Corporate - Management Team

Ensuring that Optocap delivers you the best in design consultancy, prototyping, qualification, failure analysis, and low-cost volume manufacture, we have an experinced management team in place.

David Ruxton

Chief Executive Officer

David Ruxton is responsible for all aspects of the operation and growth of Optocap including business planning, finance, marketing and administration. David brings more than 25 years experience in product development, design management, sales, and product marketing to Optocap. He played a key role in two pioneering Scottish technology start-ups where he combined his technical and marketing expertise. He has worked on leading-edge hard disk drive developments ranging from 14 inch to 1.8 inch formats and managed products manufactured across multiple locations for sale in global markets.

Prior to joining the company he was a founder and sales and marketing director of Calluna, a developer and manufacturer of PC Card hard disk drives. Previously, he was director of technical marketing at Rodime, the Scottish company famous for developing the industry standard 3.5 inch hard disk drive.

David holds a BSc in Electronics and Electrical Engineering.

Bill Ashby

Operations Manager

In his operations manager role, Bill Ashby is responsible for technical operations within Optocap including all assembly and test equipment and the operational infrastructure. With over 20 years in the microelectronics packaging industry, Bill brings both technical and management expertise in package development and manufacturing.

Bill has worked on a wide range of packaging formats, and his achievements have included the development and implementation of a high performance TAB assembly process for microprocessor applications, and the design of industry-leading packaging for a range of high performance integrated DC/DC converters for Burr Brown and Texas Instruments. He has also worked extensively with offshore subcontract manufacturers and has an in depth knowledge of product qualification methodologies.

He has worked in package development and manufacturing for Philips, Digital Equipment Corporation, Burr Brown and prior to joining Optocap was engineering manager for Texas Instruments in Scotland.

Bill holds a BSc in Electronics and Electrical Engineering.

Stephen Duffy

Director of Sales and Marketing

Stephen is responsible for the sales, marketing and business development functions within Optocap.

Stephen brings a wide range of sales, marketing, business development and product management expertise from both the Microlectronics and Photonic industries. At NEC Semiconductors, Stephen was responsible for customer and applications support for their ASIC and DRAM product lines. He has been involved extensively in the product management and customer service for advanced solid-state laser products with Coherent Inc. Prior to joining Optocap he was Business Development Manager for optoelectronic start-up Intense.

Stephen holds a BSc Hons in Laser Physics and Optoelectronics

John Lynn

Engineering Manager

In his engineering manager role, John Lynn is responsible for technology implementation within Optocap. Bringing over 17 years experience in microelectronic and optoelectronic packaging to Optocap, John's design and project management expertise spans a wide range of packaging technologies and processes, including BGA, MCM and single mode aligned optoelectronic transmitters and receivers. He has been involved extensively in the development of processes with offshore subcontractors and has comprehensive knowledge of product qualification and reliability testing techniques.

Prior to joining Optocap John was responsible for package development for optoelectronic start-up Intense Photonics. He has also worked in package design and process development for Amkor Technology, Digital, Hewlett Packard and Texas Instruments.

John holds a BSc in Physics.