Richard Simons

Product & Applications Manager, Low-Light-Level Detection at Excelitas Technologies

[email protected]https://www.excelitas.com

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Richard Simons is the Product Manager for Low-Light-Level Detection at Excelitas Technologies, based in their Montreal, QC, Canada site. He has been with the company for 10 years, as a sales manager and then Senior Application Specialist prior to his current role. He has an extensive background in photonics, with experience in high-power lasers, high-energy laser optics, fiber optics for telecommunications and sensors, as well as lidar and single-photon detection.

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