BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Dave Welch, PhD
AttoTude Founder and CEO
David F. Welch, Ph.D., founder and CEO of AttoTude, has over forty years of experience in the fiber optics and optical communications industries both in technology development and strategy, and as a business leader, including corporate management from initial start-up through a public company with multi-billion dollar revenues. From 1985 to 2001, he was at SDL (formerly Spectra Diode Laboratories) as CTO and VP of Corporate Development, where he successfully established a differentiated technology and product strategy, resulting in the merger with JDS Uniphase. In 2001, he co-founded Infinera. As founder/CTO/President, he was responsible for establishing the key differentiating technology, photonic integrated circuits, and the implementation into a series of network-managed product lines. The success of the technology has positioned Infinera as the leader in optical communications. Most recently, Dave founded AttoTude, which is aligned with highly differentiated technology that addresses power, cost, and scale issues in data center networking applications.
He holds over 200 patents and has authored over 300 technical publications. In recognition of his technical contributions, he has been awarded the OSA’s Adolph Lomb Medal, Joseph Fraunhofer Award and John Tyndall Award, the IET’s JJ Thompson Medal for Achievement in Electronics, and the IEEE Ernst Weber Managerial Leadership Award. He is a Fellow of the OSA and the IEEE and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. Dr. Welch holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Delaware and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University.
Joy Laskar, PhD
AttoTude Founder and CTO
Joy Laskar has been a successful professor and entrepreneur with several start-ups based on his pioneering research in radio frequency electronics. His first venture, RF Solutions, developed the primary power amplifier solution for Intel's Centrino platform. Subsequently, he founded companies that advanced CMOS power amplifier technology and low-power millimeter wave gigabit wireless circuits. His roles ranged from CTO to CEO, driving innovation in wireless connectivity and sensor products for various industries. Joy is an IEEE Fellow and one of the five most prolific worldwide RFIC authors.
Basil Alwan
Director
Basil is an investor and board member at AttoTude. Currently Basil also serves as CEO and Chairman of Tarana Wireless, an innovative and fast-growing broadband access company that engineered a ground-breaking approach to high-speed wireless connectivity. Formerly, Basil was at Nokia as President of IP/Optical Networks through the acquisition of his privately held IP routing startup, TiMetra Networks, where he was founder, President and CEO. Basil is a recognized industry leader and particularly enjoys working on ambitious projects that can disrupt markets with “deep-tech” advances. He started his career with Advanced Micro Devices after graduating with his bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana in 1984.
Peter Wagner
Director
Peter is an investor and board member at Attotude. He is a founding partner of Wing Venture Capital and has led investments in dozens of early-stage companies, more than 30 of which have gone on to complete IPOs or successful acquisitions. Before founding Wing, Peter was a managing partner at Accel, a product line manager at Silicon Graphics, and a business analyst at McKinsey and Company. He began his career as a physicist working in nuclear fusion research and aerospace. Peter holds an AB in physics from Harvard College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Investor Team
AttoTude is backed by a team of visionary investors who recognize its potential for transformative innovation. With support from leading venture firms like Sutter Hill Ventures, Canaan Partners, and Wing VC, AttoTude is poised to succeed in its mission to transform the datacenter interconnect space.