We're on a mission to enable intelligent machines to operate in harmony with their environment.
Our team strikes a balance between innovation and execution to not only dream up new solutions, but make them a reality for more people and more use cases.

WHAT WE VALUE
Respect
We respect our teammates, our work, and our mission, and strive to operate from a place of humility and integrity. We view feedback as a gift and never lose site of our bigger purpose and the impact we can have.
Ownership
We own our achievements and our failures, and remain committed — as individuals and as a company — to do our part in making the world better. We think big, take risks, and proactively step in to solve problems.
Simplicity + Clarity
We’re addressing complex problems — so we make products and solutions that are both elegant and simple. We bring clarity through clear communication and always keep the user experience in mind.
Meet our laser-focused team
We’re leveraging industry-leading expertise and experience to
create a new way forward.
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Peter Stern
CEOAfter an earlier career designing military LiDAR systems, Peter became a serial entrepreneur leading and successfully exiting multiple tech companies in a variety of industries. While Peter has led large companies to billion dollar exits, he prefers to help small companies bring the unimaginable to market.
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Dr. Steven Miller
CO-FOUNDER & CTOSteven received his PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Cornell, and was a visiting researcher at Columbia University’s Lipson Nanophotonics Group prior to co-founding Voyant. Steven drives the technical development of our core IP.
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Dr. Chris Phare
CO-FOUNDER & CSOChris, Voyant’s tech visionary, has been focused on commercializing his research on nanooptics for years. He received his PhD from Cornell, and was then a visiting researcher at Columbia University’s Lipson Nanophotonics Group for more than three years prior to founding Voyant.
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David Garfinkel
COODave is responsible for developing and organizing the people who deliver our innovative products and infrastructure. He has spent more than two decades building, scaling and optimizing many innovative companies from startups to Fortune 500s.
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Dr. Salam Elahmadi
VP, ENGINEERINGSalam is responsible for systematizing the development, productization, and product marketing of our state-of-the-art solid-state LiDAR products. As the co-founder and CTO of Menara, Salam led diverse teams that developed and deployed complex optical transceivers and state-of-the-art mixed-signal ASICs.
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Jules Roazen
VP. BUSNESS DEVELOPMENTJules has a successful multi-decade career bringing products to market, most recently in machine learning and financial technology spaces. He specializes in scaling founder dependent startups into globally scaled, operationally mature companies.
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Dr. Lawrence Tzuang
VP, PHOTONICS SYSTEMSLawrence is adept in multiple engineering disciplines including LiDAR and radar imaging systems, photonics, optics, and semiconductors. For nearly a decade he has specialized in bringing sensor technology to market.
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Sean Thorne
PACKAGINGSean has developed advanced packaging solutions for high reliability electronic products in the medical and aerospace industries for 20 years. He focuses on assembly processes and reliability requirements to bridge new technology and high volume production.
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Chris Chaleki
ELECTRONICSChris brings 30 years of experience in system design, algorithm development, and communications technology. His skills -- from soldering to systems architecture -- in adapting complex electronic systems into marketable products enables us to rapidly prototype.
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Dr. William Ring
VP OF LIGHT SOURCE DEVELOPMENTAfter 30 years of operations and development leadership in the optoelectronic industry, Dr. William Ring brings his deep expertise to LiDAR. Prior to joining Voyant, Ring founded BB Photonics developing Low Loss Optical Dielectrics for Optical Communications, which he sold in 2016.
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WE’RE HIRING!
Our team is growing fast and we’re always looking for
passionate, talented people.