CONSULTATION IN THE PHOTONICS INDUSTRY

tPhotonics offers technical sales and marketing services to manufacturers of laser systems and photonic subsystems.

MOTTO

To use strong analytical and problem-solving skills to guide scientists and entrepreneurs to success with photonic solutions.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SNAKE CREEK LASERS, LLC, Hallstead, PA

VP of Marketing and Sales

2007 - 2021

 

 

VYTRAN, LLC, Morganville, NJ

Dir. of Business Development

2006 - 2007

Sold fiber-optic processing system and services to fiberlaser R&D and manufacturers.

 

 

QUANTRONIX CORP., div of  Excel Technology, Inc., East Setauket, NY

Dir. Industrial Product Sales

2005 - 2006

Redeveloped US domestic sales, hired US sales manager, then focused on international sales.

 

 

PRINCETON INSTRUMENTS, div. of Roper Scientific, Inc., Trenton, NJ

International Sales Manager

1999 -  2004

Reported to the President. Directed and motivated 32 employees in five overseas subsidiaries, and supported 18 independent representative organizations to sell cooled CCD cameras for quantitative imaging applications.

ROPER SCIENTIFIC, Inc., Trenton, NJ

OEM Sales Manager

1998 - 1999

Sold Princeton Instruments' brand CCD cameras into life and physical science markets.

PRINCETON INSTRUMENTS, Inc., Trenton, NJ

North American Sales Manager

1996 - 1998

Oversaw all sales and new business development. Directed and supported seven sales engineers.

QUANTRONIX CORPORATION, Smithtown, NY

Product Manager

1984 - 1996

Managed marketing and sales of the Scientific and Industrial Laser Business units.

SAVEN AB, Vaxholm, Sweden

Group Manager

1978 - 1984

Led sales and marketing activities for laser and electro-optic products in Scandinavia for Coherent, Lambda Physik, Quantronix brand lasers; Melles Griot, Newport and ORIEL catalogue companies; and Nicolet FTIR and B&M optical multichannel analyzer instrumentation programs.

EDUCATION AND COURSES

MS in Engineering Physics - Lund Institute of Technology, Lund, Sweden.

Market Segmentation, Positioning and Competitive Advantage - Babson College.

Accounting for Non-financial Managers - American Management Association

Quality Improvement Process - Philip Crosby Associates.

AFFILIATIONS

Optical Society of America  

SPIE

CONTACT INFORMATION

Sten Tornegård
1037 Countess Drive
Yardley, PA 19067
Sten@Tornegard.com