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Opterro is an award-winning Silicon Valley-based technology company that delivers end-to-end, fiber-optic sensing solutions for a range of applications spanning data center, electric utilities, smart infrastructure, manufacturing, renewable energy, research & development, medical devices & wearables, aerospace & defense, and agtech & climate.
The technological foundation for Opterro began in the 1980s with the initiative of two world-famous Stanford professors and one of their brightest graduate researchers at the time. More than 50 patents later, Opterro's light shines today stronger than ever with its industry-leading portfolio of fiber-optic and optoelectronic sensing solutions.
Benefiting from nearly $60 million of R&D investments and grants, and with a following of leading-edge customers across multiple industries, Opterro offers best-in-class end-to-end products and solutions.
Opterro’s turnkey products and solutions are used globally for sensing requirements within data centers, semiconductor fabs, energy utilities, smart infrastructure, manufacturing, utilities, renewable energy, research & development, and aerospace & defense: anytime and anywhere an application requires a smart sensing solution. Many of our products are rooted in pioneering technology developments for leading sponsors and customers such as NASA, DoD, DoE, DoT, NIH, NSF, and commercial partners including major aerospace primes.
Light-powered sensing and intelligent analytics for equipment, plant, and infrastructure, enabling reliable, extended-life operation with reduced cost of ownership.
Opterro is delivering multiple fiber-optic interrogators with integrated AI-powered decision aid to major nuclear energy reactor manufacturer for in-core instrumentation
Opterro, Inc. and Gooch & Housego (G&H) Sign Memorandum of Understanding for Cooperation in Fiber-Optic Sensing.
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Opterro, Inc. Completes Acquisition of Redondo Optics, Inc. (ROI)
A global nuclear energy reactor manufacturer has selected Opterro to supply end-to-end sensing solutions for multifunctional fiber-optic sensing applications.
Opterro’s family of distributed fiber-optic sensing products with onboard and cloud-based intelligent analytics has been recognized as Finalist for the Best of Sensors Award for 2021. This award highlights cutting-edge advancements and achievements that are moving the sensors industry forward.
Opterro’s iSense® distributed fiber-optic sensing interrogators won the “Best of Sensors 2020 Award” in the Data Acquisition & Analytics category for Most Innovative Product. The award, which recognizes products for market value, unique design, and impact, was given based on iSense®’s advanced capabilities. The iSense® family integrates a scalable temperature and strain sensing system with multiplexed Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) sensors on an optical fiber and an ultra-fast interrogator. This system incorporates all-optical processing, electronics, algorithmic software, and data analytics layers, offering high-speed data acquisition from DC to 1.3 MS/s and beyond. Designed for applications in structural health monitoring, non-destructive evaluation (NDE), acoustic emission, and other advanced multi-sensor settings, iSense® provides powerful distributed photonic sensing across industries.
Opterro’s solutions are based on a comprehensive, expanding portfolio of over 50 issued patents and patent applications created at our sister company IFOS and licensed to Opterro. The strong IP portfolio includes its enabling technologies such as: massively-parallel photonic spectral processor (PSP), optical channel interleaving for dense spectral coverage, and sensor systems applicable across multiple industrial markets and applications.
Moreover, Opterro’s solutions benefit from a rich library of trade secrets covering a wide range of hardware, firmware, and software technologies and know-how, including: sensor design, fabrication, calibration, and deployment; digital signal processing for challenging measurements, and intelligent algorithms implemented in the interrogators’ algorithmic application-specific software to convert data into insight enabling decision aid.
Led by successful and innovative serial entrepreneurs, Opterro has assembled a world-class team with some of the best engineers (software, systems integration, photonics, optoelectronics, field service, and application engineering), physicists, data scientists, and signal processing specialists. The company benefits from the guidance of a distinguished Board of Directors and Advisory Board.
Mehrdad has served as President & Chief Commercial Officer, IFOS, a pioneer of photonic sensing solutions, and Founder & CEO, of Sigmagen, Inc. He received his MS and PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and has extensive experience in the instrumentation, semiconductor technology, micro/nano-electronics, internet, renewable energy, and data storage industries. He co-led and enabled creation of the world’s first agile semiconductor factory at TI, and several technology startups with liquidity events. He has a proven track record of delivering enabling technologies, products, and services across multiple industries. Mehrdad is a Fellow of IEEE and has over 250 patents in his name.
Behzad has led extensive R&D and commercialization activities on photonic sensing systems, advanced signal processing, and fiber-optic sensing technologies. He founded IFOS and is its CEO/CTO, where his focus is on applied R&D in development and applications of photonic sensors. Prior to founding IFOS, he held technology leadership positions in Litton Systems, Optivision, and Physical Optics Corp. He has published over 80 scientific papers and is the inventor of more than 20 U.S. patents. Behzad is a Senior Member of IEEE, SPIE, and OSA, and is a member of AWEA and ION. He holds a PhD and MS in Electrical Engineering, and an MS in Applied Physics, all from Stanford University.
Ferey is a partner at Newport LLC, a CEO advisory firm. He has a track record of accelerating value in high-tech companies. He brings a unique combination of expertise to help companies with sophisticated technologies to deliver their mission of growth and exit. A serial CEO, he started his career developing products at Schlumberger, switching to Fortune 500 corporate innovation management and corporate strategy consulting before progressing to middle market investment banking and ultimately principal investing in a $2B PE and a $100M VC fund. Ferey earned his PhD in Electrical Engineering from University College, London, and an MBA in finance and strategy from Cambridge University.
Taher is world-renowned information security leader and cryptographer. Taher has served as CISO, Chief Scientist, CTO, founder, and CEO of numerous organizations. He invented the DSS standard for digital signatures and is recognized as the “father” of SSL. He invented the ElGamal discrete log cryptosystem and the ElGamal signature scheme. Former CTO of Salesforce, Taher is a co-founder of NokNok Labs and InfoSec Global, and serves as a director of Vindicia, Zix, Bay Dynamics, and Opterro. He has served as an advisor to Cyphort, Bitglass, Onset Ventures, Glenbrook Partners, PGP, Arcot Systems, Finjan, Actiance, Symplified, Zetta, SecureMisr, and Axway. Dr. Elgamal earned his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.
Efstratios (Stratos) Kehayas is the President of Gooch & Housego (G&H: https://gandh.com/) Photonics, leading the development of photonic solutions for Semiconductor, Life Sciences, and Aerospace & Defense. He has been part of the G&H executive team since 2018, serving as Group CTO and CCO, and President, helping the company expand into systems. Stratos founded Constelex, a space photonics startup acquired by G&H in 2013. He holds a BEng from Southampton University, an MSc from Imperial College London, and a PhD from the National Technical University of Athens. He is a senior member of OPTICA and IEEE, with over 100 peer-reviewed publications and six patents. Stratos lives with his family in Northern California.
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Be the leading provider of end-to-end integrated sensing solutions to meet the needs of global customers for reliable monitoring, control, and maintenance of high-value assets.
We develop and manufacture fiber-optic sensing solutions with scalable modular plug & play architecture as a one-stop supplier of turnkey systems, enabling enhanced economics, security, and safety for equipment, plant, and infrastructure, unleashing the power of Industry 4.0 and 5.0.
