Omnivision People: Dr. Howard E. Rhodes, VP of Process Engineering

Not really a news, this was brought to my attention recently (link):

Dr. Howard E. Rhodes is Vice President of Process Engineering at
OmniVision Technologies. Dr. Rhodes earned his B.S., M.S, and PhD
degrees in Solid State Physics from the University of Illinois. From
1980 to 1988, Dr. Rhodes worked at Kodak Research Labs where he was in
charge of process development and process integration for high speed
visible and IR sensitive CCD products. In 1988, Dr. Rhodes joined Micron
Technology where he was named a Principal Fellow in 1998. In 2002, Dr.
Rhodes became Micron's Director of Imager Engineering, overseeing the
development and process technology for all of Micron's imager products.
In October 2004, Dr. Rhodes left Micron to join OmniVision as Director
of Process Engineering, developing OmniVision's advanced pixel design
and process technologies. In August 2005, Dr. Rhodes was promoted to
Vice President of Process Engineering. Dr. Rhodes holds 149 patents and
over 15 publications. Since joining OmniVision Dr. Rhodes has filed for
18 patents. In June 2005, Dr. Rhodes received the Walter Kosonocky Award
for his published work in CMOS Imaging.

Omnivision understands that CIS process development is important!