Peter Vitruk, PhD, MInstP, CPhys, Founder
Prior to co-founding Aesculight in 2005 and Luxarcare in 2002, Peter played a variety of research and development roles around the globe. He was a Research Scientist with The Academy of Sciences in the former USSR (1985-91) and a Visiting Research Fellow with Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, UK (1991-95). He later worked as RF excited CO2 laser Programs Manager with Synrad Inc. (1995-98), and then as Senior/Chief Scientist with Luxar/ESC/Lumenis (1998-02). He has authored over 10 patents and over 20 articles on RF excited CO2 gas laser plasma and resonator technology and is a Member of The Institute of Physics, London, UK.
Paul Diaz, MSc EE, Member IEEE, Founder
Prior to co-founding Aesculight in 2005 and Luxarcare in 2002, Paul played major development roles at several companies. He was Project Manager with Johnson & Johnson Ultrasound and then Senior Electrical / Software Engineer and Systems Group Manager with Laakmann Electro Optics (merged into Xanar, Coherent Medical). He later co-founded Luxar Corporation (merged into ESC/Lumenis) and served as its Director of Engineering until 2002, leading all electrical and software design of the LX-20 and Novapulse systems. Paul is a Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
David Walters, General Manager
Dave is another Luxar Corp / Lumenis alumnus, where he was engaged in a variety of Engineering and Manufacturing roles between 1995 and 2002. Dave joined Aesculight LLC in 2005 as its Engineering Manager. He brings an extensive laser engineering and laser manufacturing experience including design, prototyping, high volume production of high-precision systems and sub-systems, quality controls, and regulatory controls. Dave also oversees daily manufacturing operations together with Peter and Paul. Prior to joining Aesculight, Dave served as Engineering Manager at Sensitech Inc. in Redmond, WA.