Seasoned entrepreneur with over 10-year experience in start-up funding, management, fund raising, prototype and product development and product commercialization.18-year experience as department, facility and group manager, program director and principal engineer in Optics, Photonics and Laser industryR&D, manufacturing, new product development and reliability experience in thin films and optical systems and components for Telecommunications, Photovoltaics, IR and UV applications10-year experience in academia as university professor in PhyiscsPioneering works and patents in the field of Optics and MetrologyExtensive list of scientific publications, US and EU patentsPrincipal Investigator of over a dozen federal R&D programs for Department of Energy, EPA and NSFSpecialties: 1. Thin Films: Telecom, Solar Cell, HB-LED, IR, UV, visible, heat filters, night vision. Design, manufacturing; PVD, CVD, etching, ablation, etc.2. Fiber Optics: active and passive components. Waveguides, thin film, MEMS, FBG and PBG structures; 3. Optical Metrology: Spectroscopy, Photo-Thermal Deflection, Raman, Scatterometry, Near Field, Ellipsometry4. Reliability and Qualification of Fiber Optics Components and Systems: