About the Company

Invenios, Inc. was founded in October 2002 by Ray Karam, a successful entrepreneur who has a proven track record in the development and commercialization of microsystem positioning and assembly solutions. Invenios builds upon Mr. Karam's previous successes, particularly his founding, development and successful multi-million sale of two previous companies: Santa Barbara Metric, founded in 1995 and sold to Phase Metrics in 1996; and NanoMotion Incorporated, founded in 1998 and sold to Adept Technology, Inc. in 2000. Invenios' mission is to take micromanufacturing to the third dimension. The company provides a complete array of products, process technologies and services that have been designed to enable the next generation of integrated nanosystem and microsystem products and technologies.

Our Focus

Invenios is a manufacturer of production equipment and custom 3D micromachines that helps emerging micro- and traditional manufacturing firms reduce prototype, production and packaging costs in a broad range of microsystem manufacturing applications. Unlike most firms in the microsystems arena, Invenios delivers cost-effective tooling, process and component solutions to real world manufacturing problems at the micron and sub-micron level.

Executive Team

Ray Karam, President & CEO - Mr. Karam is a highly accomplished entrepreneur in the materials and precision engineering arenas. His most recent ventures have included Santa Barbara Metric-a maker of test equipment for the magnetic recording industry and NanoMotion-a maker of precision stages and piezo-flexures. After NanoMotion was acquired by Adept Technology in June, 2000, Mr. Karam served as General Manager of the NanoMotion Division. Mr. Karam is a leading expert in the field of design and manufacture of high-performance flexure-based systems for use in scanning, alignment, and assembly systems. Mr. Karam founded Invenios in October 2002. Education: MS Applied Mechanics (UC San Diego).

John Craig, PhD., VP, Software Development - Dr. Craig is a leading researcher and software developer in the fields of robotic force control, computer-aided design and manufacturing, and design for assembly. He most recently served as the Director of Research and Development at Adept Technology's Silma Division. He has authored the world's most used serial kinematics textbook, "Introduction to Robotics Mechanics and Controls - Third Edition", which has been translated into 8 languages. He has been recognized for his contributions as winner of the prestigious Joseph F. Engelberger Award issued by the Robot Industries Association of America. Dr. Craig has broad experience in control system design and optimization, kinematics, and dynamics. He has extensive experience as a developer in the area of robotic/CNC tool path control and will play a major role in our ability to laser-pattern the photo-structurable glass ceramic substrates to create the "micron-scale" alignment mechanisms. Education: PhD Kinematics and Controls (Stanford University).

Manufacturing

Invenios is a manufacturer of precision linear and rotary stages, anthropomorphic platforms and true 3D dynamic MEMS contract manufacturing; serving a broad range of traditional and emerging micromanufacturing applications-all with one thing in common…they require fast, dependable, nanoscale precision of alignment and assembly in the smallest possible footprint.

For manufacturing system integrators, InvenioStage and InvenioFlex positioning systems provide scalable platforms for the creation of high-speed, vision-guided measurement, alignment, and assembly systems with 10 nm precision.

For microsystem product designers, Invenios offers a sub-micron, direct-write process and quick-turn foundry/contract manufacturing services that together deliver true 3D dynamic MEMS structures with high-aspect ratios with unprecedented solution footprint advantages.

When these capabilities are taken together, Invenios offers forward-looking manufacturers a complete array of products, process technologies, and services that have been designed to enable the next generation of integrated nanosystem and microsystem products and technologies. The company currently has 25 employees, with fully operational manufacturing and engineering facilities in Santa Barbara, California and Mainz, Germany.