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 Charles Weber holds an A.A. degree in physical science from the American College
of Switzerland; a B.S. degree in engineering physics from the University of
Colorado, Boulder; an M.S. degree in electrical engineering and computer science
from the University of California, Davis; an S.M. degree in management of
technology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in
management from MIT's Sloan School. Charles has 15 years of experience in the
semiconductor industry, working at Hewlett-Packard Company. He started as a
process engineer in an IC manufacturing facility. He subsequently transferred to
HP's IC process development center, working in electron beam lithography,
parametric testing, microelectronic test structures, photomask design, clean
room layout and yield management. From 1996 to 1998 Charles managed the defect
detection project at SEMATECH, as an HP assignee. In 2002, he joined the
Department of Engineering and Technology Management at Portland State University
as an assistant professor. Charles Weber's research interests are in
organizational learning, problem solving, knowledge management, innovation and
entrepreneurship. In 2003, his Ph.D. thesis titled "Rapid Learning in High
Velocity Environments" was awarded runner up for the INFORMS Best
Dissertation Award.
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