Chairman of the Board:
Robert L. Byer was the 2009 winner of the Frederic Ives Medal, the highest award given by the Optical Society of America (OSA). He is vice president of the American Physical Society (APS) for 2010 and is a past president of OSA and of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society (IEEE LEOS). Byer is a professor of Applied Physics at Stanford University (Palo Alto, Calif.), where he has served as vice provost and dean of research and been chair of the Applied Physics Department. He has been director of the Edward L. Ginzton Laboratory and director of the Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory. He is a founding member of the California Council on Science and Technology. Byer is a co-founder of Mobius Photonics.
Chief Executive Officer:
Robert Mortensen, a pioneer in laser business, joined Spectra Physics in 1964. He then joined Quanta-Ray in 1975 as CEO and led the very successful company until its sale in 1980. He founded Lightwave Electronics Corporation in 1984 and was its CEO for more than 15 years. Mortensen was an active member of Lightwave Electronics’ board of directors until the company was acquired in 2005. He holds an M.B.A. from Harvard University. Mortensen has been a board member for Mobius Photonics since 2006.
Vice President of Operations:
Red Byer has over a decade of hands-on experience in the design, tooling and manufacture of OEM laser systems. Byer has been lead designer on several successful OEM laser product developments as well as the primary tooling and manufacturing engineer for several multi-million dollar production lines. He is known for innovative and elegant solutions to difficult design and operational challenges. Byer has received five design patents relating to high-power lasers and is one of the chief architects behind the Mobius Photonics G1+ Laser System. Byer is a co-founder of Mobius Photonics.
Vice President of Technology:
Manuel Leonardo is an experienced architect of OEM laser products and a talented optical engineer with experience developing and building high-power fiber lasers. He holds several patents and is known for his specialty in high-reliability terminations for air-clad optical fibers, enabling the use of cutting-edge optical fiber in real world products. Leonardo has repeatedly demonstrated record-breaking laser performance of green, blue and UV fiber lasers and is one of the chief architects behind the Mobius Photonics G1+ Laser System. Leonardo is a co-founder of Mobius Photonics.
Vice President of Business Management:
Kiyomi Monro has over 20 years of experience in international sales, marketing, and finance, with over 14 years of sales and marketing experience in the photonics industry. He has co-authored a number of papers on silicon dicing using pulsed fiber lasers. Monro holds a master’s degree in economics from Boston University.
Chief Scientist:
Gregory Keaton is one of the chief architects behind Mobius Photonics’ G1+ Laser Systems and has been responsible for many key upgrades to the original design. He has designed fiber lasers that generate blue and green light for projection applications, and is the inventor of a "W" fiber that enabled high-power blue fiber lasers. Keaton did postdoctoral research in theoretical physics at Virginia Tech and he earned his M.A. and a Ph.D. in physics from the University of California, Berkeley. He has extensive education and teaching experience in theoretical particle physics and spent several years as a patent writer for San Francisco Bay Area inventors. He holds nine patents and has authored 19 journal articles and conference papers. Keaton is a co-founder of Mobius Photonics.
The Mobius Photonics Culture
Mobius Photonics believes in an atmosphere of teamwork that enables everybody to meet their full potential. We are taking laser light sources out of the dark ages and creating a fundamental shift in the industry. If you are ambitious, innovative and talented, please contact us.
Employment Application
Mobius Photonics Employment Application
Fax the application to 347-412-3533 or send to careers@mobiusphotonics.com.