Andrew Olney

Andrew Olney manages a department that is responsible for researching, developing, and supporting new manufacturing processes used in Analog Devices, Inc.’s Wilmington, Massachusetts wafer fabrication facility. This includes Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS), photonics, bipolar, and gallium nitride (GaN) processes. Since joining ADI in 1990, Andrew has managed a wide range of operations in ADI’s Quality Department, including Quality Systems, Reliability, Product Analysis, Product Robustness, and Calibration. Andrew has published numerous technical papers on integrated circuit reliability and maximizing product robustness, and he holds several patents on electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuits. Since 2000, Andrew has led ADI’s anti-counterfeiting initiatives, and he has been a panelist in anti-counterfeiting webinars and has testified as an expert witness in the areas of semiconductor manufacturing, authentication analysis, and failure mechanisms. Since 2006, he has represented ADI on the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) Anti-Counterfeiting Task Force, and he chaired this task force from 2011 until 2013. Andrew received a BS degree from Lehigh University (1985) and an MS degree from Boston University (1990), both in Electrical Engineering.