shahindokht tehrani

co-founder and vice president of engineering

About

Many years of experience working in the high tech industries; high precision optical components development, manufacturing product development, manufacturing process development and statistical analysis. Managed production of Ring Laser Gyros at Northrop Grumman. Co-founder and VP of operations at LighTap, Inc., a startup company in fiber optics communication, for development of tunable optical devices. Developing biomedical instruments for detection of malignant tissues and cancer cells in real-time using their optical properties.

Country

united states

City

los angeles

Industry

Skill

Experience

co-founder and vice president of engineering

innova photonics

2004-9 - Present · 22 yrs 1 mo

* Developing biomedical instruments for detection of malignant tissues and cancer cells in real-time using their optical properties. * Consulting services for optical sensors and instruments for three different markets * Security Market * Optical sensor for detection of hazardous materials * Metrology instruments * thin films and surface characterization instruments * Fiber optics networks, tunable devices for telecommunication based on a single platform. Tunable optical filters, tunable interweavers, Optical add and drop modules (OADM) and optical performance monitors (OPM).

co-founder and vice president of operations

lightap

2000-9 - 2003-6 · 2 yrs 10 mos

* Started the company. Designed the engineering lab and the clean room facilities with production capabilities to develop tunable optical filters. * Established the production flow and manpower planning. * Built and tested prototype units. * Interfaced with investors

manufacturing engineer and ring laser gyro production supervisor

northrop grumman corporation

1987-1 - 1990-1 · 3 yrs 1 mo

Manufacturing Engineer, Ring Laser Gyros. Involved in establishing production flow, resolving engineering issues, improving manufacturing processes, and improving yield to reduce cost. Involved in improving the polishing processes for high precision optical surfaces. Supervised the build process of Ring Laser Gyros. Managed three clean room labs with two shifts. Modified and developed engineering processes to improve production quality.