Chuck Alger - General Manager Manufacturing, Kura Technologies

Years of experience: 17

🔥 Startup FounderMaterial EngineerPartner💼 C-level Executive🧑‍🔬 Engineer🧨 Consulting

Trusted by top professionals

Gabriel Hare
Founder @UniversalMe.io
Verified
Chuck is brilliant at operations (and many other parts of company management). While we worked together he was able to leverage his network of other extraordinarily talented people to maximize increas...
Michael Rutigliano
President/Owner @Utecnic, LLC
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I’ve had the distinct privilege of collaborating with Chuck in a multitude of roles spanning over four decades. His unwavering professionalism and strategic acumen have consistently driven several com...

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Exceptionally trusted; proven professional excellence.

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Chuck's Career Path

Feb. 2021 -
Present

Kura TechnologiesVP/GM Manufacturing and Supply Chain

San Francisco Bay Area

May. 2017 -
Nov. 2019

Compound PhotonicsSourcing, Supply Chain, Business Development

Portland, Oregon AreaStrategy and implementation of the external manufacturing supply chain for LCOS SIP component manufacturing in support of a projected volume ramp. Developed manufacturing performance agreements for Silicon fab through final assembly and test. Cost modeling, S&OP process development and tuning with supply chain partners and evolving toolsets. Supplier evaluation, relationship management, proce...

Mar. 2014 -
May. 2017

MicrosoftDirector New Product Introduction, Technology Development, HoloLens

Redmond, WashingtonStrategic sourcing of manufacturing process equipment and supply chain partners in support of the product development team. Technical SOWs, DOE design and execution, qualification and factory characterization of critical to function manufacturing technologies and metrology, for HoloLens optical assembly. Nano-imprinting pathfinding, Laser ablation and scribing, optical metrology for MTF and s...