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Tom serves as the VP of Engineering at QPC where he is responsible for managing the engineering resources that are delivering the company's new products. Before joining Quintessence he was Director of Engineering at Spectra-Physics Inc. where he led development and reliability qualification of high power laser diode products for pumping solid state lasers materials processing telecommunications and other markets. During a long career at Agere Systems and Lucent Technologies he successfully introduced important new optical products for telecommunications.
Most recently as President of LD Fiberoptics he launched a small subsidiary of Agere's for the automated manufacture of passive optical components. Prior to this he led teams developing new products and manufacturing processes for Lucent's' optoelectronics division. These included optical amplifiers passive components pump laser modules and low cost laser modules for terrestrial and undersea applications. He worked with other major companies on several joint product developments. While at Lucent he focused on device packaging product reliability and the customer technical interface. These efforts resulted in numerous design wins with substantial new revenue.
He is responsible for numerous patents publications and short courses. He holds an M.S and a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Illinois. | 