Sash,

Just to clarify, it was a division within one of the companies he previously worked for and not a company. I believed it was mentioned either by Ajit Manocha in a presentation (possibly THM in 2015) or by some other poster here on this forum back then.

So, it is safe to assume that Suresh nurtured a modest division into a multi-billion dollar component of a large corporation. The advantage he had then was capital to fund what he did. That is no different if investors come aboard and fund POET now or that, better yet, POET's revenue takes off and they can fund their own success from high-margin (+/- 50%), robust sales. The data rooms that POET is targetting through partnerships, of which Acelink, is now the first to come-aboard, will provide those sales, margins, and ability to fund POET's development even further.

So I found this on Bloomberg about Suresh and it was one of those companies where he turned a division around from miniscule into a couple billion a year sales.

Dr. Suresh V. Venkatesan, PhD has been the Chief Executive Officer of POET Technologies Inc. since June 11, 2015. Dr. Venkatesan is an industry veteran with over 22 years of experience in semiconductor technology development. Dr. Venkatesan served as a Senior Vice President of Technology Development at GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. Inc. and GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc. Dr. Venkatesan focused on technology operational excellence, accelerating development and execution of key technology milestones and achieving customer satisfaction through technology delivery. Prior to joining GLOBALFOUNDRIES in 2009, he held various leadership positions with Freescale Semiconductor in Austin, Texas, including High Performance CMOS and NVM Technology development, Technology Strategy and Program Management and Silicon Technology Solutions. He was responsible for GLOBALFOUNDRIES's Technology Research and Development. Dr. Venkatesan began his career with Motorola, Inc. and served in roles of increasing responsibility including Engineering Manager of CMOS Platform Development and Engineering Director for Thoughtbeam, Inc. He has been a Director of POET Technologies Inc. since June 11, 2015. Dr. Venkatesan holds over twenty US patents and co-authored over 40 technical papers. He holds a Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering degree from the Indian Institute of Technology and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering and PhD degrees from Purdue University.

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