David Neil Payne

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Producer Manufacturing

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Dr. Payne was Director of the Optoelectronics Research Centre of the University of Southampton and Chairman and co-founder of SPI Lasers.
In 1998, the Franklin Institute recognized this achievement and awarded him with its prestigious Benjamin Franklin Medal for the invention.
Dr. Payne is a Fellow of the Royal Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering and was awarded the CBE in 2004.
He heads the ORC (a facility containing over 60 research laboratories and more than 150 full-time researchers).
Dr. Payne led the team that invented the erbium-doped fibre amplifier, the enabling technology for dense wavelength division, multiplexing and the growth of the internet.

Former positions of David Neil Payne

Companies	Position	End
SPI Lasers Plc SPI Lasers Plc Electrical ProductsProducer Manufacturing SPI Lasers Plc engages in the design, development, and manufacture of fiber lasers. The firm's products are used in a number of applications, such as rapid prototyping, laser welding, fiber laser cutting, plastic laser welding, and metallic cutting. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Hedge End, the United Kingdom.	Director/Board Member	13/10/2008
SPI Lasers LLC SPI Lasers LLC TextilesProcess Industries SPI Lasers LLC develops and manufactures modulated and pulsed fiber lasers, components, and subsystems. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.	Director/Board Member	-

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