Ian is the Director of DFS' gas and OEM business, based in Boise Idaho. He is responsible for all specialty gas and bulk gas systems design, applications and technology. Prior to this role, Ian was Operations Manager for NEHP’s facility in Israel, managing project contract, business process and organization development to support a customer's Fab retrofit project.

Ian has over 20 years of international experience in commercial and technical program management, project and product development, with a focus on capital equipment, gas and chemical process systems and turnkey projects. He has 15 years experience serving semiconductor, display, photovoltaic and solid state lighting industry customers.

Ian led turnkey project and systems proposal teams, successfully developing and executing gas and chemical supply projects on three continents. He then served in commercial and technology product management roles, including delivering new process materials to OEMs such as Applied Materials and TEL and manufacturers such as LG, Hynix, STM and Chartered.

Ian holds an Honors degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Bristol, England and Project Management qualifications from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He has been awarded two US Patents for gas applications and systems design.