Leadership Team

Roberto has had a long career in the industry bringing over 25 years’ experience across a range of large and small companies, both public and private. Roberto has served in a variety of senior leadership roles and brings a proven track of developing and delivering innovative products focused on telecom and datacom market segments.
Roberto Marcoccia

Chief Executive Officer

Sophie De Maesschalck - Chief Financial Officer at Effect Photonics
Sophie holds a Doctorate in optical networking and an MBA and is a highly experienced technology CFO with 15 years of experience in technology incubation, international financing, and mergers and acquisitions. A former Bain & Co. consultant, Sophie has a proven track record of defining financial strategy and closing equity funding rounds.
Sophie De Maesschalck

Chief Financial Officer

Tim Koene chief technology officer at effect photonics
Tim holds a Masters in EE and has amassed exceptional breadth and depth of technical expertise encompassing the design of photonic integrated circuits, packaging, electronics, control systems and test.
Tim Koene

Chief Technology Officer

Harald holds an MBA and has more than 20 years of experience in the optical communications industry within Tier 1 companies in the United States, Europe and Asia. Prior to EFFECT Photonics, Harald served in various senior roles in Sales, Marketing, Product Management & R&D at BWI, Coriant, Nokia Siemens Networks, Alcatel-Lucent and Lucent Technologies.
Harald Graber

Chief Commercial Officer

Dr. Boudewijn Docter the president of effect photonics
Boudewijn holds a Doctorate in photonic integration and 15 years experience in optical components. He is an expert in photonics IC design and fabrication and a passionate entrepreneur and business leader.
Dr. Boudewijn Docter

Co-Founder