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Nikolay Ledentsov

Angestellt, VP of Engineering / Engineering team lead, VI Systems GmbH
Berlin, Germany

Skills

Start-ups
Entrepreneurship
Solid State Physics
Web Design
User Interface
Venture Capital
Project Management
Product design
Marketing & Sales
Project funding
Manufacturing
Telecommunications
Laser Technology
Business Development
Management
Technology
Technical project management

Timeline

Professional experience for Nikolay Ledentsov

  • Current 8 years and 4 months, since 2017

    VP of Engineering / Engineering team lead

    VI Systems GmbH

    - Management of fabless semiconductor production and packaging Lithographic mask design and process development - Leading characterization & packaging team 5 engineers (PhD and PhD candidates) - Research & development of VCSELs for high-speed optical links Co-author in >90 publications, >1000 citations, >21 publications as first author - Sales management, technical support, customer & partner relations - Representation of the company on trade shows and conferences: *SPIE PW, OFC, ECOC and others

  • Current 9 years and 4 months, since Jan 2016

    Technical project manager at VI Systems GmbH

    VI Systems GmbH

    Submission and management of publicly funded R&D projects: - FASTBITS 2017-2020 (112 Gbit/s 4-PAM optical link) - OVERSCAN 2018-2020 (multicore fiber-based vibration and bending sensor) - SAMOA-NET 2021-2024 (VCSEL-based PON based on space division multiplexing) - E4C 2022-2024 (extreme energy efficient edge cloud hardware) - PERFEKT 2022 – 2024 (VCSEL-based optical wireless networks) - MultiCoreSPS 2023 – 2025 (Single-Photon-Source-based encrypted optical link)

  • 2 years and 4 months, Sep 2013 - Dec 2015

    Engineer

    VI Systems GmbH

    Electroluminescence spectroscopy of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSEL's) • Building of a temperature-controlled testbed for electroluminescence and current-voltage characterization of light-emitters (700nm-1700nm) • Development of a custom automatisation software in LabView • Performing the VCSEL & PD tests, data acquisition, analysis and presentation

  • 1 year and 3 months, Aug 2013 - Oct 2014

    Practicum Student

    Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik

    Growth and characterization of semipolar InGaN light emitters.

  • 2 years and 1 month, Aug 2011 - Aug 2013

    Founder

    Hypermobility

    Hypermobility is a mobile marketplace for spontaneous air-travel Funding: European Social Fund microfinance at TU Berlin • Creating a business plan and developing a business model of the company • Communication with potential partners and investors • Development of a mobile application UI, corporate design, social media appearance, video presentations and website • Analysis and simulation of potential sales and revenues based on the airline statistics

  • 2 years and 4 months, Mar 2009 - Jun 2011

    Manager and Co-Founder

    Full Color Media e.V.

    Full Color Media supports of Russian-speaking live musicians and culture in Germany. • Founding and registering the organization • Non-commercial entity • Successful organization of more than 15 live concerts and events • Development of the corporate design, flyers, website and marketing Currently FCM e.V. is involved in organization of ruberoid-festival.de

  • 2009 - 2010

    Website administrator

    German-Russian exchange

    German-Russian Exchange supports the exchange of innovative ideas and experience between activists and non-profit organizations in Russia and Europe. • Website administration • Design of web-banners and flyers • Translations

Educational background for Nikolay Ledentsov

  • 2016 - 2024

    Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering

    Warsaw University of Technology

    Selected methods of improving efficiency of the VCSEL-based optical interconnects

  • 2013 - 2014

    Physics

    Technische Universität Berlin

    Solid State Physics I-II Higher Theoretical Physics V: Quantummechanics II Higher Theoretical Physics VI: Colloid systems: Theory and Simulation Experimental Physics VI: Optics Seminar for Photovoltaics Fortgeschrittenenpraktikum I-II

  • 2007 - 2012

    Physics

    Technische Universität Berlin

    Innowerkstatt (Market Research) Venture Campus (Management) Experimental Physics V: Solid State Physics

Languages

  • English

    Fluent

  • English

    Fluent

  • German

    Fluent

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