Ken Ports
biography :: conference marerials
Dr. Ken Ports is a professor in the Electrical
Engineering Department at Florida Tech and co-director of Florida TechStart,
UF's university-based high tech business accelerator. He is responsible for
the junior and senior design courses, where he focuses on effective multidisciplinary
team participation in the new product pipeline through best current practice
project planning, management, execution and closure. His research interests
include microelectronics devices, fabrication technology and radiation effects.
Prior to joining Florida Tech, Dr. Ports spent twenty-five years in the microelectronics
industry in technical, managerial, staff, and internal consulting roles. He
led several corporate systems, such as product-to-market, technology-to-market,
corporate strategic planning, and the project management system. A Senior Scientist,
he was corporate director of university relations, which included overseeing
the research pipeline. His industrial roles also included managing a series
of engineering groups focused on device engineering, product development, fabrication
process R&D, and product engineering.