The NSF QUBBE Quantum Leap Challenge Institute Lectures: Eric Mottay, Amplitude Laser Company

Eric Mottay will tell us the story of how he created and developed Amplitude, a successful international laser company and a world leader in ultrafast femtosecond lasers. Eric founded Amplitude in 2001 and he was the company president for over 20 years. He grew the company into a financially successful global business with over eighty million dollars of annual revenue. Eric will tell us how he took advanced scientific innovations, from a research laboratory, all the way to financially successful industrial commercial products. He will talk about how in the process of growing his company, he managed to create high-tech jobs for over 450 employees. The story of Amplitude is a true entrepreneurship success story. It is an example of how scientists and engineers can create new companies and generate many high-tech jobs for their communities.