“Our solid-state optical innovations enable the
skillful and cost-effective manipulation of light.”

About Us

LensVector was founded to commercialize liquid crystal-based optics that enable adaptive optical capabilities without the use of mechanical systems or redundant light sources. The original technology was developed at Laval University in the Center for Optics, Photonics and Lasers. LensVector exclusively licensed the original patents from Laval and hired the core team as part of the R&D Group that is still located in Quebec City, Canada. The Company’s R&D group continues to work closely with Laval University’s resources to advance and lead the field of molecular optics based on liquid crystal technology.

The scalability of our architecture allows a few core products to support a broad range of applications and markets. This coupled with our outsourcing strategy to use legacy LCD production lines, provides the ramp-up capacity and cost structure to cost-effectively serve all target markets.

Employees: <50
Markets: Architectural Lighting
Products: 15mm, 35mm, 44mm, 48mm, and 65mm liquid crystal lenses
Manufacturing: Global, assembly in North America
Ownership: LensVector is privately held
Patents: 114 global patents filed, 52 granted and more than 60 pending

Management Team

Howard Earhart

Chairman and CEO

Howard Earhart is a successful CEO based in Silicon Valley with extensive leadership experience at hardware, software and consumer products companies. Following his role as President of Memorex’s Consumer Products Group, he has been the turn-around CEO of more than 15 high-tech companies and led Power Integrations (NASDAQ: POWI) to a successful IPO. Howard has a BS in Chemical Engineering from Clarkson University.

Dr. Tigran Galstian

CTO - Cofounder

In addition to his role as LensVector’s CTO, Dr. Tigran Galstian is also a professor of Engineering Physics at Laval University. Dr. Galstian brings more than 30 years of R&D experience and has co-authored more than 750 technical articles, communications and patents. Dr. Galstian received the 2019 Illumineer of the Year award in recognition of his work at LensVector on dynamic beam shaping. He also received the National Optics Institute award for Exceptional Contributions in Photonics and he was awarded the David-Mitchel Manning Innovation Award and “Celebrons le partenariat” of ADRIQ. He earned his B.Sc. in physics at Yerevan State University and Masters and Doctorate from the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute.

Board of Directors

Howard Earhart

Chairman

Howard Earhart is a successful CEO based in Silicon Valley with extensive leadership experience at hardware, software and consumer products companies. Following his role as President of Memorex’s Consumer Products Group, he has been the turn-around CEO of more than 15 high-tech companies and led Power Integrations (NASDAQ: POWI) to a successful IPO. Howard has a BS in Chemical Engineering from Clarkson University.

Jeff Flohr

Director

Jeff is a registered investment advisor and the founder of Flohr Asset Management which has specialized in alternative investments since 1991. Jeff has more than 25 years of experience managing clients’ net worth and providing investment advice to those considering private equities and real estate.

Balu Balakrishnan

Director

Balu Balakrishnan joined Power Integrations in 1989 and was appointed to CEO in 2002. Balu has more than 40 years of engineering, marketing, and management experience in the semiconductor industry, including product-line management responsibility at National Semiconductor Corporation. Mr. Balakrishnan holds more than 190 patents and has received the Discover Award for Technological Innovation as well as a TechAmerica Innovator Award.

Dan Artusi

Advisory Board Chair

Dan Artusi’s extensive international career has spanned a range of industries and has included senior executive leadership roles at Intel, Silicon Labs, Motorola, and others. Dan is currently an advisor or board member at a number of IoT related companies including MaxLinear, Inc., AONDevices, Inc., and Minim. Mr. Artusi studied electrical engineering at the Instituto Tecnologico de Buenos Aires.