Summary
Dan Gray is an optics entrepreneur and engineering leader with over 20 years of experience designing precision optical systems for biomedical and industrial markets. After earning BS, MS, and a Ph.D. in Optics from the University of Rochester, he held senior optical roles at Optos, GE, and Lighthouse Imaging before founding Gray Optics in 2017 and scaling it to a 14-person team. In 2023 he sold Gray Optics to FISBA and now leads FISBA North America as President, blending hands-on optical engineering with product development and manufacturing expertise. He holds a Six Sigma Black Belt and is known for guiding projects from concept through production to reduce risk and accelerate time-to-market. Based in Portland, Maine, he combines deep technical credibility in medical imaging with practical startup scale-up experience and a talent for integrating niche optical capabilities into larger global networks.
10 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D. Optics, Ph.D. Optics at University of Rochester