Technology >> CEO Interviews >> November 27, 2000
DR. GEOFFREY T. BURNHAM is Chairman of the Board, President and Chief
Executive Officer of Semiconductor Laser International Corporation
(SLI). He is also President of Orthogenesis Technologies, LLC, a joint
venture company of SLI, and President and Chairman of the Board for the
Photonics Industry Association of New York (PIANY), a trade organization
and not-for-profit company that is partially funded by New York State.
Dr. Burnham founded SLI, a high-power semiconductor laser manufacturing
company, in 1993, through negotiations with the US Air Force Wright
Laboratory for a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA).
Due to these negotiations, SLI was granted an exclusive license by the
US Air Force for a patent to their technology in semiconductor lasers
for a period of 10 years. Dr. Burnham has over 25 years of direct
experience in the laser field with General Electric's Aerospace Business
Group, Hercules Aerospace Company, General Optronics Corporation and
Northeast Semiconductor. His particular areas of expertise include
lasers, electro-optical and fiberoptic technology, power systems, and
electronics. Furthermore, Dr. Burnham has served as Co-Chairman of the
International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) Photonics West
Diode Array Session since 1999; he is a member of SPIE, in addition to
holding membership with the Laser & Electro-Optics Manufacturers'
Association (LEOMA), and the Optical Society of America (OSA). Dr.
Burnham is well recognized in the semiconductor laser community, as well
as having several publications and patents to his credit. He holds a PhD
in Physics from New York University, a MS in Physics from New York
University, and a BS in Physics from Manhattan College. Profile
Dr. Burnham: Semiconductor Laser International Corporation is a small
company. The company's products include high-power
