Awards & Recognition
★UH Cullen College of Engineering Alumni Association Entrepreneurship/Innovation Award (2011)
★Multiple patents issued in optoelectronics industry
Notable Facts
→Co-founder of Applied Optoelectronics in 1997 along with CEO Thompson Lin
→Has served as CFO since August 2014, previously held VP Sales & Marketing and Chief Strategy Officer roles
→PhD in Electrical Engineering from University of Houston with research focus on semiconductor lasers
→Former NASA Mission Control Specialist and research associate at Space Vacuum Epitaxy Center
→Board member of University of Chicago's Physical Sciences Division Visiting Committee
→Nationally-ranked sailplane racing pilot and flight instructor
→Holds multiple patents in optoelectronics industry
→Over 500 LinkedIn connections, based in Sugar Land, Texas