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John
Connolly
President
& CEO
Mr. Connolly brings more than twenty-five
years of experience in optical component and systems engineering to
Innovative Photonic Solutions, including expertise in the growth &
manufacture of GaAs, InP and GaSb device structures, 650 -3,000 nm
high-power diode- and fiber-based laser systems, single-frequency
laser systems, semiconductor optical amplifiers, and optical integration
technologies. Mr. Connolly founded and served as the Chief Technology
Officer for Princeton Lightwave, Inc. and previously served as Director
of Sarnoff Corporation's Lightwave Technology and Products Laboratory
(formerly RCA Laboratories). Other start-up and small business experience
include Lytel, Inc. (Amp Corporation) and Optical Information Systems
(Exxon Corporation). In his prior roles, his responsibilities encompassed
business development, sales, product development, and technology commercialization
for active component and materials technologies with commercial applications
in the telecommunications, electronic sensing, medical diagnostics,
and energy based industries. Mr. Connolly has received many technical
achievement awards including three RCA and Sarnoff outstanding achievement
awards. He attended Rutgers University and Polytechnic University
where he received a BS in Mechanical Engineering and a MS in Metallurgical
Engineering, respectively. He has authored or co-authored over one-hundred
and fifty scientific publications as well as presenting many contributed,
invited and post-deadline conference presentations. He holds more
than twenty-five US patents has served on numerous conference committees
including the International Semiconductor Laser Conference (ISLC),
the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), the Lasers and
Electro-Optics Society (LEOS) Annual Meeting, and SPIE Photonics West
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Scott
Rudder
V.P. of Sales
& Marketing
Mr. Rudder's career has focused on the development
and production of advanced opto-electronic and fiber optic systems.
His work experience includes more than 12 years of program management
and advanced systems development with the US Army, and 10 years of
commercial success marketing and selling high performance optical
components with companies such as Princeton Lightwave and Sensors
Unlimited. Mr. Rudder holds a BS degree in Optics from the University
of Rochester and a Masters degree in Management of Technology from
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Nancy
Morris
V.P. of Operations
Nancy Morris has over 20 years experience
in the optical component industry including device development, product
realization and operations. In 2000, Nancy co-founded Princeton Lightwave,
an optical subsystem manufacturer, served as Director of Operations
and successfully attained ISO 9001 certification for the facility.
As a Member of the Technical Staff at the Sarnoff Corporation, her
roles included III/V material growth technology, engineering technology
transfer and product commercialization. Nancy's expertise spans the
development and manufacture of state-of-the-art semiconductor laser
technologies. With a strong knowledge of MOCVD growth, wafer processing,
and device packaging methods and processes, she possesses unique insight
into the issues associated with high volume/high reliability manufacture
of semiconductor laser devices. Responsible for all quality control
and operations functions at IPS, Nancy has successfully implemented
ISO 9001:2000 procedures to assure that all products manufactured
utilize conforming materials and meet product specifications. Nancy
holds a BS degree in Chemistry from Rutgers University and a Masters
degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. |
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Dr.
Harald Guenther
V.P. Photonic
Products
Dr. Guenther has more than 15 years of experience
in the development of integrated optics technologies for next-generation
optical data storage systems, laser-based optical display systems
and high-speed fiber optic telecommunication systems for metro applications.
His broad technical background has led to many exciting professional
opportunities from a scientist at IBM's Almaden Research Division
to an engineering consultant for international photonic companies,
and later, as a senior manager for multi-discipline engineering teams,
where he led the product creation for next generation telecommunication
systems from concept to manufacturing. During his tenure at Gemfire
Corporation, Dr. Guenther established their first manufacturing line
for semiconductor lasers and optical waveguide devices. Later as a
Manager for Cenix, Inc., he led the development of a high-speed telecommunication
system and transferred the manufacture of this system to an automated
production line. Dr. Guenther holds a Ph.D. and Masters degree in
Physics from the University of Heidelberg, Germany, and a degree in
Business Administration from the University of California. |
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