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Jason Williamson

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Director-Thorlabs Spectral Works at Thorlabs
📍 Columbia, South Carolina, United States

Jason is a Director at Thorlabs, where he leads the Spectral Works division he helped establish. An Economics graduate from the University of South Carolina, he specializes in commercializing deep-tech university IP, having successfully founded, scaled, and exited two photonics startups, Ometric and CIRTEMO. People who have worked with him describe him as a talented and intuitive entrepreneur.

He is passionate about identifying undervalued assets and building the commercial engine to scale them, a concept he calls "Visionary Arbitrage. " Jason demonstrates a creative flair for making complex scientific topics engaging and accessible, bridging the gap between intricate technology and broader market understanding.

He once co-created a cartoon series called “The Adventures of MOE! ” to make the complex optics platform his company was developing fun and exciting.

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Experience
26 Years
Current Role
Director-Thorlabs Spectral Works
Location
Columbia, South Carolina, United States
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Deep-Tech Commercialization
He has built his career on licensing complex university IP and successfully building two photonics companies (Ometric and CIRTEMO) that were later acquired.
Photonics & Spectroscopy
His entire professional focus is within this field, from his startups to his current leadership role at Thorlabs, a major photonics company.
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Career

Work history

5-2019
Director-Thorlabs Spectral Works
Thorlabs
1-2013 - 5-2019
Founder and CEO
CIRTEMO (now Thorlabs)
2005 - 2011
Founder, CEO, Vice President Sales and Marketing
Ometric (now Halliburton)
9-2000 - 11-2004
Vice President
South Carolina Technology Alliance
5-1998 - 8-2000
General Manager
Conterra Communications
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BA
University of South Carolina
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