Mr. Andre Lalonde
President, ficonTEC Service GmbH
André Lalonde is a photonics manufacturing and test executive with 25+ years of experience scaling advanced optical technologies from engineering development to high-volume production. His expertise spans wafer-level, chip-level, and module-level test for VCSELs, laser diodes, silicon photonics, and high-performance optical components.
He has led the development of automated photonics test platforms and managed global manufacturing ramps and production transfers across Asia and North America, aligning engineering, operations, and supply chains for high-yield, high-throughput deployment.
André has held leadership roles at Coherent (Finisar, Honeywell) and Chroma ATE and has built strong partnerships to integrate advanced instrumentation into scalable photonics manufacturing test solutions with leading test and measurement companies such as FormFactor, Yokogawa, Exfo, Viavi, Teradyne, Keysight and others.