Optica Series: Masters of Change in Global Photonics: Adam Carter, Openlight

We get many questions from young photonics companies trying to scale up production to serve new markets and increase their turnover. And that’s where Optica can help. We have access to the leading CEOs and CTOs in over 600 photonics businesses who have a wealth of experience and are willing to share their advice with others. In this series, we explore the business strategies being developed by industry leaders. I’m joined at the questioner's table by Michael Hochberg, an authority in the Silicon Photonics industry. We recently sat down with Dr Adam Carter, the CEO at OpenLight. Formed as a joint venture between Juniper Networks and Synopsys, the company has a proven ability to integrate lasers, amplifiers, and passive components on a single chip. Adam has more than 25 years of experience at companies large and small. He is perhaps best known for being chief commercial officer at Foxconn Interconnect, Cisco and, earlier, at Oclaro at the time of its acquisition by Lumentum. Originally from the UK, we asked Adam to sketch what it was like when the Telecom Bubble burst at the start of this Millennium. Published August 11th 2024.