Management
Tom Brennan took over management of LabStart in 2010. Since his arrival, LabStart has assessed over 100 technologies and started 4 companies. His technology interests include alternative energy, semiconductors, chemicals, specialty members and optics.
Tom began his career as a member of the technical staff at AT&T Bell Labs, then joined Sandia in 1986 where he became a senior member of the technical staff focused on the material growth of III-V semiconductor materials and devices. Mr. Brennan’s work included the growth of some of the first ‘vertical cavity surface-emitting laser’ (VCSEL) material at Sandia and in the U.S., and the development of new and unique VCSEL manufacturing techniques. In 1994, Mr. Brennan and a colleague from SNL collaborated with ARCH Managing Directors, Clint Bybee and Keith Crandell, to license the VCSEL technology from SNL and co-founded MicroOptical Devices. Mr. Brennan was Co-President of MODE through December 1997 when EMCORE Corp. acquired MicroOptical Devices and established a new business unit called EMCORE Photovoltaics, which Mr. Brennan started-up and led as its General Manager.
Tom is also Venture Partner at ARCH VENTURES. He has special focus on ARCH activities at Sandia National Laboratories and Los Alamos National Laboratory.