K2 Optronics Names Optical-industry Veterans as CTO, Senior Director; New Corporate Headquarters.Business Editors SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 6, 2000 Dr. Mark Zdeblick To Head Optical Switch Program; Lew Stolpner To Lead Optical Laser Efforts; K2 Now Headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif. K2 Optronics, Inc., a leading developer of fiber-optic technologies for the telecommunications industry, today announced the appointment of Dr. Mark Zdeblick to chief technology officer, switch products, and Lew Stolpner to senior director. Dr. Zdeblick, an 18-year Micro Electro Mechanical Structures (MEMS (MicroElectroMechanical Systems) Tiny mechanical devices that are built onto semiconductor chips and are measured in micrometers. In the research labs since the 1980s, MEMS devices began to materialize as commercial products in the mid-1990s. ) technology veteran, will head K2's optical switch program. Stolpner, with more than 15 years in fiber optics fiber optics, transmission of digitized messages or information by light pulses along hair-thin glass fibers. Each fiber is surrounded by a cladding having a high index of refractance so that the light is internally reflected and travels the length of the fiber , will lead the company's optical laser efforts. K2 also announced today it has made its Sunnyvale, Calif., offices -- 1288 Hammerwood Ave., in the heart of Silicon Valley -- as the company's corporate headquarters, which will include K2's executive staff as well as its administrative, engineering, marketing and sales departments. Additionally, the 15,000-square-foot facility will house limited manufacturing of K2 Optronics' optical switching subsystems. The company expects the Sunnyvale headquarters to be sufficient to house all its departments during its current growth stage. Senior Directors' Broad Experience, K2 Location To Help Realize Vision "Bringing Mark and Lew aboard will help K2 Optronics realize its vision to build a fast-growing, successful corporation providing the industry with state-of-the-art opto-electronics technologies," said Raj Kapany, K2 Optronics president and chief executive officer. "Their extensive backgrounds in education, engineering and management are precisely the experience that such a corporation needs. "We're also pleased to establish K2 Optronics' corporate headquarters in Sunnyvale. We're located in the heart of an enormous talent pool and tremendous engineering and business activity in opto-electronics." Dr. Zdeblick comes to K2 Optronics with an extensive background in MEMS technology, having founded several companies, authored multiple articles and researched at university level on that technology. He brings to K2 Optronics more than 18 years in integrated-circuit design, development and manufacturing. His experience includes the founding of Redwood Microsystems, a $2 million/year company at which Dr. Zdeblick also served as chief technical officer and a member of the board of directors. Redwood Microsystems was one of the first MEMS companies to commercialize microfluidic devices. While with Redwood Microsystems, he also was a consulting associate professor at Stanford University's Department of Ophthalmology. Dr. Zdeblick previously held positions as systems analyst with Hughes Aircraft Hughes Aircraft Company was a major aerospace and defense company founded by Howard Hughes. The group was based near Ballona Creek, in Culver City, California, USA, on the Pacific Coast. Hughes Aircraft was acquired by General Motors in 1985. and as a reliability engineer for Metcut. Dr. Zdeblick earned a bachelor's of science degree in civil engineering and bachelor's of fine and applied arts degree in architecture from the University of Illinois University of Illinois may refer to:
Astronautics Flash Gordon space-traveling hero. [Am. Comics and Cin.: Halliwell] From the Earth to the Moon and doctorate in philosophy in electrical engineering electrical engineering: see engineering. electrical engineering Branch of engineering concerned with the practical applications of electricity in all its forms, including those of electronics. from Stanford University Stanford University, at Stanford, Calif.; coeducational; chartered 1885, opened 1891 as Leland Stanford Junior Univ. (still the legal name). The original campus was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. David Starr Jordan was its first president. . Dr. Zdeblick holds several patents, one of which is the first of its type and has been licensed by virtually every Atomic Force Microscope atomic force microscope (AFM), device that uses a spring-mounted probe to image individual atoms on the surface of a material. Unlike the scanning tunneling microscope, which is also a scanning probe microscope, the AFM can be used on materials that do not conduct (AFM (Atomic Force Microscope) A device used to image materials at the atomic level. AFMs are used to solve processing and materials problems in electronics, telecom, biology and other high-tech industries. ) and Scanning Tunnelling Microscope (STM (Scanning Tunneling Microscope) A microscope that can image down to the atomic level. An STM uses a piezoelectric tube with a tiny sharp tip at the end that is moved within nanometers of the object being sampled. ) manufacturer. Additionally, he's been published in many leading publications and has presented to an array of U.S.-based and international scientific organizations. Stolpner brings to K2 Optronics a wealth of experience in fiber optics and opto-electronics, in both research and management. He was most recently director of development engineering at Tyco Electronics Tyco Electronics was the largest unit of Tyco International Ltd., and the world's leading supplier of passive electronic components. On June 29, 2007 Tyco Electronics became a wholly independent publicly-traded company, along with Covidien, from the breakup of the Tyco conglomerate . Previously, Stolpner held executive and consulting positions with PhotoVac Development, Advanced Laser Services and DuPont de Nemours. Additionally, in his native Lithuania, he was founder of Zondas Co., a senior research engineer at Scientific Institute of Radio Equipment, and a university lecturer. Stolpner holds a master's degree master's degree n. An academic degree conferred by a college or university upon those who complete at least one year of prescribed study beyond the bachelor's degree. Noun 1. in applied physics from Vilnius (Lithuania) University and completed technical and business training course work. Additionally, he holds several patents (some pending) and has been published in a variety of technical publications. About K2 Optronics K2 Optronics, Inc. (www.k2optronics.com), based in Sunnyvale, Calif., is a leader in optical technologies for the telecommunications industry. The company provides that industry with optical switch fabric and precise, tunable wavelength laser technologies. |
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