Dr. Shukh has more than 30-years experience in the magnetic storage and
semiconductor industries with an emphasis on design, process and material development. Prior to founding Spingate he was a founder and a director of the first Soviet university based research laboratory specializing in thin film magnetic and semiconductor devices (Minsk, Belarus). Since early 1990s he worked as a visiting scientist at the University of Regensburg (Germany) and as a principal engineer at Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (South Korea) and at Seagate Technology (Minneapolis, USA).
Dr. Shukh is the sole or primary designer and inventor of numerous recording heads. The vast majority of Seagate's recording heads shipped since the year 2000 are based on his original designs and patents. He has 35 granted and many pending patents. Alex is a member of Seagate's Inventor Hall of Fame (since 2005) and a recipient of the prestigious Seagate award for Outstanding Technical Innovation (2000). More than half of his patents assigned to Seagate have already been implemented into the company’s products; several of his innovations have become standards in the magnetic storage industry. Currently each Seagate's hard disk drive based on perpendicular recording technology includes up to five of his patents. Net profit to Seagate from his implemented patents has already exceeded one billion dollars.
Alex holds a Ph.D. degree in Physics and Mathematics and M.S. degree with honors in Electrical and Electronics Engineering.
Dr. Shukh was a co-founder of several start-ups in Belarus, served as a CEO of VIMAS, LLC (Minsk, Belarus) and as a VP of Engineering of Inkomag, Inc. (currently ASBIS Group).
semiconductor industries with an emphasis on design, process and material development. Prior to founding Spingate he was a founder and a director of the first Soviet university based research laboratory specializing in thin film magnetic and semiconductor devices (Minsk, Belarus). Since early 1990s he worked as a visiting scientist at the University of Regensburg (Germany) and as a principal engineer at Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (South Korea) and at Seagate Technology (Minneapolis, USA).
Dr. Shukh is the sole or primary designer and inventor of numerous recording heads. The vast majority of Seagate's recording heads shipped since the year 2000 are based on his original designs and patents. He has 35 granted and many pending patents. Alex is a member of Seagate's Inventor Hall of Fame (since 2005) and a recipient of the prestigious Seagate award for Outstanding Technical Innovation (2000). More than half of his patents assigned to Seagate have already been implemented into the company’s products; several of his innovations have become standards in the magnetic storage industry. Currently each Seagate's hard disk drive based on perpendicular recording technology includes up to five of his patents. Net profit to Seagate from his implemented patents has already exceeded one billion dollars.
Alex holds a Ph.D. degree in Physics and Mathematics and M.S. degree with honors in Electrical and Electronics Engineering.
Dr. Shukh was a co-founder of several start-ups in Belarus, served as a CEO of VIMAS, LLC (Minsk, Belarus) and as a VP of Engineering of Inkomag, Inc. (currently ASBIS Group).
Management Team
SPINGATE Technology
Dr. Alexander Shukh
Co-founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Technology Officer
Our VP of Engineering has more than 25 years of experience in R&D management, design and manufacturing of semiconductor devices including CMOS logic, SRAM, MRAM, FPGA, DSP, and microprocessors.
He has 17 patents, 14 pending patent applications and a solid history of novel designs and technologies development. Several of his patents and designs of semiconductor devices have been successfully implemented into products with multi-million dollar profits.
He holds a B.S. degree in Computer Engineering, and a B.A degree in Mathematics.
He has 17 patents, 14 pending patent applications and a solid history of novel designs and technologies development. Several of his patents and designs of semiconductor devices have been successfully implemented into products with multi-million dollar profits.
He holds a B.S. degree in Computer Engineering, and a B.A degree in Mathematics.
VP of Engineering (name will be disclosed later)
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VP of Business Development
Mr. Lupino has over twenty five years of broad industry experience in management, finance, marketing, and engineering roles.
Since 2003, Mr. Lupino has been a consultant to startups in the fields of display technology, energy storage and medical imaging. He has secured seed capital and is a principal at G&M Energy Systems, LLC, Dallas, TX (hydrogen generation), ElectroMaterials, Inc., Amherst, MA (nano carbon composite electrodes) and Display Photonic Systems / QP Optoelectronics, Valencia, CA (pico-projector technology and products).
Mr Lupino is a seasoned technology manager with a proven record of negotiating and executing licensing agreements worldwide which have generated in excess of $7 million in revenue. He has significant experience in patent prosecution, patent litigation and related matters.
He also co-founded Advanced Display Systems, Inc. in 1992 which generated over $20 million in cumulative revenue through 2001, obtained over ten patents and became an industry leader in the bi-stable liquid crystal display field.
Early in his career, Mr. Lupino held engineering positions at IBM, Texas Instruments, General Dynamics and LTV Aircraft Product Group.
Mr. Lupino hold an MBA degree from Southern Methodist University (1988), Dallas, TX and a BSME degree, with distinction, from the University of Minnesota (1984), Minneapolis, MN. He is a named inventor on two patent applications related to display technology.
Since 2003, Mr. Lupino has been a consultant to startups in the fields of display technology, energy storage and medical imaging. He has secured seed capital and is a principal at G&M Energy Systems, LLC, Dallas, TX (hydrogen generation), ElectroMaterials, Inc., Amherst, MA (nano carbon composite electrodes) and Display Photonic Systems / QP Optoelectronics, Valencia, CA (pico-projector technology and products).
Mr Lupino is a seasoned technology manager with a proven record of negotiating and executing licensing agreements worldwide which have generated in excess of $7 million in revenue. He has significant experience in patent prosecution, patent litigation and related matters.
He also co-founded Advanced Display Systems, Inc. in 1992 which generated over $20 million in cumulative revenue through 2001, obtained over ten patents and became an industry leader in the bi-stable liquid crystal display field.
Early in his career, Mr. Lupino held engineering positions at IBM, Texas Instruments, General Dynamics and LTV Aircraft Product Group.
Mr. Lupino hold an MBA degree from Southern Methodist University (1988), Dallas, TX and a BSME degree, with distinction, from the University of Minnesota (1984), Minneapolis, MN. He is a named inventor on two patent applications related to display technology.
James Lupino