Kurt Weingarten

Catalyzing start-ups in technology and photonics. And trying to figure out what I really want to do when I grow up.

Uitikon, Zurich, Switzerland

About

Technology entrepreneur in photonics space. Experience in company financing including venture capital, company M&A, technology licensing, team building, production scale-up, go-to-market strategies for high-end photonics products, global customer and supply chain approaches.

Experience

  • Member Board of Directors at K2 Photonics
    Apr 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 3 mos

  • Member Board of Directors at Scrona Ltd.
    Nov 2018 - Present · 7 yrs 8 mos

  • Managing Partner at Tarkas Ventures
    Jul 2018 - Present · 8 yrs

    More than four years after being acquired by Lumentum - time to start something new! Light is everywhere.

  • Lumentum (Schlieren)
    • CTO Commercial Lasers
      Nov 2017 - Nov 2018 · 1 yr 1 mo

      Joining the corporate CTO office of Lumentum to focus on product and technology strategy for our commercial lasers including kilowatt fiber lasers for metal cutting and welding, and all pulsed lasers for micromachining applications in semiconductor and electronics production tools.

    • Managing Director R&D
      Feb 2017 - Oct 2017 · 9 mos

    • General Manager
      Aug 2015 - Jan 2017 · 1 yr 6 mos

      Lumentum spun-off from JDSU on 1-August-2015 to focus on photonics for telecom, datacom, and commercial lasers for macro-machining (e.g. kilowatt fiber lasers) and micro-machining (e.g. high-power picosecond and femtosecond lasers)

  • General Manager at JDSU
    Feb 2014 - Aug 2015 · 1 yr 7 mos

    Time-Bandwidth Products became a part of the JDSU family at the end of January 2014 to accelerate the adoption of our ultrafast laser products into the growing industrial market for these types of lasers. We remain a Swiss company with precision ultrafast laser production, a strengthened R&D innovation center for ultrafast lasers, and European service center for all JDSU industrial lasers. The JDSU organization brings us a strengthened worldwide sales network plus world-class manufacturing and supply-chain expertise for high-volume precision photonics.