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Sam Kocsis Sam Kocsis currently holds the role of Director of Standards and Technology at Amphenol, focusing on the
Dr. Junjie Li Dr. Junjie Li has worked with China Telecom for nearly 20 years in R&D and deployment of optical communication and networking technology. Currently he is Chief Expert of Optical Transport Network
Lyu Mingyang Lyu Mingyang is currently the Optics Network CTO at Nokia Bell in Shanghai, responsible for technical communications with optical network users in China. Dr. Lyu studied at the
proliferation of innovative interconnect solutions. Sam coordinates Amphenol’s engagement strategies in various industry standards and consortiums across networking, server/storage, optics, and commercial markets. He is active in IEEE 802.3, OIF, and OCP projects, and is currently a co-chair of the OSFP MSA and chairman of the PCI-SIG Cabling Workgroup. Sam holds BSEE and MSEE degrees from the University of Rochester, in Rochester, New York.
in China Telecom. He is also an adjunct professor of Beijing University of Post and Telecommunications (BUPT). His research focuses on high speed WDM transmission, new optical fibers, optical networking, transport SDN, etc. Dr. Li has served as technical committee member for many international academic conferences, including OFC, ACP, and OECC. He served as China Telecom representative in OIF (Optical Internetworking Forum) from 2008 to 2021, and served as OIF Board Member from 2014 to 2017, and OIF NetOp (Net Operator) WG Chair from 2017 to 2021. Currently, Dr. Li is the president of IPEC (International Photonics & Electronics Committee).
Center for Optics, Photonics and Lasers at Laval University in Canada and has extensive experience in various technical fields within the optical communication industry, ranging from silicon photonics chip design to DSP algorithms and system integration.
Mark Nowell Mark Nowell is a Cisco
Fellow in Cisco’s Optics and Optical Systems Group. His focus is on next generation interconnect technology innovation to meet Cisco's needs. Mark is also active
Alexey Kovsh Alexey Kovsh is the CEO and co-founder of Alfalume Inc. He received his PhD and Dr.Sci. degrees under Prof. Zhores Alferov, the Nobel laureate (2000) recognized for the invention
within the industry standards and forums and has chaired multiple IEEE 802.3 Ethernet projects. He is currently vice-chair of 802.3df/ dj (800 & 1600 GbE). He represents Cisco on various industry alliances and Consortium. Mark also chairs or co-chairs a number of industry MSA (Multi-source Agreement) groups focusing on next generation optical module form factors (QSFP-DD, OSFP) and optical interface signaling technology (100G Lambda MSA).
Karen Liu Karen Liu is currently at Nubis Communications, Inc. Previously she was Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Lightwave Logic, Inc.and Kaiam Corp. As Principal Analyst at
of semiconductor double heterostructure and the first room temperature diode laser. With a wealth of scientific publications, patents, and awards, Alexey has significantly contributed to photonics. From 2000 to 2003, Alexey was a visiting scientist at ITRI in Taiwan. With other co-founders, he was leading Innolume GmbH (f.2003) and Optogan Oy (f.2004). Innolume excels in Quantum Dot laser technology, while Optogan, now Klever-LED, is the largest LED packaging house in Europe. Prior to founding Alfalume in 2022, Alexey held leading technical roles at several Tier 1 US companies.
Ovum/Informa/RHK she covered markets as an industry analyst and advised vendors of advanced optical components and a broad range of other emerging technologies. Dr. Liu initially moved from technical R&D to Marketing at Tellabs in order to introduce customers to the then-new approach of DWDM optical networking. She was involved in architecting the first optical networking products and their required components at Tellabs and IBM. She received a PhD in Applied Physics from Stanford University in the field of fiber optics, and a BSE in Mechanical Engineering from Princeton University.
Dr. Loi Nguyen Dr. Loi Nguyen is Executive Vice President and General
Manager of the Marvell Cloud Optics Business Group. Loi is responsible for the company’s Cloud Optics product lines. Prior to Marvell, Loi co-founded of Inphi, a pioneer in pluggable optics and optical DSPs. Loi holds seven U.S. patents and is an author of more than 50 scientific publications. He has served on technical committees of the IEEE International Electron Devices Meetings, the IEEE Device Research Conference and the IEEE International Solid-State Devices Meetings. Loi holds B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University and an MBA from UCLA.
Michael Lebby Dr. Michael S. Lebby was appointed as CEO of Lightwave Logic (NASDAQ:LWLG) in
2017. An Anglo-American entrepreneur, Lebby started in telecom research with
Mark Lutkowitz Mark Lutkowitz, Principal and co-founder of fibeReality, LLC, has 40+ years of experience as a consultant, gathering and analyzing worldwide intelligence on optical components and
the British Government in 1977. He worked in photonics at AT&T Bell Labs (1985-89) and at Motorola in the 90s, where he co-authored the first patent for the oxide VCSEL diode laser, now widely used. He led the USA's optoelectronics trade association (OIDA) from 2005-2010. Recognized as PIC business leader of the year in 2018, he's a technical expert for the European Commission, a Fellow of IEEE and OSA, and has run technical start-ups and commercialized photonics technology.
Rajiv Pancholy Rajiv Pancholy has over 20 years of industry experience and is currently responsible for Broadcom’s Optical Systems Division (OSD) Hyperscale Strategy. Before joining OSD, Rajiv was in
systems, including in telecommunications, datacom, consumer, automobile, and other businesses. With an intense concentration on demand-side, primary research, he is one of the most objective, no-nonsense analysts in the industry. Mark has consulted to some of the largest manufacturers in the world and has authored countless studies. His blog articles have set a new standard for comprehensive and thought-provoking insights in the optics space. Mark is also a frequent speaker and contributor at optics events.
Broadcom’s Physical Layer Products Division (PLP) where he successfully launched the industry’s first 7nm CMOS optical PAM-4 DSP for 400G DR4 and 100G DR1 optical modules which are now ramping inside hyperscale data centers. Prior to joining Broadcom, Rajiv held marketing and engineering positions at Semtech, Sierra Monolithics, Mindspeed, and Sun Microsystems. Before 7am you can find him surfing his local break in his hometown of San Clemente, CA.
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