Industry Advisor for the Photonics Sector
President & CEO, Ceres Technology Advisors
M.B.A., Babson College
B.S., University of Rochester, Optics and Mathematics
American Society of Appraisers (ASA), Accredited Member candidate

Linda has more than 20 years experience in marketing, product management, sales, engineering, and M & A. Her experience includes successfully identifying market opportunities and developing, managing and financing product line growth for both public and private companies preparing for acquisition and financing.

She has working experience across markets - from optical components and lasers to analytical instrumentation and medical devices to end-users in pharmaceutical manufacturing and semiconductor processing. Linda held senior and executive product management, marketing, and sales positions at Thermo Electron/Spectra Physics, LINOS Photonics/QIOPTIQ and Melles Griot - leading manufacturers and suppliers of optics, lasers, and optical instrumentation. She also held executive marketing positions at early and late stage venture capital funded companies commercializing silicon based integrated optics and MEMS based photonics technologies.

Linda founded Ceres in 2005 to serve photonics technology business owners that were largely unserved by existing investment banks and business brokerages. Linda was awarded Ernst & Young Winning Women award for entrepreneurship in 2008.