Starting a small business high-tech Electronics company
The speaker will share his experience of starting high tech company (Discovery Semiconductors) in 1993, and running it successfully for the past 20 years. Discovery Semiconductors is a world leader in 10 Gb, 40 Gb, 100 Gb Optical Receivers and has brought to market several new products spanning almost two decades. The core technology for its products was developed through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, and the company was awarded in year 2001 the Roland Tibbbett’s award by the US Small Business Administration (SBA) for successful commercialization of the SBIR technology. Today, the company exports to over 30 countries, but has to adapt constantly to an ever changing international competitive landscape. The talk will end by urging new graduate students and especially NJIT students to pursue the path of entrepreneurs, start their own ventures, and make their own dreams come true, including opening new job opportunities for the growth of stable economy and financial stability.
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- 161 Warren Street
- Newark, New Jersey
- United States
- Building: ECE Building
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- Dr.-Ing. Ajay Kumar Poddar, Phone: (201)560-3806 (Email: akpoddar@ieee.org) Prof. Edip Niver- Phone: (973)596-3542 (Email:edip.niver@njit.edu) Prof. Durgamadhav Misra: Eamil: dmisra@njit.edu Dr. Naresh Chand (Email: Naresh.Chand@huawei.com) Wei Jiang (Chair, PCJS Photonics Chapter, Email: wjiangnj@rci.rutgers.edu)
- Co-sponsored by Jointly Co-sponsor NNJ (MTT/AP-S, TMC, ED/CAS, Photonic Society) and PCJS Photonics Chapter
- Starts 11 September 2013 04:00 PM UTC
- Ends 11 November 2013 04:00 PM UTC
- No Admission Charge
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Abhay Joshi, President & CEO of Discovery Semiconductors, Inc.
Starting a small business high-tech Electronics company
Starting a small business high-tech Electronics company
Biography:
Mr. Joshi has vast experience in high speed semiconductor device design and testing, specializing in the technology of InGaAs photodiodes (PIN), avalanche photodiodes (APD), balanced photodiodes, and ultra-fast read-out circuits for imagers. He was the Project Leader at EPITAXX for the European Space Agency's (ESA), "Project SCIAMACHY," an ambitious satellite project to study global warming. It was launched in 2002 on ESA’s ENVISAT. As a project leader, he designed and developed unique 1024 element linear InGaAs detector arrays for 1-3 µm wavelength to detect green house gases such as CO, CO2, and CH4. He co-invented the Dual Depletion Region (DDR) photodiode structure in year 1994 which laid the foundations of Discovery Semiconductors. As the president and CEO of Discovery Semiconductors, he has developed DDR photodiodes and photoreceivers for 10 Gb/s and 40 Gb/s digital systems as well as highly linear photodiodes (HLPD®) for analog applications. These photodetectors include balanced push-pull pairs, dual photodiodes, as well as monolithically integrated quad photodiodes. Recently, from year 2006 to 2008, Mr. Joshi designed and delivered space qualified, 10 GHz, ultra-fast InGaAs photodiodes to Tesat Spacecom of Germany. The photodiodes are part of the ALADIN instrument for the ESA’s AEOLUS mission to measure global wind profiles. Mr. Joshi has been the Principal Investigator of several SBIR and STTR contracts granted by various agencies including DARPA, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, and NASA. Mr. Joshi holds several patents in the United States, European Union, Japan, Canada, and India. He has written several technical publications and one book chapter.
President & CEO
Discovery Semiconductors, Inc.
Tel: 609-434-1311
Fax:609-434-1317
Web: www.discoverysemi.com
E-mail: abhay@chipsat.com
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Address:President & CEO, Discovery Semiconductors, Inc., New Jersey, United States
Abhay Joshi, President & CEO of Discovery Semiconductors, Inc.
Starting a small business high-tech Electronics company
Biography:
Email:
Address:New Jersey, United States
Abhay Joshi, President & CEO of Discovery Semiconductors, Inc.
Starting a small business high-tech Electronics company
Biography:
Email:
Address:New Jersey, United States
Abhay Joshi, President & CEO of Discovery Semiconductors, Inc.
Starting a small business high-tech Electronics company
Biography:
Email:
Address:New Jersey, United States
Abhay Joshi, President & CEO of Discovery Semiconductors, Inc.
Starting a small business high-tech Electronics company
Biography:
Email:
Address:New Jersey, United States
Agenda
6:30PM-7:30PM: Talk/Presenation
Free dinner will be served at 6:00PM. All are welcome. You don't have to be IEEE member to attend the talk