Joaquin Matres is an accomplished photonics engineer with extensive experience in research and development. Joaquin has held significant roles at companies such as PSIQUANTUM LTD, where responsibilities included Senior R&D Engineer and Software Technical Lead, and Hewlett-Packard Laboratories as a Photonics Research Scientist. Joaquin's early career includes a position as a Graduate Research Intern in Silicon Photonics at Intel Corporation and a Visiting Scholar at the University of California Davis. Joaquin earned a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Silicon Photonics from Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) in 2014, following a Master’s Degree in Technologies from the same institution in 2010.