Mr. Ian Croston This is Me

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 Web References

1. 1. Pelikon - Management Team

   www.pelikon.com/company/manage - [Cached]

   Published on: 7/10/2005   Last Visited: 7/10/2005

   Photo of Ian Croston, Director of Quality & Engineering
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   Ian Croston
   
   Position Director of Quality & Engineering
   
   Ian joined Pelikon in June 2003. His role is to manage both the development of new manufacturing processes and to oversee the smooth transition of new products from early phase development through to volume manufacturing.
   
   Prior to joining Pelikon, Ian held a number of leadership roles in engineering, manufacturing and marketing functions within the telecommunications sector. Between 1994 and 2002 he was responsible for a number of high speed fibre-optic product lines at JDS Uniphase,s optoelectronic modulator facilities in the UK and the USA. He also spent 7 years at GEC-Marconi working on the development of fibre-optic products for both civil & military applications.
   
   He holds a Bachelors degree in Material Science and Engineering from the University of Sheffield (1986), is a Chartered Engineer and a member of the IEE.

2. 2. Team

   www.essient.com/essient_team.h - [Cached]

   Published on: 7/3/2003   Last Visited: 7/3/2003

   Ian Croston, Director of Engineering
   
   Specializing in technical product and quality management, Mr. Croston brings to Essient more than 15 years of hands-on fiber optic manufacturing and development experience within the telecommunications industry. While working for JDS Uniphase, Mr. Croston managed the successful development and deployment of high performance OC-192 modulator products that helped position the company as a world leader.
   
   Prior to his tenure at JDS Uniphase, Mr. Croston spent six years at SDL as a product development program leader and quality assurance manager where he directed and coordinated 30 development and process engineers in key modulator development programs. He has also worked at GEC-Marconi Research Centre as a development engineer responsible for component developments in a wide range of technologies such as passive silica-on-silicon, lithium niobate , and indium phosphide

3. 3. Sunday Herald

   www.sundayherald.com/25581 - [Cached]

   Last Visited: 6/23/2002

   ESSIENT Photonics has appointed former JDS Uniphase executive Ian Croston as director of engineering as it prepares to ramp up for production.
   
   The optoelectronics company which was spun-out out earlier this year from Glasgow University is a supplier of integrated optoelectronics components and has already received £5 million in a start-up funding round led by US venture capital Pond Ventures. Essient also received commercialisation support from Scottish Enterprise.
   
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   Croston, who will oversee all areas of preparation for Essient's first products, has also worked at SDL and at the GEC-Marconi Research Centre.