Company Overview

Develop the Group's direct-to-market laser diode product portfolio for the industrial, defence, display, and scientific markets.

Directors and Management

Mr James David Walker

Executive Chairman,Executive Director 07/02/2020

Mr Walker is an experienced leader in commercialising technology in new markets. He also has experience as a Chief Financial Officer for a UK, AIMlisted technology company as well as executive roles in other growth companies. James has over 25 years experience as a senior executive of various high growth private companies. James has successfully completed multiple ASX IPOs, corporate acquisition transactions, secondary round raises on both the ASX and UK AIM markets and private capital raises. James thrives on scaling businesses, commercialising technology and building new global markets, with experience across a wide range of international high growth businesses, including deal-tech, data-driven customer experience, sensor systems, mining technology services, automotive, aviation, biotechnology, hotel telemarketing, drone detection and security sectors. He is member of Risk Committee member.

BCom, FCA, GAICD,CA,CS Chartered Accountant & Company secretary Male

Mr Stephe Peter Wilks

Non-Executive Director 24/05/2018

Mr Wilks is a professional company Director, with a long record leading successful global technology companies in high growth and disruptive industries. He has headed several Australian and international technology companies, including as Regional Director (Asia and Japan) Regulatory affairs for BT Asia Pacific, Managing Director of XYZed Pty Ltd (an Optus company) Chief Operating Officer of both Nextgen Networks and Personal Broadband Australia, and as Consulting Director of NM Rothschild and Sons. Stephe was the Chair of Australia's largest private IT services company, Interactive, where he remains a non-executive director. His finance, strategic management, M&A and public affairs add value to the BluGlass board. He is member of Risk Committee member.

BSc, LLB, LLM Lawyer Male

Mr Vivek Rao

Non-Executive Director 14/03/2016

Mr Rao is the President & Chief Operations Officer of SPT Microtechnologies (a Division of SPP Technologies). Vivek is a seasoned semiconductor professional with more than 25 years in the semiconductor capital equipment industry in various managerial and technical leadership roles and brings to the BluGlass board a understanding of BluGlass target markets and customers. He is member of Risk Committee member.

MS(Elec Eng), BSc(Elec Eng) Male

Mr Jean-Michel Pelaprat

Non-Executive Director 03/05/2021

Mr Pelaprat is photonics industry executive and has with over 30 years' experience establishing, commercialising and scaling laser and semiconductor businesses. As co-founder and Director of Nuburu - a US-based company recognized as pioneer in blue GaN lasers for industrial, medical, display and 3D applications - Mr Pelaprat helped the business over the past six years from start-up to an industry leader. Mr Pelaprat will continue in his role as Director and Chief Marketing and Sales (CM&SO) Officer with Nuburu. Before founding Nuburu, Mr Pelaprat held numerous leadership positions in photonics businesses, including President and CEO of Vytran, a fiber optics capital equipment company supplying optical communications, fiber lasers, medical devices, sensing and aerospace applications. He led the business during the 2009-2010 recession and served on the Board of Vytran's parent company, NKT Photonics. Other senior roles include Chair and CEO of Novalux, Inc. a start-up developing red-green-blue (RGB) semiconductor laser sources for the projection display industry, and Director of Nuvonyx, a pioneer in infrared high-powered semiconductor lasers. He is also the founder of A2E, a consulting and advisory firm in Silicon Valley, assisting photonics, semiconductor and tech businesses with strategic restructures, merger and acquisition management, and revenue transformation. He previously served as the Chair of the Corporate Associates committee for several years and a Director of the Optical Society of America. He has undertaken Sales Management and Finance education at the Wharton School of Business and studied Strategic Marketing for the High- Tech Industry at Stanford University.

Deg(Physics), Male

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