New England Fiberoptic Council

David Krohn has over 40 years experience in the photonics industry. He is the Managing Partner of Light Wave Venture LLC, which is focused on developing telecommunications, sensor and power delivery business opportunities in a wide range of market applications. He has assisted over 100 companies with activities in marketing, planning and management functions. In prior positions, he served as Global New Business Director for Photonics at 3M Company. From 1987 to 1998, he was the General Manager of the 3M Specialty Optical Fiber Business that included the Bragg Grating Technologies business acquired from UTC in 1995. He founded EOTec Corporation in 1979 that manufactured specialty fiber, sensors, cables, cable assemblies and data links. He was the CEO of EOTec until the business was acquired by 3M in 1987. At this time, he is also very active in many technical societies and teaches short courses in technology and business development at various Universities. Recently, he started the OIDA Photonic (Fiber Optic) Sensor Consortium which has more than 60 participating companies and organizations. As the photonics marketplace has radically changed in the last few years, he has worked with several companies to diversify into non-telecommunication markets such as military, homeland security, and medical.

David Krohn attended Rutgers University as an undergraduate (BS 1965). He obtained his MS from Case Western Reserve University in 1967 and his Ph.D. from Lehigh University in 1973. He has written 3 books, 60 papers and holds 27 patents relating to fiber optics and optical sensors.

Registration will start at beginning of February.  For more information, e-mail info@nefc.com