Experience

SensThys

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CEO

  • Jan 2017 - Present

  Cupertino, CA


Source Photonics
• United States
• Telecommunications
• 100 - 200 Employee
• Member of the Board of Directors

  • 2011 - Jan 2017


InSite Partners, LLC

• United States
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals

• Managing Partner

  • Dec 2008 - Jan 2017

  Cupertino, CA



Avanex Corporation

• United States
• Medical Practices

• Chairman of the Board of Directors, President & CEO

  • Aug 2004 - Jul 2008

  Avanex is a broad based supplier of optical modules and subsystems to the telecommunications marketplace. Avanex is a global company headquartered in Fremont, California.



JDSU

• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Vice President and General Manager

  • Jan 2001 - Aug 2004

  At JDS Uniphase, served successively as Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Components Business Group, as Vice President and General Manager of the Active Components Business Group and as Vice President and General Manager of the Optical Pump Business Unit. At various times during his career with JDS Uniphase, Dr. Major was responsible for business unit profit and loss, customer and product line marketing, product development, product engineering, contract negotiation and… Show more At JDS Uniphase, served successively as Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Components Business Group, as Vice President and General Manager of the Active Components Business Group and as Vice President and General Manager of the Optical Pump Business Unit. At various times during his career with JDS Uniphase, Dr. Major was responsible for business unit profit and loss, customer and product line marketing, product development, product engineering, contract negotiation and forecasting, as well as rationalization and loading of factories in San Jose and Santa Clara, California; Victoria, British Columbia; Plymouth, United Kingdom; Ewing, New Jersey; Windham, Connecticut; Eindhoven, Holland, and Shenzhen, China. His product line responsibilities included pump lasers, receivers, source lasers, and lithium niobate modulators; all passive product lines, including passive modules, and waveguide product groups. Show less



SDL, Inc

• United States
• Accounting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice-President

  • Sep 1990 - Dec 2000

  Dr. Major began his professional career at SDL, Inc. as a Research Scientist. He subsequently was promoted to Staff Scientist, to Senior Engineering Section Manager of the Communications Business Unit, to Director of Product Development of the Communications Business Unit and to Director of the Communications Business Unit. As a Research Scientist, he was involved in the first demonstration and commercial introduction of the 980 nm pump laser diode, the commercial introduction of 2… Show more Dr. Major began his professional career at SDL, Inc. as a Research Scientist. He subsequently was promoted to Staff Scientist, to Senior Engineering Section Manager of the Communications Business Unit, to Director of Product Development of the Communications Business Unit and to Director of the Communications Business Unit. As a Research Scientist, he was involved in the first demonstration and commercial introduction of the 980 nm pump laser diode, the commercial introduction of 2 micron lasers and the commercial introduction of high-power 250 mW 852 nm pump lasers for atomic (Ce) clocks. These devices remain the among the highest power frequency-stabilized laser diodes ever commercialized. At the time of the SDL and JDS merger, he was Vice President of the Optical Pump Business Unit, with responsibility for all pump laser products, erbium-doped amplifiers, Raman amplifiers and fiber Bragg gratings Show less