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Zachary J. Lemnios – Biography
Zachary J. Lemnios is Chief Technology Officer at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. He is responsible for coordinating technology strategy across the Laboratory and for establishing and growing strategic external relationships to support current and future Laboratory missions. These strategic technology efforts include collaboration with MIT Campus to develop and leverage research projects in support of defense and related activities. He is a member of the Director’s Office Staff and Laboratory Steering Committee.
At Lincoln Laboratory, Mr. Lemnios has served as Assistant Division Head of the Solid State Division, a member of the Senior Management Council, and co-chair of the New Technology Initiative Board. As a Senior Staff member in the Solid State Division, he led efforts to develop novel system applications for a broad range of materials including CMOS/SOI, SiC, GaN, AlGaN and GaAs. He also developed and inserted advanced microelectronics technology into performance-driven DoD applications.
During 2003–2005, Mr. Lemnios was Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Microsystems Technology Office, responsible for developing and implementing the strategic vision and technical plans for the office and for transitioning those elements to the Department of Defense. From April 2002 to July 2003, he was the Deputy Director of the Information Processing Technology Office, where he was instrumental in developing and launching a new DARPA direction in cognitive systems.
Prior to joining Lincoln Laboratory, Mr. Lemnios was Assistant Director of the Electronics Technology Office, also at DARPA, and led the development and insertion of advanced microelectronics into many DoD systems. In addition to being the DoD Program Manager for SEMATECH, he sponsored the development of the first 0.25 mm CMOS/bulk and SOI manufacturing technology base. His further support of wideband and high linearity analog-to-digital converters resulted in key system insertions for critical DoD applications.
Mr. Lemnios has held various positions within industry at Hughes Aircraft Company, Westinghouse Electric Corporation and Ford Microelectronics, Inc. and served on numerous DoD, industry, and academic committees. He holds a BSEE degree from the University of Michigan and an MSEE degree from Washington University in St. Louis. He has authored over 40 papers, holds 4 patents in advanced GaAs device and monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) technology and is a Senior Member of the IEEE.
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