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Management
OptiGrate has the excellent combination of skills and experiences of key management and technical personnel in bringing innovative technology to the market.
The management team consists of:
Dr. Alexei Glebov
AGlebov@OptiGrate.com
Years of Experience: 20
Education: Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Georg-August University of
Goettingen, Germany, M.S. in Applied Physics from University of St.
Petersburg, Russia
Experience: Dr. Alexei Glebov has a wealth of industrial experience
in managing advanced product development and manufacturing in
optoelectronic industry, with a strong emphasis on new product
introduction (NPI). Dr. Glebov started his industrial career at Bell
Laboratories, Lucent Technologies in 1998 and worked for over a decade
in various technical and management positions on cutting-edge technology
development at Finisar Corp, Fujitsu Ltd, and Lucent Technologies. He
has 35 US patents issued and pending, more than 50 peer-reviewed journal
publications and book chapters with 600+ citation index, is a frequent
invited lecturer, editor of several proceedings bands, conference chair,
session chair, executive organizing and program committee member at
major SPIE, IEEE and EOS meetings and trade shows. Dr. Alexei Glebov
joined OptiGrate in 2008 as CEO and President and leads the company in
the successful growth to become the leader in the field of holographic
optical elements for optoelectronic applications.
Mr. Vadim Smirnov
VSmirnov@OptiGrate.com
Years of Experience: 15
Education: Master of Science in Physics, St-Petersburg Technical
University of Fine Mechanics & Optics, Russia; Master of Science in
Optics, School of Optics/CREOL, University of Central Florida
Experience: Mr. Smirnov pioneered the early development of volume
Bragg grating technology in PTR glass and has 15 year experience in
holography and VBGs. He is the principal investigator of three research
projects on large aperture volume Bragg gratings for spectroscopy, high
energy femtosecond lasers, and spectral beam combining. Over the last
five years he has been the leading force behind the development of new
VBG products that today comprise a majority of OptiGrate’s product
lines. He has also been a key contributor in VBG technologies on four
DOD funded programs: ADHELS, STAB, APPLE and SHEDS. He is the coauthor
of six US patents and 75 papers and presentations on PTR hologram
technology and its applications.
Prof. Dr. Leon Glebov
LBGlebov@OptiGrate.com
Years of Experience: 35
Education: M.S. in Physics and Engineering, Leningrad Polytechnic
Institute, Leningrad, Russia (1971), Ph.D. in Physics (major in Optics),
State Optical Institute, Leningrad, Russia (1976), Doctor of Science in
Physics (major in Optics), State Optical Institute, Leningrad, Russia
(1987).
Experience: Prof. Glebov founded OptiGrate in 1999. As President and
CTO he was instrumental in establishing the company and he continues to
direct OptiGrate’s research and development activities in his current
role as Vice President of R&D. The early work of Dr. Glebov and his team
in 1970’s has paved a way to modern VBG technology in PTR glass and his
further research efforts in 1990’s enabled to bring the technology to a
commercial level that lead to founding of OptiGrate. Dr. Glebov is also
a Research Professor at CREOL, at the University of Central Florida,
where he leads the Photoinduced Processing research group since 1995.
Before coming to the US, Prof. Glebov has led the world-renown Vavilov
State Institute in St. Petersburg, Russia where, over the course of many
years he has held various high level positions from Head of the Optical
Glass Division to Director of the Institute. Dr. Glebov has published
one book, more than 304 technical articles in scientific journals and
holds more than 20 patents.
Ms. Larissa Glebova
LGlebova@OptiGrate.com
Years of Experience: 35
Education: M.S. Chemical Technology, Tomsk Polytechnic Institute,
Tomsk, Russia.
Experience: Ms. Glebova is an expert in the field of PTR glasses. She
co-authored more than 15 publications in scientific journals, was
awarded 1 patent, and has given over 34 presentations at American and
International scientific conferences. The main expertise of Ms. Glebova
is in the technology of high purity homogeneous photosensitive glass,
photo- and thermo-induced structural transformations in glass, and
spectroscopy of silicate glasses. She led development of the current
technology of PTR glass.
Dr. Igor Ciapurin
ICiapurin@OptiGrate.com
Years of Experience: 25
Education: Ph.D. in Physics of Semiconductors and Dielectrics from
the State University of Moldova, M.S. in Optoelectronics from Kishinev
State University, Moldova
Experience: Dr. Igor Ciapurin is with OptiGrate Corp since 2005. He
received his PhD degree in Physics from the State University of Moldova,
where he joined the R&D Department in 1991 and has held different
research and management positions. Since 2001, Igor has been with CREOL/UCF
in Orlando, Florida, where his research has mainly aimed to design and
develop volume Bragg gratings in PTR glass for spectral beam combining
of high-power lasers. He has 70+ publications in refereed journals and
conference proceedings, and 15+ years of experience in business
management.
Mr. Robert Giffin
RGiffin@OptiGrate.com
Years of Experience: 50
Education: BS in Business Management and Accounting from Oberlin
College in Oberlin, Ohio, USA
Experience: Mr. Giffin started his career with Fisher Body a Division
of General Motors Corporation and was with them for 6.5 years, advancing
from the Payroll Department to the Cost Analysis Department. He left to
build his own Management Consulting Firm which he operated successfully
for almost 25 years. During that time, in addition to running his
business, he taught bookkeeping and business management in the dealer
training classes for major oil companies Texaco and Exxon. He sold his
management firm and moved to Canada for 4 years where he assisted in the
start up of a wholesale marketing company. He then moved to Florida
where he worked as the accounting manager for 9 years at Florida MEP, a
consulting firm partially funded by the state and federal government,
dedicated to improving small business manufacturing in Florida. After 9
years he left to become the accounting manager at OptiGrate.
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