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Dr. Long Yang joined Capella as Vice President of Engineering in September 2007 from MicroDisplay Corporation, where he was the Vice President of Engineering. While at MicrioDisplay, Dr. Yang managed 6 diverse technical groups, each specialized in completely different disciplines to develop the company’s first generation LCOS-based rear projection TV from concept to production in 14 months. Prior to that, he was the Vice President of Engineering at DiCon FiberOptics and Vice President of R&D of Amplifier Component Group of JDS Uniphase. During these positions, Yang led the engineering teams to develop a broad range of state-of-the-art fiberoptics components and modules. Previously at Hewlett Packard Laboratories, Dr. Yang led a diverse team in developing pioneering technologies in LCOS technology for micro-displays and was a key contributor to the commercialization of the vertical surface emitting lasers and micro-optics components. At Bell Laboratories, Dr. Yang worked on the strained quantum-well lasers and photonic Integrated Circuit using Chemical Beam Epitaxy. Dr. Yang's technical experience covers a wide spectrum, covering material science, semiconductor processing, device physics, high-speed circuit/testing, packaging, consumer electronics, optoelectronics module, and product reliability. Dr. Yang holds a Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Solid State Physics from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and has been granted more than 25 patents. | 