Brent Lunceford of Memstronics

Austin’s MEMS industry started as a result of a joint collaboration between MCC and IBM in the late 1990’s.  In 2000, MCC spun out Austin’s first MEMS company and today the Central Texas region benefits from a robust MEMS & Sensors value chain that make up our regional industry.  MEMS stands for micro-electro-mechanical systems. Today everyone reading this abstract benefits from more than one form of MEMS technology.  This technology is a key enabling technology for smart phones, ink jet printers, hearing aids, pace makers, drones, autonomous vehicles, wearable electronics, and medical devices. In this talk, the history of Austin’s MEMS industry along with cool examples of the technology and the broad applications will be discussed.

Biography:

Brent Lunceford is serial innovator who for two decades has driven product innovation and new market entry at both Fortune 500 companies and high-growth ventures. Brent runs Memstronics, a management-consulting firm where he advises companies on product, growth, and supply chain and operations management strategies.

Before Memstronics, Brent worked at 3M’s Global Innovation Center, where he led product and business development for Communication Markets Division and Electronics Materials Division.  Prior to that, Brent formed and led engineering and production teams at Silicon Light Machines, which was acquired by Cypress Semiconductor during his tenure. In his early career, he raised funding and managed programs resulting in the development and commercialization of disruptive technology including novel radio frequency communication technology and new microelectronics systems and materials at Austin’s first microelectronics technology consortium, Microelectronic Computer Technology Corporation (known as MCC). His technology was acquired and resulted in the spin out of Teravicta Technology, Austin’s first MEMS company.

Brent is an Entrepreneurial Advisor for the University of Texas-Cockrell School of Engineering Innovation Center. He serves as the founding Chair of the IEEE Central Texas MEMS and Sensors Chapter. In 2013 he was invited by a group of Silicon Valley innovators to serve as a founding Officer of the IEEE San Francisco Bay Area MEMS & Sensors Chapter, the first chapter of it’s kind under IEEE, where he currently serves on the Executive Committee.

Brent currently lives in Austin, Texas. He holds an Executive MBA from the University of Texas at Austin-McCombs School of Business, as well as B.S. and M.S. degrees in chemistry from Texas State University.

Email:

Brent Lunceford of Memstronics

Biography:

Email: