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Chief Technology Officer OFS Fitel

OFS manufactures and provides optical fiber cable, connectivity, FTTX and specialty photonics solutions, including research, manufacturing, marketing, and sales teams for Telecommunications, Medical, Industrial Automation, Sensing, Government, Aerospace and Defense applications.

David J. DiGiovanni leads the central R&D division of OFS Fitel and is a member of the executive leadership team. In addition to managing technology direction, he is responsible for improving R&D effectiveness and strengthening intellectual property. He has studied various phenomena related to optical fiber fabrication and applications, making notable contributions to erbium-doped optical fiber for amplifiers, high power amplifiers and lasers, Raman amplification and optical components. He has authored many technical publications, including chapters on fiber design and fabrication in several books, and has over 90 patents. Dr. DiGiovanni holds several degrees from Brown University, including a PhD in Mechanical Engineering. In 2017 he received the Brown Engineering Alumni Medal. He served as Associate Editor of Photonics Technology Letters from 2001-2006, has served on numerous organizing committees for several international photonics conferences, is a member of IEEE and was elected a fellow of the OSA.