PRESENTATION
Developing a Key Dual Use Technology: Affordable Navigation Grade Inertial Sensing
The market for high performance inertial sensing systems is approaching $4b as dual use applications proliferate. However, the need for a much lower cost SWaP (Size, Weight and Power) system has also increased and is needed to enable a broad variety of new commercial markets from autonomous vehicles to VR/AR/MR systems to next-gen healthcare/medical devices - all requiring much higher accuracy at much lower costs. In the context of the above, the first chip scale, multi-axis navigation grade capable MEMs inertial measurement unit (IMU) will be described. Other topics covered include: US and Japanese government support of the onshoring of the semiconductor industry, the role of the aerospace/defense industry in support of new technology development in the U.S. and the importance of supporting dual use technologies.
Louis Ross
MEI Micro Inc
Louis has over 25 years industry experience in operations, business development and intellectual property management and valuation. As a startup company founder, he has managed several commercial MEMS foundry R&D and commercialization projects in the US, Canada, Europe and Asia focused on MEMS inertial sensor systems. Prior to his career in technology development and commercialization, Louis was a senior executive, emerging technology analyst, and head strategist and portfolio manager in the investment banking, private equity and management consulting industries. He continues to act as expert in identifying disruptive emerging technologies for direct equity investment and commercialization. Louis is a co-inventor on 8 US and foreign patents and applications pertaining to MEMS inertial sensor systems and applications. Louis received his BA, Economics from Rollins College, was a post-graduate Research Fellow at The University of Tokyo (Commercial/Finance & Intellectual Property Law) and received a Masters of Finance and MBA from Johns Hopkins University.