Andrew Rickman

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Andrew Rickman OBE is a visionary and entrepreneur in the field of silicon photonics. He is the founder, CEO and Chairman of Rockley Photonics based in the UK, Finland and Pasadena, CA.[1] He was Britain’s first Internet billionaire,[2] and a survivor of the dot-com bubble crash.[3][4]

Dr Andrew Rickman

Education[]

Rickman has a mechanical engineering degree from Imperial College, London;[5] a PhD in silicon photonics from Surrey University, an MBA from Cranfield University and honorary doctorates from Surrey, Edinburgh Napier and Kingston Universities. He is a Chartered Engineer[6] and a Fellow of both the Royal Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Physics.[5]

Career and business ventures[]

Rickman was previously the CEO and Chairman of Bookham Technology, the first company to commercialise silicon photonics.[7] He founded Bookham Technology in 1988 and grew it rapidly from a start-up to a FTSE100 company; successfully steering the business through a period of major consolidation in the global telecoms sector. [8]

This led to an April 2009 merger with Avanex Corporation to create the world’s second largest fibre optics telecom component producer, San Jose based Oclaro Inc. [NASDAQ: OCLR]; which was subsequently acquired by Lumentum Holdings, in March 2018, for US$ 1.8 billion [NASDAQ: LITE]. [9][10][5]

Rickman was also Chairman of Kotura Inc.,[11] – a developer of silicon photonics for fibre optic communications, high performance computing and sensing applications – and was instrumental in its development and ultimate sale for $82 million in 2013 to Mellanox Technologies, [NASDAQ: MLNX; TASE: MLNX], a supplier of end-to-end interconnect solutions for servers and storage systems. In March 2019 Mellanox was acquired for US$ 6.9 billion by NVIDIA Corporation [NASDAQ: NVDA]. [12][13]

Rickman is the current CEO of Rockley Photonics. Founded in August 2013, commenced trading on the NYSE under the new ticker symbol “RKLY” on August 12, 2021. is a global leader in silicon photonics [14] and develops photonic integrated circuits and associated modules, sensors, and full-stack solutions specifically designed for mobile health monitoring;[15] machine vision to high-speed [16] and high-volume solutions for data communications.[17]

Honours and awards[]

Rickman was awarded an OBE in the Queen's Millennium 2000 New Year Honours list for services to the telecommunications industry,[6] and is a winner of the prestigious Royal Academy of Engineering Silver Medal for his outstanding contribution to British Engineering.[18][19]

In 2000, Rickman was named UK Technology and Communications by Ernst and Young.[6]

Other achievements and interests[]

In 2011, Rickman was awarded an Honorary Professorship at SIMIT, Chinese Academy of Sciences.[5] Rickman has held advisory board positions with the East Asia Institute of the University of Cambridge and Applied Science and Technology Research Institute of Hong Kong.[6] [5] He was a Trustee of The Oxford Trust.[5] He was previously a council member of the UK Government’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).[5] Outside of silicon photonics and integrated communication technologies his interests lie in cutting edge developments in the fields of energy, the environment and new media.[20]

References[]

  1. ^ "Rockley Photonics closes 'several million dollar' first funding round". Optics.org. 22 April 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  2. ^ Auchincloss, Louis (13 September 2002). "Bend it like Bookham: Andrew Rickman, founder of light-curving fibre-optics firm bookham technology, was the first uk web billionaire, then the slump hit. But he still believes in 'Broadband Britain' - and an upturn for his company". The Engineer. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2016 – via Highbeam Research.
  3. ^ Hartford, Maggie (16 April 2009). "Entrepreneur's dream". The Oxford Times. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  4. ^ "The tech boss who lost more than a billion". BBC News. 2020-03-09. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Rickman, A. 2021. Andrew Rickman’s profile page. [LinkedIn]. [Accessed 30 September 2021. Available from: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewrickman
  6. ^ a b c d "Executive profile: Andrew G. Rickman OBE". Bloomberg Business. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  7. ^ "Angels' wings help with take-off". Financial Times. 2009-01-27. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  8. ^ "Entrepreneur's dream". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  9. ^ "Homepage | Lumentum Operations LLC". www.lumentum.com. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  10. ^ "Lumentum completes Oclaro acquisition". www.semiconductor-today.com. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  11. ^ Reading 9/20/2005, News Wire Feed Light. "Kotura Expands Board". Light Reading. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  12. ^ "NVIDIA: World Leader in Artificial Intelligence Computing". NVIDIA. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  13. ^ Clifford, Tyler (2020-04-28). "Nvidia completes 'homerun deal' after closing $7 billion acquisition of Mellanox". CNBC. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  14. ^ Lazard (2021). [[1] a "T100 Update"] Check |url= value (help). Lazard. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  15. ^ "Rockley Photonics strikes agreements with two medical device manufacturers". Med-Tech Innovation | Latest news for the medical device industry. 2021-09-09. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  16. ^ "Rockley launches highly integrated DBR laser for high-volume sensing and imaging markets". www.semiconductor-today.com. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  17. ^ "Realising the true potential of silicon photonics | Electro Optics". www.electrooptics.com. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  18. ^ "Engineers receive silver innovation awards". theguardian.com. 29 May 2002. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  19. ^ "Silver Medal - 1995-2014 winners". Royal Academy of Engineering. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  20. ^ http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5b176400-ec8a-11dd-a534-0000779fd2ac.html?siteedition=uk#axzz3xhvTiBSM[full citation needed]
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