Peter White
Managing Director Qioptiq Ltd, SVP Teledyne Qioptiq at Qioptiq, An Excelitas Technologies Company
St Asaph, Wales, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolPeter White is a veteran optics and engineering executive with over four decades of experience leading product, commercial and manufacturing teams in defence and photonics. As Managing Director of Qioptiq and SVP at Teledyne Qioptiq he has steered optical systems, coatings and land-systems businesses through growth, integration and international defence programmes. Trained as an aerospace engineer at the University of Manchester and later qualified in management studies, he combines deep technical understanding with commercial leadership across R&D, production and customer engagement. His career spans hands-on roles from body design engineering to running multi-site optics operations, giving him a rare end-to-end perspective on turning complex optical technology into fielded solutions. Based in St Asaph, Wales, he is known for aligning engineering roadmaps with defence procurement cycles and for sustaining long-term customer partnerships.
9 years of coding experience
28 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma Management Studies, Diploma Management Studies at The Open UniversityBachelor's Degree Aerospace Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Bachelor's Degree Aerospace Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at The University of Manchester
Github Skills (40)
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ethereum10
blockchain10
smart-contracts10
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rust10
webassembly10
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web-application9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
Watr-Protocol/watr
Aug 2022 - Mar 2023
Contributions:6 releases, 76 reviews, 127 commits in 7 months
r0gue-io/ismp
Jul 2024 - Mar 2025
Hyperbridge is a hyper-scalable, interoperability coprocessor.
Contributions:1 review, 5 pushes, 2 branches in 7 months
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