Jean-Luc Lefaucheur

Oclaro Photonics, Inc. manufactures and markets fiber-optic products. The firm develops photonics solutions for commercial and research applications. Its products include optical posts and rods, linear translation stages, mirror mounts, motorized linear stages, rail systems, motorized actuators, high speed photo receivers, general purpose detectors, tunable diode lasers, specialty optical mounts, and beam position detectors. The company was founded by Milton Chang, Timothy Day, Robert Marsland and Frank Luecke in 1990 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Lumentum Technology UK Ltd. designs and manufactures optical components, modules, and subsystems for fiber optic communication. The firm offers transceivers, transmitters and network lasers, receivers, amplifiers, pumps, LED, and laser illumination products. It offers services to the telecommunications, aerospace, industrial, semiconductor, and defense markets. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Towcester, the United Kingdom.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

M Squared Lasers Ltd. develops and manufactures lasers and photonic instruments. The firm’s products include SolsTiS, Lasers, Firefly-IR, and -THz laser. The company was founded by Graeme Malcolm Peter Alexander and Gareth Maker Thomas on May 2, 2006 and is headquartered in Glasgow, the United Kingdom.

Conjunct Ltd. designs, develops and produces technology for high-speed optical data and communications transmission devices. Its products include Fibre-Lyte 4x25G Transceiver Module and Fibre-Lyte 4x10G Transceiver Module. The company was founded by Keith James Symington in 2004 and is headquartered in Livingston, the United Kingdom.

Incubic Management LLC (Incubic) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Judith M O'Brien and William L Nighan. The firm is headquartered in Los Altos Hills, California.

The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, also known as aicpa® & cima®, is a global organization with 689,000 members, students, and professionals. The non-profit company is based in London, UK, and has a global presence of subsidiaries in several regions. The British company advocates for the accounting and finance profession, as well as the public interest and business sustainability. Andrew Harding has been the CEO of the company since 2009.

Cascade Technologies Ltd. manufactures and designs technologies for various industries. Its products include CT2211 aerosol leak detection system, CT2215 pressurised can leak detection system, CT3204 pMDI leak detection system, CT4000 Ruggedised OEM gas analyser, CT5200 industrial gas analyser and CT5400 process gas analyser. The company was founded by Richard Cooper, Erwan Normand and Iain F. Howieson in 2003 and is headquartered in Stirling, the United Kingdom.

IceRobotics Ltd. designs and develops sensor systems. It has commercialised the technology to support insight-based decision making in the dairy farming community through the CowAlert system. The firm specializes in remote monitoring and decision support systems based on advanced vision sensors and accelerometer-based motion sensors. The company was founded by Robert Boyce in 2002 and is headquartered in South Queensferry, the United Kingdom.

Fios Genomics Ltd. provides genomic and bioinformatics data analysis services. It offers access to a combined resource of in-house bioinformaticians, statisticians and biologists working together to analyze, interpret genomic, transcriptomic and proteomic data. The company was founded by Peter Ghazal in 2008 and is headquartered in Edinburgh, the United Kingdom.

Media Lario International SA manufactures and supplies reflective optical components and subsystems. The company was founded by Arnoldo Valenzuela and Jeffey Charles Lyons on December 12, 2003 and is headquartered in Luxembourg.

The Optical Society of America provides publications, meetings, and membership programs in optics and photonics. The private company is based in Washington. The CEO of the American company is Elizabeth Rogan.

California Institute of Technology provides education focusing on science, engineering, academia, business, and public service. The company was founded in 1891 and it is headquartered in Pasadena, CA.

Biotheranostics, Inc. develops and provides diagnostic, prognostic and predictive tests that support physicians in the treatment of cancer patients. It has commercialized two proprietary, highly differentiated products focused on early stage breast cancer and all metastatic cancers, Breast Cancer Index (BCI) and CancerTYPE ID (CTID). The company was founded by Thomas M. Baer in 2008 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Precision Photonics Corp. supplies precision optics, femtosecond fiber laser, ultrashort and precision laser instruments. The company was founded by Christopher J. Myatt and Sarah C. Hatcher in 2000 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

Aurrion, Inc. develops and manufactures silicon photonic integrated circuits. The firms platform enables all the elements of photonics systems, including active components such as lasers, modulators and amplifiers, to be fabricated on the wafer scale with the performance of traditional III-V materials and the control and cost-structure of silicon foundries. The company was founded by Alexander W. Fang and John E. Bowers in 2007 and is headquartered in Goleta, CA.

Lightdeck Diagnostics engages in the development of clinical diagnostics and sample testing products. It offers the LightDeck platform, which consists of portable fluorescence analyzer and disposable, multiplex test cartridges. Its products are used in the medical, veterinary, environmental, food, agricultural, and military market segments. The company was founded by Christopher J. Myatt, Michael J. Lockhead, and Sarah C. Hatcher in 2009 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

The Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Inc. is a non-profit organization that owns and operates technical professional association. It provides membership and services, societies and communities support, publication services, and conferences and events. The company was founded in 1884 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Laser Institute of America operates as society for laser applications and safety. It offers a wide array of products, services, education and events to enhance laser applications and safety knowledge. The company was founded by Arthur Schawlow and Theodore H. Maiman in 1968 and is headquartered in Orlando, FL.

ThinGap LLC designs and manufactures electric motors and generators. The firm specializes in the development and production of custom high performance brushless DC and synchronous permanent magnet motors and generators. The firm serves the medical devices and technologies, aerospace and defense, unmanned systems, robotics and industrial automation and green technology industries. The company was founded in 1997 by Greg Graham, R. Michael Crill and Jerry Yankie and is headquartered in Camarillo, CA.

Luminate Accelerator (Luminate) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017. The firm is headquartered in New York.