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RAVEE Team

The Ravee team of founders, advisors, and engineers bring a broad range of technical and application expertise​

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If you are excited to bring the future of optical communications to life, contact us.

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Our Team

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Augustine Urbas, Ph.D. 

CTO / Co-Founder

30 years R&D experience 

Inventor of Ravee core tech 

Tech lead for major R&D efforts 

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Piyush J. Shah, Ph.D. 

CEO / Co-Founder

23+ years industry experience 

R&D company founder 

Product development 

Multiple USAF contracts secured 

Board & Strategic Advisors 

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Gen. (Retd.) J T Thompson 

  • Former Space Systems Commander 

  • Board Member

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Stan Shull 

  • CEO, Alliance Velocity 

  • Space Industry Expert 

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Prof. Marko Loncar (Harvard) 

  • Leading photonics researcher 

  • Commercialization and scaleup experience 

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Prafulla Masalkar, Ph.D. 

  • Sr. Director, Blue Origin, TerraWave 

  • Former Head, Optical Communications, Amazon Leo 

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