Chris Olsen
Industrial Problem Solving Leader for Product Development
Applied Materials•Sunnyvale, California, United States
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I have Championed Industrial Problem Solving (Scientific and Empirical) tools by Executive promotion, Built Internal Web-courses, and Teaching key courses in person in addition to my day job 1. Multiple hypothesis problem solving as a differentiator in speed and completeness 2. Multi-variable stepwise regression as a tool for scientific discovery in datasets, where the empirical observation is seen before a scientific hypothesis is generate. 3. 8D / DMAIC Systematic Problem Solving as Critical Thinking tool 4. Team collaboration and building a culture to support healthy dialog in scientific discovery: see the book Culture Code by Daniel Coyle. 5. Undiscovered Risk analysis tools: TRIZ Decomposition, System Boundary, Pre-Mortem
Career Timeline
- Applied MaterialsCurrentMay 2025–Present· 1 yr 5 mos
- Chief Technology Officer, DivisionCurrentMay 2025–Present
- 2000–Dec 2023· 23 yrs 11 mos
- Sr Director of Oxidation ProductsDec 2015–Dec 2023
- Director, Dry Epi Preclean and Oxidation2013–Dec 2015
- DMTS of Oxidation Technology ProductsApr 2008–Dec 2015
- Device Integration Manager of FEP/MDP Application Development CenterAug 2006–Apr 2008
- Sr. MTS in Application Development CenterSep 2004–Aug 2006
- MTS2000–Aug 2004
- 1998–2000· 2 yrs
- Sr. Process Engineer1998–2000
- 1992–1998· 6 yrs
- Grad student researcher1992–1998
Education
PhD
Materials Science and Engineering
University of California, Berkeley
BS
Materials Engineering
UCLA