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Dr
Carpay has almost 40 years of experience in
Research & Development (R&D) in many
different positions. He joined Philips
Corporate Research in Eindhoven , the
Netherlands in 1964, spent one year in Bell
Labs, Murray Hill , New Jersey ( USA ) in
1973/74. During this period in research, he
held the positions of researcher, senior
researcher and research manager (group
leader), respectively. From 1980 till 1988 ,
he was responsible within Philips and the
Philips JVs with Control Data Corporation
(now Seagate) and later with DuPont for the
development of the optical discs, like VLP
(video long play), CD, CD-ROM, etc. The
first CDs in the world have been produced
under his leadership. His position in these
JVs was, respectively, Director, Vice
President and CTO. The R&D Groups, he
managed, were located in the Netherlands ,
England , Germany and the USA . As CTO of
the Philips-DuPont venture (PDO) he had the
worldwide responsibility for technology in
all PDO R&D centers and factories (7
locations in Europe and in the USA ).
In 1988 he returned as a Director to the
Corporate Research, Philips HQ in Eindhoven,
where his responsibilities extended to
include patent portfolio in chemistry and
engineering.
In September1993, Dr Carpay was seconded to
Singapore as the Managing Director of Gintic
Institute of Manufacturing Technology (now
Singapore Institute of Manufacturing
Technology) to help Singapore to put in
place R&D to upgrade the local manufacturing
industry. As a member of the National
Science & Technology Plan Steering Committee
as well as the Chairman of the Working
Committee on Technology Infrastructure, Dr
Carpay was actively involved in formulating
the National Science & Technology Plan for
the years 1996, 2000 and beyond. He was also
a member of the Manufacturing Sub-Committee
of the Economic Review Committee in 2002.
In September 2001, Dr Frans Carpay was
awarded the National Science and Technology
Medal of NSTB (now A*STAR) for his
outstanding contributions in leading the
institute to benefit industry in Singapore .
From 2002 till 2003 he was attached to
A*STAR-Exploit Technologies Pte Ltd as the
Director responsible for Technology Transfer
to the Local Industry. He served on the
Board of Directors of Gul Technologies from
1997 till 2002 and he was Chairman of the
Board of IDS-Gintic from its conception in
1998 till 2002.
Dr Frans Carpay was invited by the National
University of Singapore to lecture as
Visiting Professor on Management of
Industrial R&D, from February through April
2005.
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