Dr. Hylton joined the Defense Sciences Office in 2007 as a program manager. Prior to joining DARPA, he led a group of scientists and engineers working in advanced materials and nanotechnology at SAIC, providing technology development and integration services to government clients. Previously, he was the co-founder and president of 4Wave, Inc., a small technology business providing specialized thin film fabrication equipment and compact wave division multiplexing components. Dr. Hylton spent five years working for small and medium-sized semiconductor equipment firms as a senior technical officer and innovator of equipment used to fabricate magnetic recording heads. He worked in the magnetic storage industry for seven years, including four years at IBM in the early development of giant magnetoresistive technology. He holds a bachelor of science degree in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a doctorate in applied physics from Stanford University. His thesis examined electrical transport and defects in high temperature superconductors. Dr. Hylton holds 19 patents and has authored more than 30 scientific publications.
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