Primary Job Title Principal Research Engineer, Vice President Primary Organization Beyond Photonics
Location Greater Denver Area, Colorado, United States Regions Western US Gender Male
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Charley Hale is the Vice President, Principal Research Engineer at Beyond Photonics. He attended the University of Arkansas.
After 24 years at Coherent Technologies and Lockheed Martin Coherent Technologies (LMCT) in Louisville, Colorado, and over 30 years in the photonics industry, in late 2011 Charley Hale established Pathfinder Research LLC
which merged with Beyond Photonics LLC in October 2012 to further enhance the combined company’s capabilities and prospects for growth.
Hale was an early addition to the professional staff of the successful Boulder start-up Coherent Technologies, Inc. (CTI) in 1987, where he headed up CTI’s pioneering efforts in the design and development of the first highly-stable cw single-frequency Holmium and Thulium IR diode-pumped solid state lasers to reach the commercial marketplace, and participated in the first eye-safe solid-state coherent lidar system ever demonstrated. He is the second author on the seminal CTI patent awarded for this lidar technology. CTI was acquired by Lockheed Martin Space Systems in 2005, further extending CT’s reach into emerging active remote sensing markets and programs. Hale wrapped up his career at LMCT as a Principal Research Engineer, focused on advanced remote vibration sensing technology and development of next-generation wind-sensing lidar systems for wind energy management and airport weather monitoring applications.
