Prem Kumar, Ph.D.

Dr. Kumar, CEO, is the AT&T Professor of Information Technology in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Director of the Center for Photonic Communication and Computing at Northwestern University. Professor Kumar co-founded NuCrypt following successful demonstration of the AlphaEta™ technology at the Center. He is an internationally recognized researcher and is a fellow of several organizations including the Optical Society of America, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), the Institute of Physics, and the American Physical Society. Dr. Kumar is also the recipient of the 2004 International Quantum Communications Award.

Gregory Kanter, Ph.D.

Dr. Kanter, Director of Product Development, has experience in high-speed electronic signal processing for optical communication systems and has researched optical regeneration, quantum optics, and the use of quantum noise in secure communications. He has three patents pending.

V. Srikant, Ph.D.

Dr. Srikant, Director of Business Development, is a business technologist with experience in product and market development. At Corning, Inc., he commercialized various optics and photonics products. He holds approximately 40 patents.