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Dr. Mustafa Pinarbasi is an executive technologist with over 20 years of experience in thin film materials and processing. He received his Masters and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he studied the processing and properties of hydrogenated amorphous silicon thin films. He joined IBM San Jose in 1989 and worked on thin film processing and material properties for magnetic head devices. His work included development and product introduction of many innovative processes and thin film structures as well as introduction of ion beam sputter deposition technology to the magnetic head industry. His work has been recognized with many awards including IBM Corporate Award in 2000. The same year he was promoted to Distinguished Engineer position for his continuing technical contributions. He moved to Hitachi GST in 2003 where he managed advanced technology group and lead advanced technology projects. Dr. Pinarbasi has authored many articles and holds over 110 US patents and has over 60 pending patent applications. | 