Jacco Pleumeekers

Jacco Pleumeekers has extensive work experience in the field of engineering and technology. Jacco is currently the Director of Engineering at Raxium since 2018. Prior to that, they were associated with Infinera for several years, where they held multiple roles. From 2013 to 2018, Jacco was the Director of PIC Platform Integration Engineering at Infinera, overseeing various teams and focusing on scaling the manufacturing platform. From 2007 to 2013, they served as the Manager of PIC Integration Engineering, leading a team to improve manufacturing efficiency and yield. From 2001 to 2007, they worked as a Member of Technical Staff, playing a crucial role in the development of photonic integrated circuits. Jacco worked on device design and process development, achieving fully functional chips that met customer requirements.

Before joining Infinera, Jacco worked at Lucent Technologies - Bell Labs from 1999 to 2001 as a Member of Technical Staff. Their research involved all-optical signal processing, including projects like all-optical wavelength converters and special-design semiconductor optical amplifiers.

Jacco also has a Post-Doc Scientist experience at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne from 1996 to 1999. Their research focused on semiconductor optical amplifiers in collaboration with Alcatel Research and ETH. During this time, they made significant observations and contributions in the field.

Overall, Jacco Pleumeekers has a diverse background in engineering and technology, with expertise in photonic integrated circuits, all-optical signal processing, and semiconductor optical amplifiers.

Jacco Pleumeekers pursued their education at Delft University of Technology from 1992 to 1997. During this period, they obtained a PhD in Electrical Engineering with a specialization in Semiconductor Physics.