Advanced Optronics

Meet the team

Co-founders Dr. Jay Reddy and Dr. Maysam Chamanzar developed the core IP over seven years of collaboration at Carnegie Mellon University.

The Advanced Optronics bench in the brick-walled office: Jay Reddy standing in a black AO tee looking over a colleague working at a stereo microscope, a third engineer at a scope to the left and a fourth in a white coat and safety glasses handling a device at the right.

Founders

  • Portrait of Jay W. Reddy AO — 001

    Jay W. Reddy

    Ph.D. ECE

    CEO & Co-founder

    Inventor of FlexDetect and CMU Ph.D. Leads Advanced Optronics’ technical and commercial development.

  • Portrait of Maysam Chamanzar AO — 002

    Maysam Chamanzar

    Ph.D. ECE, Georgia Tech

    Co-founder & Scientific Advisor

    Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, with expertise in implantable microdevices.

Five gowned Advanced Optronics engineers at work in the nanofabrication cleanroom, seen through the bay window — one at a deposition tool, three in conversation, one at a laptop in the foreground.

Team

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    Harry Rosmann

    Electrical Eng.

    Electrical Engineer

    Specialist in Real-time Embedded Systems

  • Portrait of Rachel Maniet AO — 004

    Rachel Maniet

    Chemical Eng.

    Process Engineer

    Specialist in Thin-film Micro- and Nanofabrication

  • Portrait of Kyle Fredericks AO — 005

    Kyle Fredericks

    Mechanical Eng.

    Product Engineer

    10+ years in medical product design & manufacturing

  • Portrait of Harsh Gupta AO — 006

    Harsh Gupta

    Ph.D. ECE

    R&D MEMS Engineer

    Specialist in Micro/Nano Electro­mechanical Systems

We’re hiring

Two Advanced Optronics engineers and two cochlear implant surgeons in conversation around a work table in a hospital procedure room, one surgeon gesturing behind his ear.
Usability session with cochlear implant surgeons · April 2024

Advisors

  • Portrait of Douglas Chen AO — 007

    Douglas Chen

    M.D.

    CI Surgeon

  • Portrait of Abraham Jacob AO — 008

    Abraham Jacob

    M.D.

    CI Surgeon

  • Portrait of Abhinav Ettyreddy AO — 009

    Abhinav Ettyreddy

    M.D.

    CI Surgeon

  • Portrait of Wenzhen Yuan AO — 010

    Wenzhen Yuan

    Ph.D.

    Machine Learning

  • Portrait of Deborah Arthur AO — 011

    Deborah Arthur

    Regulatory Strategy

Backed by

  • U.S. National Science Foundation
  • National Institutes of Health

Let’s talk

Get in touch info@advancedoptronics.com