Jimmy Kan

Partner

2017

Anzu Partners is a venture capital and private equity firm that invests in breakthrough industrial technologies. We team with entrepreneurs to develop and commercialize technological innovations by providing capital and deep expertise in business development, market positioning, global connectivity, and operations. https://www.anzupartners.com/

Board Member

2022

Board Member

2022

Board Member

2022

Board Member

2021

Board Member

2020

Board Member

2018

Board Member

2017

Senior Hardware Engineer and Researcher

2013 - 2017

Development of energy efficient, embedded non-volatile memory (eNVM) technologies, especially STT-MRAM for low-power MCU, IoT devices, and sensors: • Memory bitcells at leading-edge logic nodes: Definition of bitcell specifications, architectures, process integration, and layout with leading semiconductor foundries • Device metrology: Implementation of high-throughput techniques for perpendicular magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) characterization including ferromagnetic resonance, magnetometry, and magneto-transport methods • Reliability engineering: Development of accelerated stress tests and models for MRAM TDDB • Materials development: Design of film stacks for optimal integration into CMOS BEOL, optimizing PVD & Etch processes for advanced devices • Emerging technologies pathfinding: Evaluation of magnetic oscillators, industrial & biosensors, cryptographic applications, and AI hardware

Ph.D. - Materials Physics

2009 - 2013

Ph.D. Advisor: Eric Fullerton Center for Memory and Recording Research (CMRR) Engineering of Metallic Multilayers and Spin Transfer Torque Devices: Design, nanofabrication, and characterization of ultrathin metallic and oxide multilayers designed for the study of several magnetic, electronic, and optical phenomena.

Research Assistant

2006 - 2009

Nanomaterials synthesis (nanowires and nanorods) by electroplating and CVD, and device fabrication for biomedical applications.