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Sensor development for high-rel defense applications
Staff at 5 Star research have experience designing senors for targeting systems on the AGM-114 Hellfire CO2 guided air-to-surface missile widely used on the AH-64 and other mobile platforms.
Fiber Optic Distributed Temperature Sensor Development
This product was taken from proof of concept hardware and buggy and crash prone software with $60k and 8 weeks to a fully functioning field ready total product that was delivered to a customer. Top notch consultants were utilized and managed to integrate seamlessly with two on staff engineers and one technician. Very few compromises ...
Laser Sensor Development for Medical Applications
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The staff at 5 Star Research have developed specialized laser sensors for the demanding environment of the operating room. Our staff has experience with developed stand alone measurement systems as well as modules for OEM integration.
Active & Passive Fiber Optic Component Business Development
Worldwide business development of Tier 1, Tier 2, Equipment, and Module manufacturers Including but not limited to Sprint, Nortel, Acaltel-Lucent, Ericsson- Marconi, Huawei, Ciena, ADC, Finisar, their suppliers, customers, and competitors.
Optical Switch Business Development
With experience in 1x2, 2x2, 1x4, and optical cross connect components and systems we can accelerate new product introduction and expand market presence rapidly. As key business development experts for low port count speciality switches as well as component integration into high port count cross connects for test and traffic configuration the time between introduction ...
P & L Management of Photonic Product Lines
From start-up to multimillion dollar product lines in fortune 500 companies.
Due Diligence and Intellectual Property Analysis
Evaluation of market size and position from both a ground up and top down approach that must match is essential prior to investment in a new product in both established companies and start up efforts. Who has been working on similar technologies and where they may be in product development as competitive analysis mitigates risk ...
Spectral Instrument Program Management and NPI
The WaveMaster is the end result of a program involving engineers and scientists from four countries on two continents. The proof of concept hardware was developed in France and was evaluated in California along with the algorithms required for wavelength determination. After licensing the IP the development program was managed from California with engineering teams ...
Laser & Electro-Optic Services
Business Development
Program Management
Product Development
Vendor Selection
Calibration Lab and Process Development
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Industrial and Quality Engineer for Coherent Inc.'s three calibration labs. Most calibration processes of power and energy heads developed from the ground up. Conversion of process from Everlase 525 to Coherent RF excited lasers resulting in $180,000 a year in savings. the conversion of ...
Simplifying the Complex
The Laser Beam Diagnostics Product line at Coherent was long thought to be too complex to sell through a catalog. The user interface had a functioning demo that let users perform beam analysis on static images. The cameras were categorized into their wavelength ranges and sensor area coverages. The complex part was thought to be ...
Single Frequency and Narrow-Linewidth Laser Program Management
Whether it is Seismic sensing for offshore oil exploration or anti-submarine towed arrays specialty lasers are needed for their stability and spectral characteristics. For improved signal to noise and acoustic isolation very specific customers are interested in the best. These customers typically do not make it known what they are after or why. The rules ...