AIM Photonics
Leah Scott, MBA is an experienced professional with a background in marketing, communications, business development, and brand management. Leah has held various leadership roles in well-known academic institutions and organizations such as AIM Photonics, Mod Marketing, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, University at Albany, SUNY, and University of Houston. Leah's expertise also extends to community outreach, event planning, and global diplomacy. Leah's educational background includes a Master's of Business Administration and Bachelor's of Business Administration from Lamar University, as well as additional certifications in writing and global diplomacy.
AIM Photonics
The American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics (AIM Photonics), is an industry driven public-private partnership that focuses the nation’s premiere capabilities and expertise to capture critical global manufacturing leadership in a technology that is both essential to national security and positioned to provide a compelling return-on-investment to the U.S. economy. The Institute’s goal is to emulate the dramatic successes experienced by the electronics industry over the past 40 years and transition key lessons, processes, and approaches to the photonic integrated circuit (PIC) industry. AIM Photonics supports small and medium enterprises, providing practical access and technology on-ramps for U.S. industry, government, and academic communities. We are creating a national PIC manufacturing infrastructure, widely accessible and inherently flexible to meet the challenges of the marketplace with practical, innovative solutions. VISION: Establish a technology, business and education framework for industry, government and academia to accelerate the transition of integrated photonic solutions from innovation to manufacturing-ready deployment in systems spanning commercial and defense applications. MISSION: Seek to advance integrated photonic circuit manufacturing technology development while simultaneously providing access to state-of-the-art fabrication, packaging, and testing capabilities for small-to-medium enterprises, academia and the government; create an adaptive integrated photonic circuit workforce capable of meeting industry needs and thus further increasing domestic competitiveness; and meet participating commercial, defense and civilian agency needs in this burgeoning technology area.