Tim Jenks
Tim Jenks focuses on strategic advisory in fields related to communications, lasers, energy and semiconductors.
Tim is the former Chairman and CEO of NeoPhotonics Corporation (NYSE: NPTN), a leading global supplier of lasers and optoelectronic products that transmit and receive high-speed digital optical signals for Cloud and hyperscale data center internet content provider and telecom networks. The company was the world's primary supplier of tunable lasers that emit the ultra-pure light that is required for the highest speed over distance fiber optic communications links. Tim led NeoPhotonics for more than 20 years, from venture-funded start-up to public company, and with operations in numerous countries around the world. NeoPhotonics merged with Lumentum Holdings in 2022.
Tim previously served in positions of increasing responsibility at Raychem Corporation, a materials engineering company which was acquired by Tyco International Ltd. (now TE Connectivity Ltd.) in 1998. He is a former nuclear-power trained naval officer, having served on multiple nuclear surface ships. Tim holds a MBA degree from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, a SM degree in nuclear engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a BSME degree in mechanical engineering and marine engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy.
