Bill Ring was the creator of the dielectric mux/demux but it was Suresh that saw it for what it could become. He lead the development to create an important answer for optical integration at the wafer-level using a low temperature CMOS friendly process. His background in industry and more significantly his work in RF integration solutions were key to identifying that the dielectric could be adapted as an optical interposer and would allow  for a flexible architecture that provides the cost effective solutions that are needed to  keep  up  with industries data demands.

Below is addition detail about Suresh  from the China International Semiconductor Executive Summit that is not contained in his POET website bio:

Prior to joining POET Technologies in 2015, Dr. Venkatesan was the Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at GLOBALFOUNDRIES, the world’s second largest semiconductor fabrication company, where he was responsible for development and qualification of all technologies including the leading edge logic and value added technologies like mixed signal analog, embedded non-volatile memories (NVM), RF, high voltage and MEMS. Dr. Venkatesan grew the 28nm business from zero to $2B successfully building the technology foundations and qualifying it for market acceptance. He played a critical role in new customer acquisition and customer diversification. He was also instrumental in setting the foundation of the 14nm technology strategy for GLOBALFOUNDRIES. Prior to his Senior VP role at GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Dr. Venkatesan held a VP of Technology and Integration role within GLOBALFOUNDRIES when he joined in 2010.

His 20+ years of semiconductor foundry business experience also includes many Director of technology development and foundry roles within Freescale and Motorola. Recipient of three High Impact Technology awards from Motorola, Dr. Venkatesan holds over 25  U.S. patents, and has co-authored over  50 technical papers.  In April 2004, Suresh was inducted into the Scientific Advisory Board Associates (SABA) of Motorola, in recognition of his individual technical accomplishments. In May 2007, Suresh was nominated as a Freescale Fellow for his contribution in the development of various CMOS technologies serving the high performance networking, automotive, wireless and analog product markets.