered original lessons for adult religious education classes.
• Served the Southwest Conference (Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Mexico, western Tennessee & Texas) of my denomination by drafting district youth policy guidelines.
• Kicked off a sweeping reform of youth programming at the national level of my denomination.
• Selected curricula, directed and delivered instruction, and assessed performance in relation to standardized scope and sequence for my four homeschooled children.
• Initiated and led a weekly discussion group on the Bill of Rights for homeschooled high school students. Included an outside expert.
• Contributed to a monthly book discussion group for homeschooled middle school and high school students.
• Initiated and led a book discussion group in my home for public high school students. Students received extra credit from their local high school English teacher.
• Created training documents for a specialized software data-analysis package, and delivered training to engineers.
• Created and delivered numerous presentations on technical subjects to management and engineering audiences regularly throughout my career.

INDUSTRY AND LABORATORY BACKGROUND

• Developed, implemented, and sustained production processes to print the patterns and to deposit the materials needed to manufacture computer chips. Received three company awards, published eight external papers and numerous internal reports on the work.
• Conducted original laboratory experiments to characterize, and wrote original software to model physical and chemical transformations of materials used in the semiconductor industry. Published two external papers and a PhD dissertation on the work.
• Performed original laboratory experiments, and developed an original method to measure the effect of various catalysts on polymer synthesis. Published one external paper on the work, along with several internal reports.

MANAGEMENT AND COLLABORATION

• Transferred complex new manufacturing processes and technologies between factories. Received company award for best technology transfer.
• Avoided $150M of new capital expenditures by creating, implementing, and developing the Equipment Migration Program. Received a company award for it.
• Personally took charge of a factory line-stop situation and delivered a critical product to the customer on time. Received a company award for it.
• Managed the development of a factory cost model under contract with an external supplier.
• Developed the decision theory used by Texas Instruments to select the equipment purchased for worldwide deployment.
• Provided technical consultation to Raytheon for methodology to evaluate Ozone Depleting Substance (ODS) abatement tools for the semiconductor industry.
• Served on an industry-wide Project Technical Advisory Board to create a relative risk model for environmental, safety, and health issues related to the semiconductor industry.
• Directly managed one engineer and ten engineering technicians.

WORK & VOLUNTEER HISTORY

EDUCATION AND ADDITIONAL TRAINING

• Project Management
• Leadership Development
• Theory of Constraints (TOC) from the Goldratt Institute
• Design of Experiments (DOE)
• Taguchi Experimental Design
• Total Preventive Maintenance (TPM)
• Statistical Process Control (SPC)