Anatoly Agulyansky is an accomplished chemical and metallurgical processes design expert with a vast knowledge base in Tantalum and Niobium chemistry, metallurgy, and application, including the manufacturing of Tantalum capacitors in the microchip industry. He has extensive experience in problem-solving skills with a focus on TRIZ and other tools for creative thinking. With a Ph. D. in Chemistry from the Russian Academy of Sciences and a specialty in Metallurgy from Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University, Anatoly has over 80 published scientific articles to his name as well as four patents. He served as a Senior Staff Engineer at Intel, where he also held a Back End and a Far Back End Integrator position. Before Intel, he worked as a Consultant for Tantalum capacitors manufacturing development at Vishay Intertechnology Inc., and as Fluortech Ltd's Consultant in the fields of chemistry, metallurgy, and material science. He was Chief Scientist for tantalum Oxide high purity powder production at TAN Ceramics Ltd. Holding senior positions like Senior Researcher at CNRS Bordeaux University and Group Leader at the Institute of Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences. At Technion-Institute of Technology, Anatoly was Manager of Project: Ceramic Materials for Electronic Applications.