The Technology and Business of Laser Beam Measurements at Photon
Abstract:
In this presentation, John Fleischer will describe both business and
technology history and will discuss pluses and minuses of operating
a small niche business. He will describe laser beam measurement
technology as a personal example. You will have a better
appreciation for Laser Beam Profiling from examples discussed. In
fact you may begin to see that laser profiling is often more
important than laser power!
Speaker Bio:
John Fleischer is a graduate of Purdue University West Lafayette,
Indiana. He majored in Applied Optics in the Mechanical Engineering
department. He was awarded BS and MS degrees 1967. His first optics
position was with IBM San Jose where he patented the FIRST
commercial high speed non-impact laser printer that produced 3
printed sheets per second. This invention is still currently used in
products now manufactured by Hitachi and Lexmark. John's patent was
elected as one of IBM's top 25 patents in 1977.
John's spent two years as Program Manager with Spectra Physics. He
was to lead Spectra into Laser Printing Microfiche, but optical
memory began an upsurge and Spectra abandoned this technology.
John's started technical and market research
consulting in 1980, which lead him into what, is now Photon, Inc.
...a leading manufacturer of laser beam profiling tools. He has been
President and founder since 1984. Judith Fleischer a co-founder and
John's wife, has been his financial Vice-
President contributing significantly to the business side of Photon.
John has published more than 50 papers/ presentations in applied
optics field. He holds membership in the IEEE, OSA, SPIE technical
societies. He has served as chairman of the ISO LASER Standard
committee from 1989 to 1997. Has chaired both SPIE and
OSA technical sessions, served on the Board of Directors of
LEOMA...the Laser Electro Optical Manufacturers Association, served
as a Board member of his church, served as Board Member of his local
home owners association. Purdue University selects 5-8 alumni out of
16,000 as Outstanding Mechanical Engineer each year. John was
selected for this award in 2001 based on his life achievements.
