Experienced professional in the laser, opto-electronics and executive management fields. Recent experience has been as CEO of a military laser and optics company, board member for multiple organizations, and R&D director of a $1 B global optics corporation.

Experienced professional in the area of laser sources including design, manufacturing, program management & business development. Emphasis on semiconductor & solid-state lasers. Strengths include technology generation and evaluation, team building & resource management, proposal & report preparation, writing, teaching and mentoring. Trained at MIT (BS, MS, PhD). Career includes positions at national labs, tier-1 photonics suppliers and start-ups.

Experienced in medicine, medical devices & pharmaceuticals. Served as Chief Medical Officer and Chief Technology Officer at start up companies. Associate Prof of Anesthesia at Stanford Univ (headed cardiovascular anesthesiology). BS in EE from MIT and MD from Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences & Tech. Fellow in National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program. Post-doc studies at the Univ. of Pennsylvania and Stanford Univ.

Over 20 years in high-visibility advertising and marketing with expertise in consumer, high-tech financial and sports. Strengths include positioning, strategy, new business development, and building business. Started a successful ad agency in San Francisco. Agency handled a diverse range of accounts including Intuit, American Century, Barra & San Francisco Giants. Prior experience includes Procter & Gamble, Hewlett-Packard, and Cisco.