Diedrik is one of the founders of SiPhox and serves as its Chief Executive Officer. Diedrik brings to SiPhox extensive expertise and experience in the development of optical systems on a chip. Prior to joining SiPhox, Diedrik was the director of engineering at Analog Photonics and a research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Diedrik has 28 patents and 108 publications and is recognized as the world expert in optical fiber, free-space and chip-to-chip coupling.