OSA Student Chapter’s CREOL Alumni Series: Jason
Eichenholz
Thursday, January 9, 2014 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
CREOL Room 102
CREOL Room 102
Jason Eichenholz
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Open Photonics Inc.
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Open Photonics Inc.
Abstract:
In the inaugural presentation of
the CREOL Alumni Series hosted by the OSA Student Chapter, Jason Eichenholz
will speak about his journey from graduate student at CREOL to CEO and Founder
of Open Photonics Inc. His career spans top management positions at Ocean
Optics, Newport and Spectra-Physics, and Halma PLC. Jason’s unique perspective
on how to succeed and innovative in the photonics industry will provide valuable
insight to CREOL students as they prepare to begin their own professional
career. Jason will also share his thoughts on how to make one’s time at CREOL
as productive and effective as possible.
Biography:
Jason is an Experienced
Technology Development Executive, Technology Scout and Open Innovation
Practitioner. He started OPI because he saw a chasm between garage inventors
and academic researchers who wanted to see their work commercialized and
companies looking for new ideas. Prior to starting OPI, he has served as
Divisional Technology Director at Halma PLC, Chief Technology Officer for Ocean
Optics, and Director of Strategic Marketing for Newport and Spectra-Physics.
Jason has been actively involved in laser and photonics
research and product development for more than 20 years. He has written and
delivered over 50 papers at conferences and in refereed journals and holds six
US Patents on new types of solid-state lasers, displays and photonic devices.
Jason is a Senior Member of both OSA and SPIE.
For additional information:
Tony Klee
President of OSA chapter
acklee @ creol . ucf . edu
President of OSA chapter
acklee @ creol . ucf . edu
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