David Piehler
Distinguished Engineer - Optics at Dell Technologies
Providence, Rhode Island, United States
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Top SchoolDavid Piehler is a Distinguished Engineer at Dell Technologies specializing in high-speed optical interconnects for datacenter, AI/ML and HPC systems, with over two decades of hands-on experience building components, modules and architectures that scale to 1.6 Tb/s and beyond. A PhD physicist from UC Berkeley, he has led R&D and product organizations (including Chief Scientist at NeoPhotonics and VP roles at Harmonic) and brought multiple PIC- and laser-based innovations to market—most notably a 4-port PIC SFP that quadrupled bandwidth utilization. His expertise spans the full optics stack from device physics (DFB, EML, VCSEL, SOA, EDFAs) and nonlinear fiber effects to system-level DSP and waveform modeling for silicon photonics and pluggable optics. Equally comfortable in technical strategy, P&L leadership, and field deployments, he pairs deep scientific rigor with product delivery and global operator engagement. A prolific consultant and frequent world traveler, he’s known for inventing MIMO/statistical WDM techniques for low-cost transceivers and for translating niche laser science (blue/green micro-chip and upconversion fiber lasers) into OEM applications in biosciences and imaging.
14 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics at University of California, BerkeleyBachelor of Science - BS, Physics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Physics at Harvey Mudd College
Github Skills (1)
css3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (2)
OpenHack/openhack.github.com
Oct 2012 - Oct 2012
Community site for OpenHack nights.
Contributions:1 commit in 1 day
nights
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