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Crystal IS appoints leading entrepreneur to Board of Directors

With this step, the firm intends to speed up commercialisation of its aluminium nitride substrate based ultraviolet (UV) LEDs.

Crystal IS has appointed Kevin J. Knopp to its Board of Directors. Most recently Knopp served as Vice-President for Thermo Fisher Scientific in its Portable Optical Analysis Business Unit.

“With Kevin Knopp’s success in commercialising innovative technology, particularly in the compound semiconductor industry, we are fortunate to have his counsel and recommendations as we begin delivering UVC LED’s to market on a global basis,” commented Nicholas Wood, Chairman of Crystal IS. “We expect our products to significantly impact the landscape of water, air, and surface disinfection technology, bringing about much-needed change for the world. Today we are working with large global customers to integrate our technology into their designs.“

Knopp has held numerous roles from R&D to sales and operations leadership in his career. Most recently he co-founded Ahura Scientific in 2002 and was responsible for engineering, government research, operations, and the safety & security business vertical. He then transitioned to business leader for one of Thermo Fisher’s global business units once Ahura was acquired by them.

Previously, Knopp was the manager of vertical-cavity laser development at CoreTek, which was acquired by Nortel Networks for $1.4B in 2000. He has more than 15 US patents and his products have received R&D 100, Business Week IDEA, GSN, CPhI Gold, Cygnus, and Frost & Sullivan awards. Knopp received a B.S.E.E from Boston University, M.S.E.E, and Ph.D degrees in Optics from the University of Colorado.

“The team at Crystal IS are in a unique position just now,” commented Knopp. “They have proven to be the technology benchmark in the emerging space of UVC LED’s. Now they need to bring the business into full realisation with clear and focused customer strategies and selective partnerships that will change the game and multiply the possibilities for the world. I look forward to being an integral part of that.”
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