Mojo Vision

Graduated from Carnegie Mellon with a BS in electrical engineering, computer engineering, and mathematics, where he created the CMU PC/IP software package and was lead author of the Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP), the standard that enabled early dial-up internet access. Served as principal architect at FORE Systems from 1993–1997, which sold for $4.5 billion, then built a career in optical networking: co-founded Lightera Networks, acquired by Ciena for over $500 million; co-founded OnFiber Communications, acquired by Qwest; and co-founded and served as CTO of Infinera, which developed the world's first large-scale photonic integrated circuits and IPO'd before being sold to Nokia for $2.3 billion in 2025. Co-founded Mojo Vision in 2015, transitioned to Chairman in April 2023, and now also leads Eridu, an AI networking startup that raised $200 million in Series A.

Co-founder, holds a PhD in Computer Science from UC Berkeley and spent his career as a chief engineer at Sun Microsystems, where he oversaw 3D graphics technical strategy and co-architected the Java 3D API. Invented deferred shading and geometry compression, co-invented 3D-RAM, and architected numerous graphics hardware accelerators; named inventor on 133 patents. Prior to Sun, worked at Schlumberger Laboratories on graphics and imaging research. Has been working on VR-related systems since the 1970s, and his research includes human eye optics modeling, predictive head trackers, and virtual reality interface hardware—all foundational to Mojo's challenge of embedding displays at ocular scale. Post-retirement, focused on understanding how to make the world's most efficient display, a direct precursor to the ultra-dense micro-LED fabrication now central to the company's IP strategy.

Earned a BS, MS, and PhD in electrical engineering from Stanford, with an emphasis on semiconductor physics and optics. Co-founded and served as president of SolarJunction, which developed multi-junction solar cells that set world records for conversion efficiency twice; the company was acquired by Saudi investment firm Taqnia in 2014. Served as entrepreneur-in-residence at New Enterprise Associates from March 2015 to February 2016 before co-founding Mojo Vision in 2015 as CTO. His deep background in compound semiconductors and optoelectronics—from solar to photonics—directly informed the micro-LED display fabrication challenge at the core of Mojo's smart contact lens prototype and subsequent licensing pivot.