Expanding Si-Photonics, from Datacenter to Edge.

Lumoniq is enabling faster and more efficient computer chips and systems – from edge to datacenter – by providing electronic-beating optical integrated circuit products.

Recent Highlights

Lumoniq awarded NSF SBIR Award

September 2025: Lumoniq completed SBIR Phase I. The Project Outcomes Report is published on the award page.

July 2024: Lumoniq received a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I award from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

Link to Award

Leadership

Brian Cline, PhD

Chief Executive Officer
Co-founder

Brian is the CEO and co-founder of Lumoniq. He is a serial innovator and holds over 40 patents in various emerging computing technologies, from semiconductors to photonics. Prior to Lumoniq, he worked at Arm for ~13 years, rising to Senior Principal Engineer, where he led a computer-technology pathfinding team that explored technologies for improving computer performance and efficiency. While at Arm, he also served as an industrial liaison for several semiconductor technology consortia (e.g., Imec, nCORE, JUMP), including serving as a lead Science Advisory Board (SAB) member for the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC). Brian earned his MS and PhD from the University of Michigan, specializing in Electrical and Computer Engineering, with an emphasis on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) and Design-for-Manufactuability (DfM).

Past affiliations: Arm
Education: University of Michigan (MS, PhD), University of Texas at Austin (BS)

Amr Helmy, PhD

Chief Technology Officer
Co-founder

Amr is the CTO and co-founder of Lumoniq. Prior to Lumoniq, he was a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto. He also worked at Agilent Technologies (UK) from '00-'04, where he developed lasers and monolithically integrated optoelectronic circuits. He earned his Ph.D. and M.Sc. from the University of Glasgow, specializing in photonic integration technologies. While a professor at Toronto, his research spanned photonic device physics, with an emphasis on plasmonic nanostructures and nonlinear and quantum photonics for information processing, sensing, and data communications. Amr is a Fellow of Optica and IEEE. A committed volunteer and leader within the IEEE Photonics Society, he recently served as an Elected Member of the Board of Governors and a Distinguished Lecturer, and he received the Society’s 2019 Distinguished Service Award.

Past affiliations: Hewlett Packard/Agilent
Education : University of Glasgow (M.Sc., PhD), Cairo University (B.Sc.)

Advisory Board

Drew Perkins

Eridu AI

Drew is an inventor and serial entrepreneur who has been at the forefront of technology innovation for more than four decades. He has repeatedly built world-class teams, created new industries, and generated value for customers, partners, employees, investors, and humankind. Drew was the lead author of the Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP), an early contributor to standards such as Ethernet and BOOTP, and he designed what may have been the world's first Ethernet switch. He was the principal architect at FORE Systems, co-founder and CTO at Lightera Networks and Infinera Co., earning $Billions in revenue at each. He was also the Co-founder and CEO of both Gainspeed and Mojo Vision. Drew is presently the Co-founder and CEO of Eridu AI.

Past affiliations: Mojo Vision, Gainspeed, Infinera, OnFiber, Lightera
Education: Carnegie Mellon University (BS, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering & Mathematics)

Dipesh Patel

Cambridge Innovation Capital

Dipesh is a former semiconductor executive with over 25 years of experience. He now runs a consulting practice, providing advice on strategy, go-to-market, and engineering program management. He is also an Operating Partner at Cambridge Innovation Capital and holds non-executive director positions with XScape Photonics and Optalysys (where he is also the Chair of the board). Dipesh spent the majority of his career at Arm, where he held numerous management roles and was responsible for products and businesses covering the full technology stack, from transistors to cloud platforms. Dipesh was on Arm's Executive Committee for 9 years and served as their CTO for 2 years.

Past affiliations: Arm
Education: Loughborough University (BSc, PhD), Stanford University (Executive Program, Graduate School of Business)

Tony Picard

Videantis, Imec

Tony is an entrepreneurial executive with more than 30 years of experience in the semiconductor, electronic design automation (EDA), and intellectual property (IP) industries.He has held executive roles in sales, business development, and management at Arm, Cadence, and start-ups like Silicon Hive (acquired by Intel), Magma Design Automation and Target Compiler Technologies (both acquired by Synopsys).He presently holds the position of Vice President of Sales at Videantis GmbH and serves as a Strategic Advisor at Imec.

Past affiliations: Cadence, Silicon Hive, Magma Design Automation, Target Compiler Technologies
Education: University of Antwerp (MS Electronic Engineering)