Eric Geoffrion
President and CEO
Eric Geoffrion, President and CEO, brings to IRphotonics more than 20 years of experience in the optical industry.Prior to joining IRphotonics, Eric was CEO and co-founder of ITF Technologies, a Montreal-based manufacturer of fiber optic components founded in 1998. Through Mr. Geoffrion’s leadership, the company grew from 3 to 500 employees in a 4-year period and was a world leading manufacturers of next generation fiber optic solutions. Before co-founding ITF, he held various positions at EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering, a manufacturer of fiber optic test instrumentation. Before leaving, he was International Sales Manager and Marketing Manager Outside Plant products. In 1995, the Financial Post rated EXFO as "One of Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies". He received a Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering from the Ecole Polytechnique of the University of Montreal.

Dr. M. Saad
Chief Technology Officer & Founder
Dr. Saad has more than 20 years of experience in optical materials and fiber optics research. He holds a Ph.D. From Rennes University (where halide glasses were developed) in France, in Infra red optical materials and fibers. Formerly he held the position of senior researcher at Laboratoire des Matériaux Photoniques at Rennes University, France and was head of the infra red optical fiber program at Institut National d’Optique (INO). He has chaired many international conferences on infra red optical glasses and their applications. He is the inventor of a patented process for fluoride glass synthesis.

Ruben Burga
Vice President Sales and Marketing
Ruben Burga, P.Eng, MBA, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, has over 24 years of experience developing and implementing strategy in the industrial, medical and electronic assembly field where high value engineering adhesives are used.  He has directed and supported sales and marketing activities relating to adhesives, their dispensing and curing for Loctite Corporation (now Henkel), EFOS, EXFO and EFD.  With previous postings in Asia, Latin America, Canada and the USA and with extensive experience in Europe, Mr. Burga is positioning IRphotonics to continue its technical and market leadership globally.  Mr. Burga is an accredited Professional Engineer with a Bachelor of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toronto, Canada and a MBA from Bryant University, in Rhode Island.

Georges Kechichian
Vice President Engineering
With 20 years of experience in research and development, Georges brings a proven management track record in both small and large organizations.

Prior to joining IR Photonics, Georges cofounded Aethera Networks where he served as VP of Engineering and CTO and contributed as an observer member on the corporation’s board of directors. Aethera put an innovative access product on the market that was deployed in several operators’ networks.
Before Aethera he was director of engineering at Positron (now IPC) and was also in charge of program management for the VoIP emergency call-taking platform. For over 7 years at Tellabs, he held several technical and R&D management positions where he helped deliver 3 major optical networking products with the latest being the Tellabs 7100. Earlier in his career, Georges held several technical positions at startup CML Technologies as well as at CAE Electronics.

Georges holds a Bachelor’s Degree of Science in Electrical Engineering from Laval University in Quebec City, Canada. He has also attended Ottawa University’s MBA program.