Jay Kumler

Jay Kumler holds a B.S. Physics from Miami University and a M.S. Optics from the University of Rochester. Following several years with Bell Laboratories and United Technologies Optical Systems, he co-founded and served as President of Coastal Optical Systems, which was acquired by JENOPTIK AG in 2002. Since 2002, he has served as President of JENOPTIK Optical Systems, LLC.

Jenoptik is a globally operating integrated photonics group present in more than 80 countries with customers primarily in the semiconductor equipment, laser material processing, healthcare & life science, industrial automation, automotive and security industries.

Jay now serves as the President of JENOPTIK North America, and is a member of the JENOPTIK AG Executive Management Committee. Jay is an SPIE Fellow and served on the SPIE board of directors. He serves as founding sponsor for the SPIE Startup Challenge and is also on the advisory board of the Luminate Accelerator. He has published 20 technical papers, book chapters and patents.