Technology >> CEO Interviews >> September 20, 2000
DR. DONALD R. SCIFRES has been CEO, President and a member of the Board
of Directors of SDL, Inc. since he helped found the company in 1983. In
1992, Dr. Scifres became Chairman of the Board. Dr. Scifres earned a PhD
in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois. From 1972 to
1983, Dr. Scifres held increasingly responsible positions at the Xerox
Palo Alto Research Center, including Manager of Optoelectronics and
Xerox Research Fellow. Dr. Scifres is a member of the National Academy
of Engineering and a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and
Electronic Engineers and the Optical Society of America. He holds over
100 US patents and has won a number of industry awards for
commercialization of semiconductor optoelectronics and laser technology.
Dr. Scifres has also served as the President of the Laser and Electro-
Optics Manufacturers' Association and the IEEE Laser and Electro-Optics
Society. Profile
Dr. Scifres: SDL began operations in 1983 as a joint venture of Xerox
and Spectra-Physics. Over the years, we evolved as
