It seems to me that he is a pretty well-connected person
http://www.epic-assoc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/EPIC-EVENT-REPORT-24-Photonic-Integrated-Circuits-Packaging.pdf
We are slowly but surely going global as the "solution"
Denselight gets us to Asia Lux Consortium
BB photonics gets us to Europe Epic Consortium
Next target? AIM photonics in USA with at his head, Taylor's boss while he was at IBM
Interesting connections to me