Rob Williamson

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About Rob Williamson

Business leader with deep technical expertise spanning multiple engineering and scientific disciplines. Strategic and tactical marketing in both commercial and defense markets. My empathetic approach to leadership enables me to unite diverse teams to solve challenging technical problems with structured methods of systems engineering. I thrive in new technology / new product development, blending engineering and marketing skills to create, grow, and lead teams serving new markets with cutting-edge products and systems. I guide teams to translate customer "desirements" from concept into concrete specifications, proceeding through a structured, phase-gated product development approach. Markets include aerospace and defense, satellite and terrestrial telecommunications, high-performance/quantum computing, and instrumentation. Specialties: New product introduction, business development, engineering management, product and strategic marketing, M&A/due diligence, IP portfolio management, cross-functional leadership, mentorship, active listening, customer advocacy. Keywords: Photonics, lasers, optoelectronics, system engineering, applications engineering, embedded systems, FPGAs, DSP, microwave electronics, robotics, motion control, telecommunications, free-space optical communications, space and satellite electronics, fiber optics, semiconductor diode lasers, solid-state lasers, fiber lasers, mid-infrared optics, biomedical optics, atomic physics, quantum technologies, quantum computing, quantum sensing.