Quintessent appoints Bob Nunn chief operating officer
The company says Nunn’s experience in successfully scaling tech companies will help them in their mission to build the next generation of optical interconnects for AI applications
Quintessent, a company developing heterogeneous silicon photonics and quantum dot laser technology, has announced that it has appointed industry veteran Bob Nunn to the executive team as chief operating officer, to help the company meet the growing demand in high bandwidth and high reliability optical interconnects for AI applications.
Nunn has helped build several successful start-up companies, including Vitesse Semiconductor (IPO), Fulcrum Microsystems (acquired by Intel), E2O Communications (acquired by JDSU), Nurlogic Design (acquired by Artisan Components), among others. Most recently, he was CEO of Everactive, a start-up company building battery-less IoT solutions. Before Everactive, Nunn was managing director at Intel Capital, focused on datacentre technologies, having joined Intel as part of their acquisition of Fulcrum Microsystems. Nunn holds a BS in computer engineering from UCLA and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
“I am pleased to join this group of highly motivated and talented individuals,” said Nunn. “Together, we are building the next generation of optical interconnects that will aggregate massive compute and memory resources to power ever-growing AI applications.”
“Welcoming Bob to Quintessent marks the realisation of a partnership I’ve long envisioned,” said Alan Liu, CEO and co-founder of Quintessent. “Bob’s deep expertise and proven track record in building and scaling successful technology companies are a perfect match for our mission and the opportunities ahead. I couldn’t be more excited to have him join the Quintessent team as we rise to the challenge of delivering scalable and reliable AI interconnect solutions.”
