DWS helps luxury brands and high-end retailers in creating a sophisticated in-store and e-store customer experience through product personalization.Our R&D teams especially designed an engraving machine to meet the needs of an exacting environment: compact size, streamlined design, fast engraving, and seamless digital experience. The resulting engraving is worthy of the leading brands and can be applied to a broad range of materials and products: glass bottles, plastic packaging, paper wrapping, wooden boxes, leather accessories, and more.

Focused on new programs serving automotive, as well as defense and aerospace markets

Leading a group of up to 40 engineers in EE, ME, Optics and Lasers, Firmware, System Engineering, Validation and Testing

• Managed a 40 million dollar portfolio of lasers (CW – nanosecond – femtosecond technologies) with a 4-person product management group• Responsible for portfolio roadmap and key contributor to Division strategic plan (scientific market)• Introduced disruptive femtosecond laser technology in life science imaging and spectroscopy markets• Integrated new business unit (SAP processes, Sales trainings, Marketing collaterals, pricing, roadmap)

• Led Coherent’s effort to enter the attoscience market with Carrier Envelope Phase stabilized amplifiers, including products definition, close involvement with engineering, marketing and worldwide sales• Instrumental in securing orders from the world’s leading research groups• Drove full product line standardization to lower cost and meet business financial objectives in challenging market conditions• Traveled extensively to support global sales

Business Development, Strategic Marketing and Product Management consulting work in the Lasers and Photonics industry serving the Scientific, Bio-Medical, Semiconductor, PV, Military markets

• Managed 50+ million dollar portfolio with a 7-person product management group• Strongly involved in contract negotiations with both OEM customers and suppliers, including in the Life and Health Science Multi-Photon Microscopy market • Track record of successful product introductions, including strategies to market, Marcom plans and sales releases and resulting increase of product line market share • Responsible for short term tactical plans and key contributor to strategic roadmap• Enhanced existing ROI models to provide more accurate business projections• Key contributor to business forecast and build plan input to Operation

• Responsible for 488nm DPSS laser product line for Life & Health Science markets• Introduced new technology into OEM accounts by developing Sales strategy and tools

• Rebuilt a >20 million dollar laser business after loss of a partnership with key vendor• Provided market analysis and R&D guidance on product line• Sustained customers’ allegiance through daily interaction with engineering and production staff to ensure product compatibility with customers’ requirements• Managed external business relations with company vendors • Secured ~10% of the business by traveling extensively to provide worldwide sales technical support at customers’ sites

• Co-managed a staff of sixteen physicists, engineers and technicians • Provided scientific expertise to the group• Developed 351 nm laser beamline validation activities for the Laser MegaJoule Facility (LMJ). • Major contributor on 351 nm laser beamline startup LMJ activities • Technical liaison for the US/French (LLNL-NIF/CEA-LMJ) technical exchange

• Worked with Beamlet (a 10 kJ 351 nm laser) team on diagnostics upgrades, experiments, and data analysis• Managed French experiments on Beamlet: interfaced with French and LLNL teams on 1053nm and 351 nm damage and filamentation issues and large optics• Wrote scientific reports to CEA on Beamlet activities• Member of the French LMJ 351 nm laser system’s group