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Douglas Werner, Senior Director of Research and Development

Doug came to Cooligy in early 2002 from Corning, Incorporated where he served as program manager for Micro-Optics and manager of Micro-Optics Technologies within the Photonics Technologies organization.  There he was responsible for developing new lower cost micro-optic packaging for passive components.  Prior to that, he spent 4 years as technical manager and senior scientist in Tyco Electronics Technology and Business Development Group where he delivered new technology platforms to business units based on developing novel material's and processes.  Douglas started his career in Raychem's Wire and Cable product development organization and went on to serve as manager and staff engineer for new materials development in Raychem's Display Products Group. Doug earned his bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and MS in chemical engineering from Stanford University.

 

 

   

Fred Rebarber, Director, Sales and Marketing

Prior to Cooligy, Fred held several senior sales and marketing roles with Raychem Circuit Protection, a division of Tyco Electronics. Raychem Circuit Protection sold PolySwitch Resettable Fuses, CoEv Magnetics, power management silicon devices and a host of other circuit protection devices including thyristors, metal oxide varistors, gas discharge tubes and chip fuses totaling billions of parts per year. In this role, as Americas Sales Manager, Fred directed a regional management  team including 16 manufacturer's representative organizations. In addition to managing sales, he also managed customer service. In his marketing role, Fred managed the global computer market strategy, launching the successful nanoSMD PolySwitch line. Prior to recent Tyco roles, he was a Director of Sales at Lightwave Microsystems. Lightwave Microsystems was a fiber optics components provider and its primary product were arrayed waveguide gratings based on silica on silicon wafers for multiplexing and demultiplexing applications for  Dense Wave Division Multiplexing. Fred holds a Bachelors of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley.