- Academic Background
- Douglas Goodman, Ridgetop’s founder, holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) from California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly), San Luis Obispo, and an MBA from the University of Portland, Oregon.
- Career Background
- Ridgetop’s CEO is accustomed to being a pioneer of innovative electronic technology and establishing engineering firsts. His comprehensive background encompasses low-noise instrumentation design, design-for-test (DFT), fault simulation techniques, and design tool development at firms such as Tektronix and Honeywell. He was also part of the team that developed the first DSP-based IF processing for spectrum analyzers.
- He succesfully steered engineering at Analogy Inc. (electromechanical design simulation tools) as vice president until its IPO. Afterwards, he moved to co-found and head Opmaxx Inc., a design-for-test IP firm that later merged with Credence Systems.
- Community Involvement
- Ridgetop’s CEO continues to support local economic and educational organizations. Mr. Goodman serves on the Industrial Partners Board for the University of Arizona, College of Engineering and has been both an Adjunct and a Guest Instructor for the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, and the Eller School of Business Administration.
- He is Chairman Emeritus and co-founder of the Arizona Nanotechnology Cluster (AZNano.org), a group with 500 members involved in leading-edge research and development. Mr. Goodman co-founded and acts as chairman of Environmental Metrology Corporation (Env-Metrology.com), a Tucson-based firm that provides patented electrochemical sensors for optimization of wafer rinsing and drying processes in semiconductor manufacturing plants.
- Mr. Goodman also serves on the Boards of Q-Star Test, an innovative semiconductor test firm based in Brugge, Belgium (QStar.be) , and Engineering Synthesis Design, Inc. (ESDI), a waveform and surface metrology instrumentation firm based in Tucson, Arizona. (ESDI.com)
- Awards & Achievements
- In 2008, Mr. Goodman was named an Honorary Alumnus of the University of Arizona (UA) in Tucson, and was awarded the Thomas R. Brown Excellence in Entrepreneurship Award.
- He has been recognized as Global Leader of the Year by the UA Global Advantage Outreach Program
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