Emcore appoints Noel Heiks to board

Emcore Corp of Alhambra, CA, USA – which provides indium phosphide (InP)-based optical chips, components, subsystems and systems for the broadband and specialty fiber-optics markets – has announced the appointment of Noel Heiks to its board of directors.

Heiks has extensive executive management and entrepreneurial experience in high-tech companies, including defense and optoelectronics companies. From March 2018 to April 2019, she served as president & chief operating officer of Duos Technologies (which specializes in artificial intelligence and machine learning for inspection and security applications). From August 2017 until March 2018, she served as interim CEO of MVTRAK, an early-stage health monitoring company. In 2008, Heiks founded Nuvotronics, a manufacturer of radar and wireless systems for defense and telecom organizations, serving as its CEO and then board member until its eventual acquisition by Cubic Corp this March. In 1996, she founded microfabricated optoelectronics component maker Haleos, and served as its VP until its eventual acquisition by Rohm & Haas in 2002, where she went on to serve as marketing director of Rohm and Haas (now Dow Chemical) from 2002 until 2007.

Heiks has a B.S. degree in Physics and an M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech University and holds about 30 awarded or pending patents.

“Noel’s significant experience managing high-growth defense and optoelectronics companies positions her well to make valuable contributions to Emcore and our board of directors,” comments chairman Dr Gerald Fine.

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