02 - 03 April, 2024
Optimax
Ontario, New York USA
Events
Nelson Claytor
Fresenel Technologies, President
Injection molding and metrology of a freeform laser scanning optic
About the Speaker
Dr. Nelson E. Claytor is president of Fresnel Technologies, Inc., a leading designer and manufacturer of precision molded plastic optics located in Fort Worth, Texas, USA. Dr. Claytor also serves as a director of Ascentia Imaging, Inc. of Boulder, Colorado, USA, and as the founding vice president of his local Optica chapter, The Optical Society of North Texas. Dr. Claytor received his BA in Physics from the University of California at Berkeley, and his MA and PhD degrees in Physics from the University of Notre Dame. He is an SPIE Fellow and a Senior Member of Optica. In 2017 Dr. Claytor received the inaugural Legacy Award for significant contributions to the Startup Realm, presented by TechFortWorth, a technology Accelerator and Incubator in Fort Worth. He is a 2019 recipient of the Fort Worth Business Press C-Suite Award for Outstanding Leadership in the Community as a C- Level Executive. When not working on optics, he is a Motorsport Safety Foundation Level 2 certified high performance track driving instructor.
