Scanalytics Welcomes Dr. Gene Chen, VP of Engineering Hardware and Process
The hardware side of the patented Scanalytics Flooring System consists of a sensor underlay that is resilient, inexpensive, and easy-to-install. By walking across this surface installed underneath carpet tile, luxury vinyl tile, or on a Scanalytics mat, our sensors anonymously capture footsteps and translate this into meaningful human spatial data behavior. Much like the printed electronics that reside underneath and daily enable the magic of our computer keyboards and phone touch screens, it is highly accurate, durable, and compact.
Expertise in scaling demonstrated tech
This is in part why Scanalytics is thrilled to announce that Dr. Gene Chen is joining the team as Vice President, Hardware and Process.
“We were introduced to Gene during the research process of one of our Department of Energy ARPA-E grants by a trusted advisor. This enabled us to meet Gene first-hand and appreciate the depth of his knowledge, product expertise, and deep experience with scaling tech with hardware.” said Joe Scanlin, CEO & Co-Founder of Scanalytics. “To say he’s our ideal candidate would be an understatement. He’s Washington, DC-based. He’s a patented leader in this field with experience in scaling start-ups. With his experience in the printed electronics industry, he’s exactly the right person at the right time to welcome to our team as Scanalytics scales to deliver thousands and soon millions of square feet of smart flooring.”
Gene is holding the Scanalytics patented smart flooring underlay - innovative printed electronics at scale!
Dr. Chen’s background
Dr. Chen has been deeply involved in flexible and printable electronics and sensors for the past two decades. Prior to joining Scanalytics, he was the VP of Engineering & Advanced Materials at Interlink Electronics, a NASDAQ traded tech company, where he led the effort for new products and technology development. There, he developed many new product families, including matrix forcing sensor arrays for HMI applications and the PVDF piezoelectric sensor platform including impact and vibration sensors. His team developed manufacturing processes, testing methodologies and standards, and equipment for standard sensor production, as well as advanced algorithms and firmware to interact with these sensors. Additionally, he developed customized sensing solutions for companies across diverse industries, from consumer electronics to medical and automotive applications.
Before this, Gene served as the Chief Technology Officer at New Degree Technology, a printable force sensor company, where he set up its US based pilot production and development facility, led its R&D and product development teams and worked with leading technology companies such as Apple, Microsoft, and Google on joint development projects . Before that, he was a founding member and VP ofTechnology at Pixelligent Technologies, working on advanced nanomaterials for applications ranging from LEDs and OLEDs to semiconductor manufacturing.
The Scanalytics underlay is a patented system of silver ink, diode printable electronics enabling detailed, inexpensive data at scale
“I liked Scanalytics, the product, the people, and the opportunity, right from the start,” said Gene. “The core product team are scientists like me, with backgrounds in physics, applied neuroscience, chemistry, and polymers. Also like me, they’re inspired by translating science into real world applications. Ones that make a difference in people’s lives and expand company revenue and that, I’ve found, is actually a rare balance to find. I’m excited to dig in and grow this into a massive and meaningful business,”
“That’s another part of what drew us to Gene,” Joe Scanlin continued. “Well, he’s also funny. Additionally, he’s successfully translated technical dreams to a trusted process, continual refinement, at a large scale. That’s what we’re doing at Scanalytics and Gene will help lead us there, faster and better.”
