I offer short courses, webinars, educational material and consulting on fiber optics technology, markets and patents.  

I have been involved with fiber-optic communications since the 1970s, and have watched the growth of the technology and the market from a young technology to the backbone of the global telecommunications network. Trained in electronic engineering at Caltech, I draw on that education and my years of experience to explain and analyze fiber optics, lasers and communications technology. 

Consulting 
My decades of experience help me to find people and information you need. I don't design systems, but I do have a broad understanding of fiber-optic hardware, systems and applications. I have an archive of publications that can help trace the history of concepts and ideas, such as patent issues. If you want to learn more about the field and where it's going, please contact me.

Short Courses on Fiber Optics
I have taught short courses based on Understanding Fiber Optics at industry conferences, and am available for on-site courses in the northeastern US or webinars.

Writing on Fiber Optics and Telecommunications
I have written about fiber optics and their applications in telecommunications for a wide range of magazines, including Technology Review, Laser Focus World, Optics & Photonics News, IEEE Spectrum, and Omni, where in 1982 I was the first person to write for a general audience about the potential for fiber optics to bring what we now call broadband services to homes.

Books on Fiber Optics
Understanding Fiber Optics, 5th edition
City of Light: The Story of Fiber Optics (Oxford, 1999, 2004) • See my timetable of fiber-optic development.