{"id":3624,"date":"2024-03-25T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nlmphotonics.com\/?p=3624"},"modified":"2024-03-25T06:23:39","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T13:23:39","slug":"brad-booth-new-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nlmphotonics.com\/fr\/2024\/03\/25\/brad-booth-new-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"NLM Photonics Names Brad Booth as New CEO\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Current board member and cloud, AI\/ML, and datacom tech leader Brad Booth to become CEO <\/h2>\n\n\n
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March 25, 2024, Seattle, WA \u2014 NLM Photonics announces that current board member Brad Booth will step into the CEO role, replacing co-founder Gerard Zytnicki, who will stay in a leadership role as Chief Operating Officer and continue serving on the Board of Directors as Chairperson.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are excited about the places Brad can take NLM,\u201d says Zytnicki. \u201cHis years of expertise in cloud and AI\/ML couldn\u2019t come at a better time as we propel NLM\u2019s high-efficiency modulator technology toward commercialization.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Booth is a distinguished technology strategy and development leader, and influential in industry consortia and standardization. He is passionate about NLM\u2019s mission of developing energy-efficient data transport technologies through photonic integration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe communications industry has made incredible advances, and with the explosive growth of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and quantum computing. The need to move data, whether within a system, a rack, a data center, or worldwide, requires the ability to do that in the most energy-efficient manner,\u201d states Booth. \u201cNLM\u2019s silicon-organic hybrid technology built upon existing silicon platforms will permit the next generation of products to achieve higher data rates with improved energy efficiency. I look forward to working with this incredible team to show the industry what NLM can do for them.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Booth served at Meta Platforms and Microsoft Azure, where he focused on developing next-generation optical connectivity solutions for Cloud and AI data centers. Previously, he worked at Dell, Intel, and Bell-Northern Research. Booth led the formation of the Ultra Ethernet Consortium, the Ethernet Technology Consortium, the Consortium for On-Board Optics, and the Ethernet Alliance. He is well-known in the networking industry and has received awards for his contributions to the industry and networking standards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These changes in Booth\u2019s and Zytnicki\u2019s roles will round out NLM\u2019s executive team. In January, they brought on financial and organizational growth leader Vijay Raghavan as Chief Financial Officer. Co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer Dr. Lewis E. Johnson will transition to the role of Chief Technology Officer to recognize the company\u2019s increased focus on product and commercial R&D partnerships.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company believes this executive team will prepare it well for scaling commercial partnerships, technology development, and Series A fundraising efforts to finance this next stage of growth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

About NLM Photonics   <\/strong> 
NLM Photonics is based in Seattle and develops cutting-edge photonics solutions for transforming networking, computing, and sensing alongside our global partners. Follow us at nlmphotonics.com<\/a> and on LinkedIn @nlm-photonics<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Media Contact<\/strong>\u00a0
Erica McGillivray\u00a0 \u00a0
Communication Director\u00a0 \u00a0
ericamc@nlmphotonics.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Current board member and cloud, AI\/ML, and datacom tech leader Brad Booth to become CEO  March 25, 2024, Seattle, WA \u2014 NLM Photonics announces that current board member Brad Booth will step into the CEO role, replacing co-founder Gerard Zytnicki, who will stay in a leadership role as Chief Operating Officer and continue serving on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3636,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[79],"class_list":["post-3624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press","tag-team"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t