Jean-Michel Pelaprat

Mr Pelaprat brings over 30 years' experience in photonics, establishing, commercialising, and scaling laser and semiconductor businesses. He co-founded NUBURU, a US-based pioneer in blue GaN lasers for industrial, 3D printing, and display applications, steering it from start-up to industry leader. He retired as Director of NUBURU in March 2022 and remains head of the Advisory Board as the company merges with Tailwind Acquisition Corp to go public. Prior to NUBURU, Jean-Michel spent 13 years at Coherent, Inc., holding positions including Vice President and General Manager of both the Diode-Pumped Solid-State (DPSS) and Semiconductor Laser groups, focusing on organic growth and M&A. He pioneered mass-market adoption of DPSS and Optically Pumped Semiconductor Laser (OPSL) technologies. He also served as Vice President of Strategic Marketing at Coherent.