News: Optoelectronics
27 May 2025
Scintil Photonics appoints Jim Theodoras as VP of product development
Scintil Photonics of Grenoble, France (a fabless firm developing and commercializing silicon photonic integrated circuits with integrated lasers for AI data centers) has appointed Jim Theodoras as VP of product development. This strategic hire comes, as the firm scales operations to support exponentially increasing volume demands for advanced photonics in AI data centers.
Theodoras has over 35 years of industry experience in electronics and optics, with skills in project management and strategic partnerships, as well as in the design, qualification and high-volume production of advanced photonic technologies. The firm reckons that his expertise in optical communications, coupled with his relationships with ecosystem partners, equip him with a unique combination of capabilities to drive growth and innovation.
Picture: Scintil’s new VP of product development Jim Theodoras.
“As we innovate to address the challenges in the AI data center infrastructure, his extensive experience in bringing industry-leading photonic products to market makes him the perfect fit,” says CEO Matt Crowley. “Scintil is well-positioned to move forward on its next growth phase,” he adds.
“I am delighted to join Scintil Photonics to help bring LEAF Light, our single-chip, multi-wavelength external laser source for co-packaged optics for AI data centers to volume production,” says Theodoras. “Scintil’s unique SHIP process, that integrates III-V materials into standard silicon photonics, is poised to disrupt the AI data center market.”
Theodoras has held increasingly senior management roles in telecoms and optical networking. He started out in 1987 at Texas Instruments, holding positions in hardware engineering for 11 years. He then spent ten years at Cisco, where he led the team responsible for a new Ethernet switch. From 2008 to 2017, he worked for ADVA Optical Networking, first in technical marketing and then as VP of global business development. After that, he spent six years at transceiver manufacturer HGGenuine as VP of research & development. There, he launched a full 400G and 800G product line based on both EML (electro-absorption modulated l aser) and silicon photonics (SiPh) technology. He was most recently VP of engineering at QXP Technologies, where he led passive and active teams at this PLC manufacturer with multiple fabs, factories and production lines.
Theodoras earned an MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas in 1992 and holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Dayton, 1987.
Theodoras is the latest of several executive appointments that Scintil has made during the last 12 months as it prepares for commercial product launch. Other recent hires include US-based CEO Matt Crowley (who arrived in November 2024) and chief operating officer Olivier Potavin( who joined CTO & founder Sylvie Menezo to support Scintil’s growth and operational scaling).
Scintil demonstrating LEAF Light DWDM remote light source at OFC
Scintil appoints Matt Crowley as CEO and establishes US subsidiary
