About
John Tingay is the CTO of Paragraf and has more than two decades of experience developing capital equipment for the semiconductor and electronics industries, spanning front-end semiconductor processes through wafer-level packaging. He has held non-executive roles at high-technology companies in the semiconductor and advanced imaging markets, and began his career in consulting engineering, later working on systems for particle accelerators and synchrotron physics.
Invests in
Deep TechHardwareSemiconductors
Experience
- Oxford Instruments plcChief Technology Officer - Plasma Technology Ltd.current2026 — presentCity Of Bristol, England, United Kingdom
- UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund [UKI2S]UKI2S Advisory Board Membercurrent2021 — present
- ParagrafChief Technology Officer2020 — 2025Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
- TeraviewNon Executive Director2017 — 2020Cambridge
- Nordson DageTechnical Director2008 — 2020United Kingdom
- VistecVP of Development2004 — 2008Albany, New York Area
- VistecR&D Manager2000 — 2004Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Oxford InstrumentsSenior Mechanical Engineer1997 — 2000
- ArupMechanical Engineer1995 — 1997London, United Kingdom
Education
- University of NottinghamMechanical Engineering1992 — 1995
Skills & more
Engineering25R&D39Product Development21Semiconductors25Nanotechnology8Strategic Planning5Project Management9Electronics14Optics7Engineering Management13Metrology6Materials Science4
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ManufacturingManagementCross-functional Team LeadershipTestingThin FilmsSemiconductor IndustryProduct ManagementAnalogProcess EngineeringPhysicsMEMSDesign for ManufacturingFrom John's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended University of Nottingham105
Richard LeeInvestor at MedicxiMillan SuriPrincipal at Episode1Kieran RafterPrincipal at Marlin Equity PartnersTim SchmidtVice President, Fund Finance at Northpond VenturesRohan OzaCo-Founder & Managing Partner at CAVU Consumer PartnersSam RickardInvestor at Mercuri.vc
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Shared employers
Also worked at Paragraf3
Also worked at Teraview1
Also worked at Arup12
Zohaib DarFounder Relations at Transform Capital ManagementEd GregorySenior Legal Counsel at AirTree VenturesSophie VaughanHead of Impact and Investor Relations at ArcTern VenturesJon LowCo-Founder & Partner, Format One at Joyance PartnersJoseph GoodmanManaging Partner at VoLo Earth VenturesPatricia SilvaVenture Partner at Satgana
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Colleagues at UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund
Alexander Leigh
Investment Director Defence & Security at UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund
Alison Campbell
Investor at UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund
Andrew Muir
Investment Director at UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund
Betty Bonnardel
Investor at UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund
Dr Colin Story
Investor at UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund
Dr Peter Hamley
Investor at UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund
Eddie Alleyn
Investor at UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund
Hassan Mahmudul
Investment Manager at UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund