Robert Coenen, Vice-President of Sales and Marketing

Robert Coenen, Vice-President of Sales and Marketing at Reflex Photonics, is responsible for overseeing global marketing, business development and customer initiatives related to the company’s product lines, as well as managing OEM and partner application engineering support.

Prior to joining Reflex Photonics, Robert served as a Senior Design Engineer at Finisar Corporation, where he managed product development efforts and provided key customer support in the company’s optical transceiver product line. Prior to his tenure at Finisar, Robert worked as a Senior Applications Engineer at Redfern Integrated Optics and at Scintera Networks. Robert served as a Senior Design Engineer at Gtran Corporation, where he led various optical and electrical design teams. During his work at various companies; Robert has served on or monitored various standards committees and MSA organizations such as: the Optical Internetworking Forum, IEEE 802.3ba, 802.3aq and 802.3ae, SFF MSA Committee, T11 and Infiniband.

Dr. Coenen earned his B.S. in Computer Engineering at the University of Victoria, his M.A.Sc. in Electrical Engineering at the University of Waterloo, and his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at the University of British Columbia.