COLLEGE PARK, MD – DfR Solutions has opened a West Coast branch in Oakland and named a leading expert in optoelectronics reliability as its head.

Dr. John McNulty, who has worked on the packaging, reliability, and failure analysis of telecom devices and commercial laser systems for more than nine years, will run the new center, the firm said today.

McNulty, who has designed and executed accelerated testing plans for individual components and multi-component devices, specializes in random and wear-out failure rate analysis and estimation.
 
McNulty has a Ph.D. in materials engineering from University of California, Santa Barbara.