Eric W. Hiss 1449 McAllister St. San Francisco, CA 94115 Phone 415-425-5865     EMPLOYMENT   2006 -             Consultant,  Atheros, Santa Clara, CA Worked on various projects for the Technical Marketing group including the design and implementation of a Knowledge Management database for the group’s intranet identity, evaluate performance of company’s and competitor’s products, and edit/ghost write articles for publication.   2004 - 2006   Consultant,  Labcyte Inc., Sunnyvale CA Provide engineering and manufacturing consulting services over a series of contracts including DVT, SQA, Manufacturing efficiency.   2002 -            Artist Explore beauty of the human form, the process of how people make decisions about their lives (concept of uncertainty), and patterns in nature using primarily photographic and digital media, but also sculpture. (see list of shows and awards)   2000 - 2006   Catalyst, Eric’s Eclub a business start-up incubator Created an informal group composed of entrepreneurs, investors and other talented people to discuss business opportunities at an embryonic state. Provided start up and business strategy consulting to over 10 businesses. Successful business ventures that came through the club are: Inrealis and NanoReference  Linkify - an enterprise collaboration service. design4X     1999 - 2000     President, Judy’s Candy Company, Berkeley CA Turn around aging high end candy manufacturing operation of 35 employee’s from 7 years of straight loses to profit in first year by rebuilding the brand name, relocating the factory, and building new sales to national chain stores and distributors.   1997 - 1999     Co-founder and President, The Crucible,  Oakland CA The Crucible is a non profit collaboration between arts, and community that offers arts vocational classes (some college accredited) in a range of areas from metal casting to glass blowing, including jewelry making, robotics, and blacksmithing.  The Crucible now owns its 56,000 foot facility and has taught over 6,000 students. SF Chronicle Article: Founders Cast the Crucible as a Melting Pot for East Bay Artists   SanFranciscoArtMagazine.com -- July 2002   1996 - 1999    Business Consultant, Manex, Fremont CA Provide direct business or engineering services or manage other consultants and service providers on projects to assist small American owned manufacturing enterprises in the Food, Biotech and Medical device sectors.   1992 - 1996    Director of Engineering, Operon Technologies, Alameda CA Managed a team of scientists in the design and optimization of the companies DNA synthesis machines,  designed and built other equipment to automate other DNA manufacturing processes.            1988 - 1992   Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Developed and performed mechanical and electrical tests on super-conducting cable for use in super conducting magnets.                      EDUCATION University of California, Berkeley   B.A Physics and B.A. in Fine Artshttp://www.inrealis.com/team.htmhttp://www.linkify.com/http://www.design4x.com/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1999/03/12/EB7843.DTLhttp://www.sanfranciscoartmagazine.com/02/july/crucible/crucible.htmlshapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1shapeimage_2_link_2shapeimage_2_link_3shapeimage_2_link_4