To achieve this, Openlight is enabling design and development engineers in all industries to do their own PASIC designs using OpenLight’s Process Design Kit (PDK).
This open platform strategy is aimed at making OpenLight’s unique technology widely available to many different industries, including datacom, telecom, LiDAR, healthcare, HPC, AI, and optical computing.
# The OpenLight Leadership Team
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Dr. Adam Carter
Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Carter is a semiconductor communications industry veteran, with an impressive, 25-year track record. He has been instrumental in the growth of some of the world’s leading manufacturers of integrated, optical communications systems, optical components, modules and subsystems, and has been involved in several, successful business exits, turnarounds and acquisitions.
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Kevin Granucci
Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Kevin is a seasoned and results proven semiconductor and fiberoptics professional with 25 years of experience in global sales and marketing. After achieving his BA in Economics from University of California, Davis, he has worked in a variety of commercial roles for Hitachi Semiconductor, Opnext, Oclaro and most recently as Chief Revenue Officer of Phononic Inc. Whilst working in Oclaro as Vice President of Product Management and Strategy for the Datacom Business Unit, he spent three years in Tokyo, Japan.
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Dr. Volkan Kaman
VP Engineering
Dr. Kaman was formerly the Senior Director of Engineering at Juniper’s silicon photonics group. Before joining Juniper, he was the VP of Engineering at Aurrion Inc. (acquired by Juniper in 2016), which developed the core, silicon photonics technology that forms the foundation of OpenLight. Early in his career, Dr. Kaman was Chief Systems Architect and Director of Product Management at Calient Networks. Dr. Kaman holds a PhD from UCSB and a BSc from Cornell University, both in Electrical Engineering.
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Rosie Nguyen
Vice President, Finance and Human Resources
With her unique blend of expertise in accounting, Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), management, and Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) reporting, Ms. Nguyen is known for her business acumen as well as her operational and leadership skills. With 25 years of experience in finance, her most recent role was at Visa, Inc., leading the SEC reporting function, and she previously supported the Transceiver Module Group Business Unit at Cisco Systems