Chris Anderson
Vice President, Photon Systems at xLight Inc.
Berkeley, California, United States
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Top SchoolChris Anderson is a physicist-engineer who designs and manages EUV and x-ray optical systems for semiconductor manufacturing, bringing 11+ years of hands-on lab and program leadership at Berkeley Lab to his current role as Vice President of Photon Systems at xLight. He co-founded Hooktheory, applying data from over 25,000 popular songs to make music creation more accessible, demonstrating an unusual blend of precision optics and creative product-building. With a Ph.D. in Applied Science & Technology and graduate training in optical engineering, he bridges deep research expertise and practical system engineering for high-stakes manufacturing environments. Known for translating complex physical constraints into producible tools, he pairs scientific rigor with an entrepreneurial mindset that spans national lab programs and consumer-facing music technology.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D, Applied Science & Technology, Ph.D, Applied Science & Technology at University of California, BerkeleyThe University of ArizonaB.S., Optical Engineering, B.S., Optical Engineering at University of California, Davis
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (75)
phonegap10
cordova-plugin10
visual-studio10
editor10
electron10
typescript10
vscode-extension10
vscode10
visual-studio-code10
microsoft10
ionic-framework10
ionic9
srcset9
tooltips9
lazyload9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
cnanders/matlab-npoint-lc400-ui
Jan 2018 - Dec 2023
Contributions:28 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years
cnanders/matlab-hex
Feb 2017 - Dec 2022
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 10 months
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