Jonathan Waldern, PhD
CTO
Luminit Inc.
Diablo, California, United States
Jonathan Waldern Ph.D. - Luminit Inc. Chief Executive & Technical Officer
Dr. Waldern has over twenty years’ experience building teams to bring to market a variety of breakthrough "Smart Glass" (SG) products using Holographic, Lithographic, Metamaterial and Nano based thin film materials and processes. These include a range of unique Head-Up Displays (HUD’s), scanners, integrated optical telecom modules and more recently, award winning Metamaterial SG products, for architectural, consumer and automotive applications. In 2023 he launched range of metamaterial enhanced prescription lenses for AR glasses, including electrochromic dimming, heating and RF antennas. He is the founder of DigiLens Inc., a world leader in waveguide optics and AR displays whose last funding round was completed at over $0.5bn valuation. In partnership with Collins Aerospace and Continental Corp., his team developed the world’s first aerospace and automotive waveguide-based HUD’s. He is the recipient of a SID, “Best in Show” award for a Helmet AR-HUD, partnering BMW Motorrad. With two IPO's to date, he is also the recipient of business awards and over 150 patents in functionalized films, electro-optical materials and high-volume inkjet and R2R holographic optic manufacturing processes. Whilst an early pioneer in Virtual Reality and inducted into the XR Hall of Fame, he holds degrees in engineering and a PhD from Loughborough University of Technology, UK government fifth generation computing initiative including AI.
Jonathan Waldern Ph.D.
Chief Executive & Technical Officer
email:jwaldern@luminitco.com
Dr. Waldern has over twenty years’ experience building teams to bring to market a variety of breakthrough "Smart Glass" (SG) products using Holographic, Lithographic, Metamaterial and Nano based thin film materials and processes. These include a range of unique Head-Up Displays (HUD’s), scanners, integrated optical telecom modules and more recently, award winning Metamaterial SG products, for architectural, consumer and automotive applications. In 2023 he launched range of metamaterial enhanced prescription lenses for AR glasses, including electrochromic dimming, heating and RF antennas. He is the founder of DigiLens Inc., a world leader in waveguide optics and AR displays whose last funding round was completed at over $0.5bn valuation. In partnership with Collins Aerospace and Continental Corp., his team developed the world’s first aerospace and automotive waveguide-based HUD’s. He is the recipient of a SID, “Best in Show” award for a Helmet AR-HUD, partnering BMW Motorrad. With two IPO's to date, he is also the recipient of business awards and over 150 patents in functionalized films, electro-optical materials and high-volume inkjet and R2R holographic optic manufacturing processes. Whilst an early pioneer in Virtual Reality and inducted into the XR Hall of Fame, he holds degrees in engineering and a PhD from Loughborough University of Technology, UK government fifth generation computing initiative including AI.
Jonathan Waldern Ph.D.
Chief Executive & Technical Officer
email:jwaldern@luminitco.com