Ashok Krishnamoorthy

Chairman & CEO of Axalume, an optical interconnect startup. Formerly an Oracle Chief Technologist, Photonics, a Distinguished Engineer & Director at Sun Microsystems, President and CTO of AraLight, a Bell Labs spinout, and founding member of the Optical Data Networks research dept. at Bell Labs. He was awarded the 2005 ICO international prize in optics. His honors include the IEEE Distinguished Lecturer award, and Eta Kappa Nu’s outstanding engineer citation. He received his PhD from UCSD, an MS from USC, and a BS with honors from the California Institute of Technology. Dr. Krishnamoorthy has contributed 300 technical publications, 8 book chapters, delivered over 100 talks at global conferences, and holds 200 US patents.