Steve Gorton

Experience

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  GEC Marconi Infra Red Ltd

  Jan 1992 - Jan 1995

  Development Engineer

  Development Engineer - development of photoconductive detectors (CMT)

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  NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory)

  Jan 1993 - Jan 1993

  Summer Student

  Characterisation and development of III-V tandem solar cells.

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  Bookham Technology Ltd

  Jan 1995 - Dec 2003

  Development of high speed optical transceivers and pluggable transmitter modules. Project management across multiple Bookham sites. Leadership of DWDM product and technology platform (Mux, V-Mux).Responsible for product development and project management teams. Development of silicon waveguide based products including bi-directional transceiver and multi-channel EVOA (optical attenuator). Successful transfer to production and customer implementation. Design and development of silicon waveguide optical circuits and the integration of III-V active components (lasers/photodiodes).Responsible for core technology building block development and latterly development of Bookham's first high volume commercial product.

  • Senior Project Manager

    Mar 2003 - Dec 2003

  • Product Group Head

    Jan 2002 - Mar 2003

  • Project Manager

    Jul 1999 - Dec 2001

  • Development Engineer

    Jan 1995 - Jun 1999
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  Intense Ltd

  Dec 2003 - Jul 2012

  Responsible for high-end laser systems. Project management of critical customer projects. Product management including P&L. Leadership of the product development and programme management groups and responsible for delivery of a profitable product portfolio in the UK business.Engineering responsibility for laser system development including lasers, optics and electronics. Responsible for delivery of numerous major product development projects in the print and imaging field. Development of high channel count laser modules, optics and custom ASIC. Parallel management of laser markable chemistry.

  • Product Line Director

    Oct 2008 - Jul 2012

  • Product Development/Programmes Director

    Mar 2006 - Oct 2008

  • Programme Manager

    Dec 2003 - Mar 2006
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  MLED Ltd

  Jul 2012 - Sept 2016

  Responsible for operational side of the business, including product development and NPI, programme management, customer account management, procurement, quality and outsourced manufacturing. Responsible for operational side of the business, including product development and NPI, programme management, customer account management, procurement, quality and outsourced manufacturing.

  • Board Director

    Apr 2016 - Sept 2016

  • Programme Director

    Jul 2012 - Sept 2016
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  Facebook

  Sept 2016 - Nov 2021

  Micro-LED display development for AR Micro-LED display development for AR

  • Technical Program Manager

    Nov 2020 - Nov 2021

  • Technical Program Manager

    Sept 2016 - Nov 2020
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  Meta

  Nov 2021 - now

  Technical Program Manager

  Micro-LED display development for AR