People
The Midaz Team:
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Professor Mike Damzen - FounderMike Damzen is currently the head of the non-linear optics group in the photonics section at Imperial College London. He has 25 years of experience in developing lasers and is the founder of Midaz Lasers Ltd. He is the Technical Director at MIdaz Lasers and is the primary contact for all technology enquiries. For an overview of his current academic interests, see this page on the Imperial College website. |
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Dr Ara Minassian - Co- founderSend an email to Ara Minassian Ara is the Chief Scientific Officer at Midaz Lasers. He has over 10 years of experience in research and development of solid-state lasers. |
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Dr Craig Tombling - Chief Executive OfficerSend an email to Craig Tombling Craig Tombling has directed operations, engineering and development in a range of companies with focus on optics, lasers, displays and optoelectronics. Craig has worked at NTT Basic Research, Tokyo, and Sharp Laboratories in Oxford and Japan. He co-founded start-up companies Kamelian and Amphotonix, developing and manufacturing optical components, and has consulted for a number of start-up companies in photovoltaics, lasers, international outsourcing and product management. |
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Dr Paul Atherton - Executive Chairman and InvestorSend an email to Paul Atherton Paul is an active angel investor and entrepreneur focussing on the commercialisation of nanotechnology. His first company was Queensgate Instruments which he co-founded whilst still a graduate student in the Astronomy Group at Imperial College. He served as Group Managing Director at Queensgate from 1986 until its sale in March 2000. In recent years Paul has extended his scientific interests and is now director, investor and/or chairman of a number of European companies working in fields as diverse as software, lasers, battery technology and metrology instrumentation. For further information see http://www.nanoventures.co.uk |
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Dennis Camilleri - Marketing and Business DevelopmentSend an email to Dennis Camilleri Dennis Camilleri has over 25 years experience in general management and international business development gained with technology-based companies and especially those which apply photonics technologies. Previous positions include Co-Founder, Sales Director and Managing Director of Melles Griot UK Ltd, Managing Director of Laetus and Microscan UK Ltd, Business Development Director for Willett International manufacturers of inkjet coding and laser marking systems) and Global Business Manager for Leica Microsystems Imaging Solutions. Whilst working for Leica, Dennis was responsible for worldwide sales and marketing of the company's image analysis software systems. Dennis has a Masters degree in Applied Optics and was elected Fellow of the Institute of Physics in 1998. |
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John Holden - Director John serves on the Board of Midaz Lasers as the representative of Imperial Innovations. |