Marco Caceci, Dr. Rer. Nat.

In industry:

03/98 - present: Principal
LQC s.l. Sociedad Unipersonal, Vilabertran  15, 17130 La Escala (Girona) Spain
websites: http://www.chemitech.com, http://www.radal.com.
Start-up own company.
Designed and organized production of novel radiation detectors/alarms.
Established distribution network, QA and CE compliance documentation.
Distributor in Spain for Ocean Optics, Optometrics, Berkeley Nucleonics .
Consulted for Delta, Nomadics, Schlumberger Water Services, AGFA, CRIC and others in instrument design and in project set-up.
Speaker and consultant for international organizations on nuclear safety issues, chemical and biological warfare.

03/97 - 2/98: Engineering Manager
Nuclear Research Corporation, 58 Richboynton Rd, Dover NJ 07801, USA (now part of Eurisys).
tel + 215 343 5900 fax 4670.
Joined to reorganize R&D and Engineering operations: 30 engineers and technicians, 60 parallel projects, 4 MUSD/year budget.
Company produces large and portable nuclear radiation monitoring instruments for the commercial and military market.
Proposed modern R&D structure, improved quality, decreased time-to-production and backlog, ideated new product lines, produced bids for Government contracts. Moved to Dover NJ division to reorganize and expand operations.
Reported to Vice President, Jack Cooley.

08/94 - 01/97: Executive Director
EASI Technologies, S.A., Parc Tecnológic del Vallés, 08290 Cerdanyola, Spain, tel (34 3) 5824415 fax 417.
Startup of 20 % owned 15-person company dedicated to design and production of process and laboratory analytical instrumentation.
Developed modular automatic analyzers using CFA technology; panel mount meters/controllers; ideated and patented novel class of process control sensors. Secured R&D projects for private customers and government agencies in various optical and chemical sensor technologies.
The company was sold but the automatic analysers it produced worked fine and still do, they are in use in many plants and some of them are on the web.
Left and sold minority shares at breakeven.

01/94 - 7/94: Director, R&D
Hanna Instruments Inc., Highland Industrial Park, 584 Park East Drive, Woonsocket, RI 02895-0849, USA, tel (401) 765 7500 fax 7575.
Reporting to President: Oscar Nardo
Responsability for R&D in USA with coordination with Singapore, Italy, Mauritius operations.
Developed line of colorimetric ion analyzers, redesigned electrochemical, RH instruments, stirrers, etc.
Established networked R&D infrastructure and ISO9001 compliant operations.
Hired and organized ten person US R&D team.
Managed joint developments with Rhode Island University (CMOS integrated RH sensors).
Left to start his (partly) own company.

09/90 - 11/93: Department Head, Instrumentation and Field Measurements; and Chief Technology Officer
MBT Tecnología Ambiental, Parque Tecnológico del Valles, 08290 Cerdanyola, Spain.
Director: Jordi Bruno.
Entered one month past creation of society (capital from MBT Holding, Sandoz Holding, Basel-Zurich). 30 person, Spanish operations of MBT Environmental, consulting and engineering, and specialized at this site in nuclear waste modeling projects and chemical instrumentation development.
Left when procuring more than 55% of company revenues, from zero to 3 MUSD/year sales. Department included electronic and mechanical workshops, company wide IT operations; three project managers, six technicians.
Secured projects funded by National and European agencies, as well as academic, industrial, and public customers, for activities including: chemical sensors, fiber optic spectrophotometry, semiconductor gas sensors. Built mobile laboratory for water monitoring.
Supported other departments in Risk Assessment, Site Characterization, Process Optimization.
Left when parent company (Sandoz) downsized (MBT was eventually sold).

In Academia...

13 Dec 2007