Kevin Shaw

Bio

Kevin has over 19 years experience in sensor and MEMS. He was employee number 3 at Kionix, a leader in motion sensors and accelerometers, and was integral in establishing its MEMS inertial sensor and wafer-scale hermetic sealing operations. At Calient Optical Components, Kevin was critical in the development of its 382 mirror MEMS optical switch and defining new markets for its switching business. He is a prolific inventor having earned 24 U.S. patents in the fields of MEMS and inertial navigation. He is also an entrepreneur having cofounded and sold Ironwood Technologies, a company in the railroad technology sector. Kevin holds a BS and MS in Electrical Engineering and has earned a Doctorate from Cornell University for developments in MEMS and MEMS/IC integration methodologies. Kevin also holds a Masters from the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University where he is a Stanford Sloan Fellow.