David F. Welch co-founded Infinera, a leading supplier of optical systems
based on innovative photonic integrated circuit technology. He
served as CTO, CMO, CSO, and EVP before his appointment as President
in June 2013. Previously, he was CTO and VP Corporate Development at
SDL. Dr. Welch holds over 130 patents and has published more than 250
articles. His awards include the 1992 Adolph Lomb Award from OSA, the
1998 Engineering Achievement Award from LEOS, the 1999 OSA Joseph
Fraunhofer/Robert M. Burley Award, the 2011 OSA John Tyndall Award,
and more than 17 product of-the-year awards at SDL, and the 2013 IET J
J Thompson Medal for Achievement in Electronics. He is a fellow of IEEE
and of OSA. In 2010, he founded Students Matter, whose mission is to
pursue impact litigation to improve access to a quality education for all
K-12 students

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