Gwen Briens

Gwen Briens has a diverse work experience in various management roles in the technology industry. Gwen started in 1999 as a Manufacturing Engineering Manager at Bookham. From 2006 to 2009, they were an Operations Director at New Focus. Gwen then joined OCLARO as the Director of Operations and Product Marketing for the Advanced Photonics Division. In 2009, they moved to Newport Corporation and held roles as Site Manager at New Focus and later as Business Unit Director. In 2016, Newport was acquired by MKS Instruments, and Gwen Briens became the Senior Director of the Instruments and Motion Business Unit. Gwen gradually moved up the ranks and eventually became Vice President & General Manager of various business units within MKS Instruments. Their roles included managing test and measurement equipment as well as high precision motion control solutions across multiple geographical locations and markets.

Gwen Briens earned a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering and Business Studies from the Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tarbes - ENIT between 1994 and 1996. It is unclear if Gwen Briens attended the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business afterwards, as no information regarding degree or field of study was provided.